The Rev. Richard William Clark, retired priest of the Diocese of Mississippi, died Dec. 20 in Minter City, MS, at the age of 82.

Fr. Clark was born in Parkersburg, WV. He attended the University of the South and was ordained priest in 1961. He served parishes in St. Petersburg, FL; Columbia, Union City, Martin, Paris and Whitehaven, TN; and Clarksdale, MS. He retired in 1980. Fr. Clark was preceded in death by his wife, Marguerite. He is survived by his second wife, Diana, and three children.