Newell Fogle Clarkson, 89, widow of J.B. Clarkson, Jr., passed away Saturday July 25, 2015, at home after an illness.

Mrs. Clarkson was born October 22, 1925, in Orangeburg, a daughter of the late Annie Beckwith Smith Fogle and John R. Fogle, Sr.. She was a graduate of Orangeburg High School and Winthrop College, Class of 1945, where she earned a degree in Public School Music. She taught and was Band Director for many years in the Kingstree public schools and at Williamsburg Academy. She was lovingly known by her students as “Ma” and made many trips with the Kingstree High School Band to Savannah, GA for the St Patrick’s Day Parade. Mrs. Clarkson was a member of Kingstree United Methodist Church where she was a longtime member of the choir and had served as choir director.

Surviving are: her 2 sons, James R. “Jimmy” Clarkson (Teresa), of Loris, SC and Russell B. Clarkson (Karen), of Bethesda, MD; 5 grandchildren, Julie C. Mullikin (Jonathan), Nancy C. Sexton (Kenny), James Bennett Clarkson III, Brian C. Clarkson and Bradford S. Clarkson; 4 great grandchildren, Will Sexton, Davis Sexton, Parks Mullikin & Maddie Mullikin; a sister Becky Yates, of Greenville, NC; a sister-in-law, Rosie Fogle, of Orangeburg, SC; a special niece, Dixie Stullenbarger (Harry); 2 special caregivers, Frankie Henryhand and Naomia Battle. In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Clarkson was preceded in death by her brothers, John R. Fogle, Jr., L. Gillespie Fogle, Samuel T. Fogle, and M. Smith Fogle, and a sister Annie Laurie Fogle Armstrong.

Funeral services will be 11 AM Tuesday July 28, 2015, in Kingstree United Methodist Church, with burial in New Market Cemetery near Greeleyville, SC. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 PM Monday at Williamsburg Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Kingstree United Methodist Church Choir Fund, 501 N. Longstreet Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 or American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or online at https://donate.cancer.org .