Charlene Sheffield Mooty Stark's Obituary
Charlene Sheffield Mooty Stark, 87, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Charlene served much of her life in education, including from 1978-1997 at the University of Arkansas.
She was born in Inverness, Mississippi and grew up in Lake Village, Arkansas. She received her bachelors degree from Judson College in Marion, Alabama, and her masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
She was head of the home economics department at Judson College, later moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas where she worked in the home economics department at the University of Arkansas. She eventually became associate dean of the College of Agriculture at Arkansas, the first woman to hold that position.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Conrad and Wilene Gilliam Sheffield, a sister, Josephine Smithey, and a brother, Will Sheffield.
She is survived by her husband, Bob Stark, her children: Will (Carolyn) Mooty of Auburn, Alabama, Dean (Dee) Mooty of Montgomery, Alabama, Dawn Mooty (Jimmy Chambliss) of Austin, Texas, and Kyle Mooty of Eufaula, Alabama. She also had six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by stepchildren Susan (Jeff) Ray of Lavaca, Arkansas, and Robert (Caroline) Stark of Rogers, Arkansas, and two step-grandchildren.
Charlene was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Community Suppers at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the New Life Ranch Camper Scholarship Fund in Colcord, Oklahoma, or the Dr. Charlene Mooty Scholarship fund at the University of Arkansas.
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