Martha Emma Clark passed away on November 30, 2012 at the age of 87.  She was born on the family farm in Webster County GA and raised in the town of Parrott in Terrell County GA.  After graduating from Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, GA, in 1946, she earned a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1958.  She pursed a rewarding career with the United States Public Health Services, commissioned in 1960.  She retired as a Captain in the Commission Corps of the US Public Health Service, moving to Decatur, GA, where she became an active volunteer in many organizations including Central Presbyterian Church, the Clothes Closet and the City of Decatur Schools.

Miss Clark was preceded in death by her parents, George and Roma (nee Plemmons) Clark, her sister Dr. Sarah Louise Clark of Augusta, and her brother George Gordon Clark of Kingsport, TN.

She is survived by niece Sarah Lynn Clark Gaehring and her husband John P. Gaehring of Avon, NY; nephew William H. Clark and his wife Barbara B. Clark of Avondale Estates, GA; and niece Mary Beth Clark Wald and her husband Erich Wald of Decatur, GA; two great-nephews and two great-nieces.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 11, 2013, at Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington St, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.  Interment will be on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Macedonia Church Cemetery, Webster County, GA.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Central Presbyterian Church in her memory.

A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home in Decatur and Baldwin Funeral Home in Richland, GA, assisted with arrangements.