Clove Patricia Arnau Forker

SAVANNAH – Clove Patricia Arnau Forker died on July 6, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Mrs. Forker was born on December 7, 1918 in Savannah, GA to Dr. Mirabeau L. Arnau and Clove Brantley of Dublin, GA. She is predeceased by her sister Maudine Arnau Wilson and her brother Thomas Arnau.
Clove attended Savannah High School and later graduated from Georgia State College in Milledgeville with a BS degree in 1940. During her college years she met Raymond Anthony Forker of Freeport, Long Island, NY who was attending Georgia Tech and their sixty-seven year love affair began with their marriage on July 13, 1940. Ray Forker was the love of her life. Clove Patricia and Raymond had two daughters, Barbara Anne Forker Morrissey, now deceased, and Rae Antonia Forker Evans who resides in Annapolis, MD.
Mrs. Forker was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, a member and volunteer for the Savannah Art Association, and in her earlier years a "Candy Striper" volunteer at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Clove and her husband were avid boaters and enjoyed many years of adventure on the coastal waterways aboard the "Starfish". Both were members of the Savannah Yacht Club.
The entire family just celebrated with Mrs. Forker at their annual family reunion in June at Tybee Island and she was joyously surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Rae Forker Evans and David Evans; grandson Raymond Anthony Forker Morrissey, granddaughter, Laura Morrissey Ludwig, granddaughter Kristen Elizabeth Evans, and grandson, David Forker Evans; great-grandchildren, Adalaide Lillian Morrissey, Charlotte Patricia Forker Morrissey, Jarvis Peter Forker Morrissey, Raymond Anthony Forker Morrissey, and Hayden Ashley Ludwig.
Special thanks and deepest appreciation go to Shirley Healy, her devoted care giver and friend, along with Kathleen Harvey and Martha Thaggard, and the wonderful and professional staff of Savannah Square Retirement Community.
The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.
Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances to Hospice Savannah, Inc., P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416, would be appreciated.
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