Eugene Clark III

Eugene Forlando Clark III was born September 25, 1997 in Columbus, Mississippi to Eugene Forlando Clark Jr. and Yaminah Q. Lewis. Eugene was baptized at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church by Pastor Howard Wills Sr. He attended Kankakee High School and graduated from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in 2016. He studied at Kankakee Community College. Eugene was a forklift operator for National Freight Industry in Elwood, IL. Growing up, he played football for the Azzarelli Colts, (now Riverside Colts). He loved his mother dearly; he loved to sing and he loved his car and was part of a car club. He looked up to all his uncles in a special way. He leaves to cherish is memory, his mother, Yaminah Q. Lewis of Bourbonnais, IL; his father, Eugene F. Clark Jr. of Columbus, Mississippi; his children, Rosabella Clark of Momence, IL, Aurora Clark of Bourbonnais, IL, Alyciana Benison of Paxton. IL, and one on the way, and stepdaughter, Ariella Burns of Momence, IL; his fiancée, Katlynn Moffatt of Momence, IL; his brothers, Jaqualan Jones and Jabari Nesbit, both of Columbus, Mississippi; his sisters, De’Andria Clark of Kansas City, MO, Nylah Genus of Bourbonnais, IL and Amari Nesbit of Columbus, Mississippi; his maternal great-grandmother, Annie Tucker of Columbus, Mississippi; his paternal grandparents, Lorine Clark and Eugene Clark Sr. of Columbus, Mississippi; his paternal great-grandmother, Gussie Clark of Columbus, Mississippi; his aunts, Eugenia (Edwin) Hughes and Taquila Scott, both of Columbus, Mississippi, Deondrea Shannon of Kankakee, IL, Randi Holmes of Ethan, MN, Renesha Benson of Hopkins Park, IL, Cherri Bernard of Minneapolis, MN and Lakeisha Williams of Michigan; his uncles, Jason Clark of Columbus, Mississippi and Oliver Lewis of Kankakee, IL; his great-uncles, Michael Lewis, Larry Hayden, Tommy Lewis, Albert Lee Hayden Jr. and Alphonso Hayden; his godmother, Mary Prior, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Elaine Lewis; his maternal grandfather, Randall Saxon; his maternal great-grandfathers, Vant Tucker and Albert Lee Hayden; his paternal great-grandfather, Marcell Judone; a daughter, Phoenix Johnson, and two aunts, Deanna Clark and Samantra Allen.

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Eugene Clark III

September 25, 1997 - December 17, 2022