Joshua T. Clark

Josh's journey began on March 14, 1952.  He was born into the Clark family, headed by Jimmy and Patty Clark.  When he arrived in the world he was not alone, he was accompanied by a twin brother, we all new as Hank.  They had a sister waiting to meet them at home, her name was Sue.  Sue was the first of the Clark Clan to arrive in the world and I have heard she was a tough cookie, but being the only sister in a house full of boy's, was not an easy task.  After Josh and Hank, along came Jim, Joe, and lastly Sam.  Josh attended school in Bowie, were he graduated from Bowie High School in 1970.  Once he graduated he joined the Marine Corps, Josh was hoping to make a career of the Marines, but things did not go as he planned.  Josh returned home and began to work for the City of Bowie.  Josh may not have made the Marines a career, but he most certainly made the City of Bowie one, he work for the city ever since, with the exception of a year or two when he decided that he wanted to work for Prince George's County Board of Education as a bus driver.  This did not last.  ?Josh spend his younger years, doing what most young men do, he enjoyed riding motorcycles, and rode to Daytona almost every year, with his friend Jim Cousantino.  He bowled on the Friday night liege at Fairlane's of Bowie for several years. Josh did not marry until later in life, in 1995 he married Donna, a woman he loved for a long time.  With this union he got an instant family.  Donna had two fairly grown daughters, Robbi and Kara Maxwell.These two step daughters presented him with the grandchildren that he called his own.  Their biological grandfather passed before the were old enough to remember.  Josh was a loving and compassionate grandfather, he and Donna were raising three of the children themselves.  Josh has cheated fate on several occasions.  In 1999 Josh discovered he had lung cancer.  His lung was removed and he recovered fully.  In 2009 he was diagnosed with APL leukemia, once again Josh came out of the fight a winner. It is to the families dismay that his last fight he lost.Josh was a hell of a fighter, a hell of a husband, and a hell of a father the the grandchildren he was raising and a hell of a grandfather to all of his grandchildren.  IN OTHER WORDS  "JOSH CLARK WAS A HELL OF A GOOD MAN."We can only thank GOD for the years that we have had with Josh.He will be missed by all who knew him.