Christopher Lee Clark
Published 3:18 pm Monday, June 22, 2020
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Christopher Lee Clark, 46, Elizabethton, a free spirited young man, doing what he loved most, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Robbinsville, N.C., in a tragic kayaking accident. He was born July 15, 1973 in Johnson City, Tenn.
Chris was a 1991 graduate of Elizabethton High School and Northeast State. He served in the United States Navy. Chris was well known for his kind, gentle heart and willingness to help others which led him to his career as a Registered Nurse.
Chris loved hiking in Carter and Sullivan Counties with his dog Harv.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Eugene Vandeventer, and his paternal grandparents, John R. and Ruth Clark.
Survivors include his father and step-mother, John R. and Janet Clark; his mother, Vickie Lee Vandeventer Clark; his brother, Mike (Angie) Clark; his sister, Hailey (Isaiah) Aldridge; his grandmother, Geraldine Vandeventer; his uncles, Doug Vandeventer, Terry (Vickie) and Dickie (Vista) Clark; his niece, Presley, and nephew, Grayson; a special nephew and closest friend, Cannon, and several cousins.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Chris’s memory to the Carter County Animal Shelter, 253 Sycamore Shoals Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643.
A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted at a later date.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Clark family.