Lender Fay Clark was born on November 5, 1958, to A.W. Jackson and the late Willie Mae Jackson Jones in Bradley, AR. She united with Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and remained there until her death.
Lender received her education in the El Dorado Public School System. She attended South Arkansas Community College. Lender was employed as a supervisor at CADC until retirement.
Lender and John E. Clark, Jr. were united in matrimony on September 1, 1989.
In the early hours of Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Lender was called home. She was preceded in death by her mother and one sibling, Brenda Lee Kilgore.
Lender leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, one son, Terrance Johnson; two special nephews that she helped raise, Maurice Williams and Nicholas Williams of Little Rock, AR; three extended daughters, Toni Crutchfield, Tyronza (Larry) Bibby of El Dorado, AR and Jacqueline Robbins of Miramar, FL; three extended sons, Issace (Tyjunia) Clark of Pine Bluff, AR, John Clark III and Toby (Dorothy) Clark both of El Dorado, AR; four sisters, Helen Mason of San Diego, CA, Patricia White, Gloria Kelley, and Delois (John) Porchia all three of El Dorado, AR; thirteen extended grandchildren, eight extended great-grandchildren, one godson Ja-Quan Traylor, a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and friends who loved and adored her.