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October 17, 2018
Obituary
In Loving Memory
March 1, 1954 – Oct. 5, 2018
The family of Sherrill Faye
Clark is mourning the loss of an
exceptional wife, mother, sister,
grandmother, aunt, cousin and
friend. Her Celebration of Life
will be held Thursday, Oct. 18 at
11 a.m. at Life Change Christian
Center.
Sherrill Fay Clark (Manning)
was born March 1, 1954 in Port-
land, the much beloved middle
child born to Vollie and Georgia
Manning.
Faye or Sherrill Faye, for
those who knew her for years,
was reared in northeast Portland
and attended Boise Elementary
School. She was popular, very
bright, inquisitive and always ex-
quisitely dressed. The neighbor-
hoods of inner north and northeast
Portland were tight knit in those
days and many of the friend-
ships Faye formed back then are
still strong even until today. As a
child, Faye attended Allen Temple
C.M.E. Church, the church home
of her father, and was involved
in Sunday school, the Christian
Youth Fellowship, the Mattie E.
Coleman Circle and the Dorcas
Circle.
She attended Jefferson High
School and graduated in 1972.
She was known as a vibrant,
easygoing, personable young
lady, and was an excellent stu-
dent. As one of her peers said
“she was a classy and as pretty as
they come.” Faye had a beautiful
voice, so wherever there was mu-
sic in the halls of Jefferson, you’d
often find her lending her voice to
the melody.
Faye gave birth to her first
daughter, Taneisha Danette, on
June 30, 1972 just as she was
graduating, which she did on time.
She pursued post-secondary edu-
cation at Portland State Universi-
ty majoring in Black Studies. In
1978, she gave birth to her second
daughter Keela Shai. She now had
two beautiful little girls.
Faye was a phenomenal moth-
er. As a single mom, she reared
her children with grit, style, wis-
dom and grace. Even when she en-
countered headwinds, she kept her
head up, and that beautiful smile
on her face, with her daughters at
the forefront.
She soon welcomed grand-
children, and absolutely loved
being “grandma”. She loved to
travel, and even lived in Japan
for 6 months with Taneisha and
Keela where she enjoyed teaching
English to Japanese students and
learning Japanese culture.
In 1982, after having moved
back from San Diego, Calif., and
after many prayers from her little
girl Taneisha, Faye gave her life
to Christ. Over the years she was
a member of St. Paul Missionary
Baptist Church, North East Com-
munity Fellowship, and Kingdom
Nation Church, and served in
children’s and women’s minis-
try, marriage ministry, ministe-
rial leadership, and of course the
praise and worship ministry. She
loved teaching about the princi-
ples of God, especially through
the analogy of gardening.
In 1999, having found an ex-
traordinary love with a man who
she’d known all her life (they were
even born on the same day), she
married Leonard Clark. Her fami-
ly grew to include a son, Leonard
Jr. and two more daughters, Angie
and Janette. Together they served
the community through their
non-profit R.I.S.K. (Reaching In
Serving Kids). Faye’s love for
Leonard cannot be measured. As
she told him early on “you are my
ministry.” They honored the vows
they took and were devoted to the
very end.
Just after midnight on Oct. 5,
2018, surrounded by all of her
family, Faye transitioned to be
with her Lord and Savior. She
fought hard, very hard, in the
months leading up to her death.
Although we desperately wanted
her to stay, the Lord wanted her
more.
She leaves to forever celebrate
her legacy, husband Leonard
Clark; daughters Taneisha Man-
ning-Granville (Montreal), Angie
Clark, Janette Clark, and Keela
Tillery (Derrick); son Leonard
Clark Jr.; sister Lisa Saunders
(Anthony); sisters-in-laws Joyce
Clark, Brenda Clark, Wanda
Clark; brother-in laws William
Clark Jr., Harold Clark, Hertis
Clark, and Gary Clark; 10 grand-
children, 4 great-grandchildren
and a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, extended family and dear
friends. She was preceded in death
by her parents, Vollie and Georgia
Manning, and her brother, McKin-
ley Harper.
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