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Judi was born Jan. 2, 1948 in York, Penn., to George William Clark III and Constance La Rue Moon. She was their second child and only daughter. Judi died Sept. 21, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. Judi attended Sylvan Heights School for Girls in Pennsylvania; graduated high school in Washington, D.C. As she raised her daughter Cheri Clark – the pride of her life – she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in Education and Human Services from Lincoln Univeristy, an HBCU in Oxford, Penn. Upon graduating, Judi returned to New York where she dedicated her life to civil/ human rights campaigns and social justice initiatives. While working for New York Assemblyman Roger Green, she helped Harry Belafonte and labor leaders bring Nobel Prize recipient Nelson Mandela to the U.S. after his 27-year prison sentence in South Africa. Friends credit Judi with helping establish “healthy start” programs and Benjamin Banneker High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1987. About a decade later, she moved to Texas in 1998 and began working at San Antonio College (SAC) as the administrative assistant to the Offce of Student Life director and Senior Administrative Assistant. She enjoyed traveling with students. In 2008, she transferred to the Department of Creative Multimedia as Senior Administrative Assistant to the director. At SAC, she was a member of the Black History Month Committee, SAC Cats Community and Staff Council, which she served as parliamentarian in 2011. She was advisor to the United Methodist Campus Ministry and Black Student Alliance Club. She brought civil rights leader James Meredith to SAC in February 2002. In 2004, she arranged a panel titled “Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Today? Is there Equality in Education?” that featured the Brown Sisters. Judi retired in 2014 and traveled with life-long friends Lolita Crump and Rosita Gueye, who were “sisters” she never had. She was a movie buff, avid reader and African American studies advocate and had an amazing command for trivia of all kinds. She was an active participant in African American events until her passing. Judi is survived by her daughter, Cheri D. Clark of Massachusetts; her brother, George W. Clark IV of Liberty Hill, Texas; nephews George W. Clark V of New York, and Jeremy M. Clark of Cedar Park, Texas; niece, Carrie M. Clark of Cedar Park, Texas; great nephew, Dominic Clark of Cedar Park, Texas; great niece Jayden Clark of Cedar Park, Texas; and a host of other relatives

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Judith Ann Clark

January 2, 1948 - September 21, 2020