Viewing for Thomas E. Clark will be Thursday January 5, 2023 through Saturday, January 7, 2023 from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. each day at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the funeral home.

The family will hold a private family memorial service at a later date.

Thomas E. (Tom) Clark, 63, of Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Friday, December 30, 2022 from a lengthy battle after heart surgery.  He was born October 1, 1959 in Lawton, Oklahoma the son of T.J. Clark and Jacquetta Mae (Miller) Clark.

Tom spent his formative years in Lawton going to Howell Elementary, Tomlinson Junior High, and Lawton High, class of 1977. While attending Lawton High, he was in the marching band and participated in the police explorers where he met his wife, Belinda (Herbert) Clark.  Tom and Belinda married April 4, 1981 in Lucedale, Mississippi.  Tom received his automotive tech license at the Great Plains Vo-Tech, now great Plains Technology Center which he used to work at Sears, Goodyear, and Western Auto automotive stores. Tom also went to Cameron University for a criminal justice degree. He used his knowledge to work at Comanche County Detention Center and Lawton Correctional Facility where he worked for 14 years before becoming disabled.

Surviving in addition to his wife of 41years, Belinda Herbert Clark of Lawton, Oklahoma; son, Thomas E Clark II and wife Andrea of Cache, Oklahoma; daughter, Teresa Clark of Lawton, Oklahoma and bonus children Katherine Carter and Thomas Hollinshead of Lawton, Oklahoma;  mother-in-law, Anna Herbert of Lawton, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Constance Holcomb and fiancé Zaine Steinmeyer of Lawton, Oklahoma, Madeline Clark, and Thomas (TC) Clark III of Cache, Oklahoma; , Zylan and Kinley Carter of Lawton, Oklahoma; great grandchildren, Audric, Addison, Ashton, Silas, and Maverick of Lawton, Oklahoma; sisters-in-law, Barbara Ray of Wisconsin, Mary Leonard of Lawton, Oklahoma, and Shirley Yarbrough of Geronimo, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews.  Special lifelong friend his dog Baby.

Tom was preceded in death by parents T.J. Clark and Jacquetta Clark, brother, Robert Yarbrough, grandparents, Evert Miller and Gladys Miller, Thomas J. Clark and Emma Clark, father-in-law, Walter Charles Herbert, brother-in-law, Dennis Ray.

In lieu of the flowers the family ask that you donate to https://gofund.me/dbefceb7 to help the family with funeral expenses.