Joseph Clarke Hudson

September 16, 1943 - December 2, 2007

Funeral service for Clarke Hudson, 64, DeLand, who died Sunday, December 2, 2007, at Florida Hospital, DeLand, will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 6, at Lankford Funeral Home, 220 E. New York Ave., DeLand.

Mr. Hudson was born in Shubula, Miss., and came here in 1999 from Orlando. He was a sales representative for Amvac Chemical Company of California. His master's degree was from University of Southern Mississippi and he was working on his doctorate degree from Florida State University. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church of DeLand. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and reading.

Survivors include his wife of 18 years, Judy, DeLand; son, John Matthews, Palm Coast; daughter, Kelly Barnes, and her husband, James, DeLand; brother, Brooks Hudson and sister-in-law, Maria, Winter Springs; and three grandchildren, Jack and Jaylie Barnes and Roxanne Sorter.

Memorial donations suggested to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. We invite you to sign the Guest Book maintaed by the Daytona Beach News Journal.