Buena Vista Floyd Clark

Sumter, SC......................... Buena Vista Floyd Clark, age 77, beloved wife of 56 years to Charles Stephen Clark, died on Friday, October 3, 2025, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. 

Mrs. Clark was born on December 4, 1947, to Benjamin Kemp Floyd, Sr. and Roena Graham Floyd in Mullins, SC. She earned her BA degree in Education and her Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling. She taught in the DOD schools in Turkey, Ohio and Florida. Moving to Sumter, SC taught at Laurence Manning Academy and was a guidance counselor.

She leaves behind her husband, a daughter, Stefanie Lynn Clark Durham and her husband David of Sumter, SC; a son, Ryan Floyd Clark and his wife Heather of Florida; two granddaughters, Sarah Emily Durham and Addison Grace Clark; a brother, Benjamin Kemp Floyd, Jr.; a nephew, Benjamin Kemp Floyd, III; and a niece, Mary Ragin Holt Floyd Kennedy.  

She was preceded in death by her parents and a grandson, Bradley Ryan Clark.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. G. Marion Zeigler, Rev. Rodney Howard, and Rev. Clay Weeks officiating. Burial will be private.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 10:00-11:00 am, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023 or to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692.

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The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

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