Bob C. Clarke of Columbus, Mississippi

September 26, 1961 - April 13, 2020

On Monday April 13th, 2020, Robert “Bob” John Clarke passed gently into the arms of the Lord. Bob was born on September 26th, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Northville High School and served as a fireman for the Mundy Township Fire Department for 20 years. In 2001, Bob met his wife of 16 years Lisa Coward Clarke at the First Annual Mayberry Squad Car Nationals of Fayette, AL. The couple married two years later at an intimate sunset ceremony on the gulf coast. Bob's passions included his farm “The Back 40” in Gladwin, MI, classic cars, HAM radio, hunting and fishing, boating, and doting on his grandchildren. Known affectionately by friends and family as “Bob the Builder,” he worked construction most of his working life. “I always looked at him as a jack-of-all-trades,” remembers his son Ben.
Bob is preceded in death by his mother Mary Wilma Nicks Clarke, and survived by his wife Lisa. Bob is remembered by his father Thomas Newman Clarke, Scottsdale, AZ, sister Alice (Nick) Roe, Scottsdale, AZ, son Benjamin (Emily) Junemann and granddaughter Blakeley, Hemlock, MI, stepdaughter Kristen (Aaron) Budlove and grandchildren Brooklyn, Jude and Sadie, Columbus, MS, stepson Jonathan Colvin, Aberdeen, MS, and stepdaughter Jessica Colvin, Atlanta, GA, and his good boy Cain, man’s best friend.
A memorial service will be held at the Clarke home on Friday April 17th presided by Brandon Criswell of Sunday Local. Monetary donations can be made in Bob’s name to the Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society.