Clark Norman McLellan, Jr., 91, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away on November 8, 2022, at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in Baton Rouge.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from12:00p.m.–2:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Clark was born in Orange, Texas, on September 18, 1931, He was the son of Ettie and Clark McLellan, Sr. and a graduate of Lutcher Stark High. Clark attended Lamar University where he received his bachelor’s degree, and he later received his master’s degree from Louisiana State University. He also taught at Lamar University for several years in the engineering department. Clark enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter during deer and duck season. He never met a stranger and would regularly strike up a friendly conversation with anyone close enough to listen. Clark was a man of great faith and a loyal member of First United Methodist Church. He loved his children and absolutely adored his grandchildren to no end. Clark was an amazing man and will truly be missed by those that knew and loved him.

He is preceded in death by his daughter, Norma Lee McLellan Pribyl; parents, Ettie and Clark McLellan, Sr., and sister, Barbara McLellan.

He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Kay Hooper McLellan; children, Karon Sue Simons and husband, Dannie, Robert Earl McLellan, David Brent McLellan and wife, Emily, Clark Norman McLellan III and wife, Jeanne; grandchildren, Jesse B. Gunstream IV and wife, Rachel, Geoffrey David Evans, Leslie Gunstream Meko and husband, Tim, John Clark Pribyl, Clark N. McLellan IV, Liam D. McLellan, Silas Archibald McLellan, Blair Avery McLellan; great-grandchildren, Jesse B. Gunstream V, Lily June Gunstream, Eleanor Meko, Anna Meko; brothers, Silas Archibald McLellan, and David Lee McLellan and wife, Nancy.

Serving as pallbearers will be Robert McLellan, Brent McLellan, Clark McLellan III, Marcus McLellan, Jesse B. Gunstream, IV, and Paul Miller.