Mrs. Katherine Leila Pritchett Clark

Katherine Leila Pritchett Clark, 83, of Albany, died Monday, December 29, 2014 at Albany Community Hospice in Albany, Georgia. There will be a memorial service at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church at a later date. Mrs. Clark, born January 10, 1931, daughter of Hannah Warlick and Robert Pritchett graduated from Ensley High School, Birmingham Southern College, and the University of Alabama. She was a student at FSU, attended master classes at the International Music Festival at Aspen, CO, and studied privately at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Summer Music Conference at Interlochen Michigan. She believed music was a gift from God to be used for His glory in service to others to make the world a better place. She served a keyboardist for the Zoelner Chamber Orchestra, named for a dear friend who was founder of the Albany Symphony. She and Wotan Zoelner were honored with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Dougherty County Youth Orchestra under the direction of Sergio Rodriguez. Her primary interests were church music and teaching but she also enjoyed performing especially as accompanist for oratorios, operas, weddings, and recitals in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Her career in church music began at age 17 at Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church where she served for 25 years and where she met her devoted husband of 61 year and where all of their children were baptized. In Albany, she was organist for Temple B’Nai Israel for 23 years, First United Methodist Church for 15 years, First Baptist for 13 years and organist, music director at First Presbyterian for 5 years. She was a life member of the Charity League of Albany and board member of the Community Concert Association, SOWEGA Council of Aging, Albany Community Hospice, Symphony Guild, and Auxiliary to the Dougherty County Medical Society and Liberty House. She was a member of Porterfield United Methodist Church, of the Chi Sunday School Class, and the UMW there. Survivors are Dr. Eugene C. Clark, husband and children are Gene Jr of Dallas TX, Bob Clark of Birmingham AL, Jim (Amy) Clark of Austin TX and Sally (Fred) Dugger of Albany. Grand children are Sarah Katherine Clark and Sam Clark of Birmingham AL and Bo Hudson and Dalton Dugger of Albany GA. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or the American Red Cross.

Mrs. Katherine Leila Pritchett Clark

January 10, 1931 - December 29, 2014