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CLARK, Gordentia Waite

City: Pulaski

CLARK, Gordentia Waite, educator, co-principal of Massey & Clark School; born Wartrace, Tenn., April 9, 1886; son of G. W. and Lydia (Little) CLARK; his father was a farmer; paternal grandparents R. S. and Sarah Patton (Waite) CLARK, maternal grandparents William and Lucy Caroline (Clary) LITTLE; educated Wartrace Training School and Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt, B. A., June, 1908; in 1908 began teaching with F. M. Massey in the Massey School, and at the beginning of the third term became co-principal, and the school is now the Massey & Clark School, Pulaski, Tenn.; member Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, and is Deacon in the Presbyterian Church.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.