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In 1963, Clarke filed suit in Shreveport against Gowen Sanatorium, Inc., regarding the illness and death of his 82-year-old mother, Maude Steele Clarke, while she was a patient at the nursing facility. Mrs. Clarke, who had both physical limitations and mental senility, fell from her bed and broke a hip while a nurse had temporarily stepped aside. She subsequently died of other causes. Clarke sought damages on grounds that Gowen had not provided proper watch over and assistance to his mother. He lost in both the district court and the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Second District, with Judge James Edwin Bolin (1914-2002) presiding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1964586160So2d426_1482.xml/CLARKE%20v.%20GOWEN%20SANATORIUM,%20INC.|title=Clarke v. Gowen Sanatorium, Inc.|publisher=leagle.com|date=January 9, 1964|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
In 1963, Clarke filed suit in Shreveport against Gowen Sanatorium, Inc., regarding the illness and death of his 82-year-old mother, Maude Steele Clarke, while she was a patient at the nursing facility. Mrs. Clarke, who had both physical limitations and mental senility, fell from her bed and broke a hip while a nurse had temporarily stepped aside. She subsequently died of other causes. Clarke sought damages on grounds that Gowen had not provided proper watch over and assistance to his mother. He lost in both the district court and the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Second District, with Judge James Edwin Bolin (1914-2002) presiding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1964586160So2d426_1482.xml/CLARKE%20v.%20GOWEN%20SANATORIUM,%20INC.|title=Clarke v. Gowen Sanatorium, Inc.|publisher=leagle.com|date=January 9, 1964|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
Clarke's first marriage was to Marjorie Terry, daughter of Dr. Roy A. Terry of Long Beach, [[California]]. The couple wed on July 13, 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-7433?mode=g&cc=1804002|title=CA Marriage Certificate|date=February 23, 2017|website=FamilySearch|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170225171710/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-7433?mode=g&i=59&cc=1804002|archivedate=February 25, 2017|deadurl=no|accessdate=February 25, 2017|df=}}</ref> The couple soon divorced, and Marjorie Clark married Donald Ballard on December 22, 1936.
Clarke's first marriage was to Marjorie Terry, daughter of Dr. Roy A. Terry of Long Beach, [[California]]. The couple wed on July 13, 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-7433?mode=g&cc=1804002|title=CA Marriage Certificate|date=February 23, 2017|website=FamilySearch|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170225171710/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-7433?mode=g&i=59&cc=1804002|deadurl=no|accessdate=February 25, 2017|df=}}</ref> The couple soon divorced, and Marjorie Clark married Donald Ballard on December 22, 1936.
Clarke was subsequently married to Ellen Meng Lanham (1909-1988). The couple had a daughter, Carole Steele Clarke, who was just under one year of age at the time of the 1940 census. The Clarkes resided at 1039 Blanchard Place in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Louisiana/Clem-S-Clarke_46v8hp|title=Clem S. Clarke in the 1940 Census|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> Ellen Clarke also had two daughters, Ellen Carolyn Herold Polk (1930-1992) and Betty Lanham Herold Meyer (1934-1992), from her previous marriage to William Alvin Herold (1903-1976), a native of [[Missouri]].
Clarke was subsequently married to Ellen Meng Lanham (1909-1988). The couple had a daughter, Carole Steele Clarke, who was just under one year of age at the time of the 1940 census. The Clarkes resided at 1039 Blanchard Place in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Louisiana/Clem-S-Clarke_46v8hp|title=Clem S. Clarke in the 1940 Census|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> Ellen Clarke also had two daughters, Ellen Carolyn Herold Polk (1930-1992) and Betty Lanham Herold Meyer (1934-1992), from her previous marriage to William Alvin Herold (1903-1976), a native of [[Missouri]].