CLARENCE LEON HASTINGS SR. WAS BORN TO JIM RILEY AND MARY L. TERRELL ON NOVEMBER 27, 1954 IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "JOJO" HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR H.CLAY DILWORTH JR. AT CALVARY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE CONTINUED HIS SPIRITUAL WALK WITH THE LORD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CURRENT PASTOR BISHOP C.E. RICHARDSON SR. HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHURCH FAMILY BY HELPING WITH THE CHURCH PICNIC AND BY PROVIDING LAWN CARE HE GRADUATED FROM FOY. H. MOODY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1973. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AND WAS IN VIETNAM WAR UNTIL 1976 AND HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. MILITARY FOR BEING A SHARPSHOOTER AND ARMORER AND HE HELPED TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE. AND THEN HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. HE CONTINUED HIS HIGHER EDUCATION BY ATTENDING DEL MAR COLLEGE AND RECIEVING TWO DEGREES . ONE FOR AUTO MECHANICS AND THE OTHER DEGREE IN WELDING FROM DEL MAR COLLEGE.

CLARENCE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE DIANA R.HASTINGS IN 1979 AND THEY ENJOYED FORTY FOUR BEAUTIFUL YEARS OF HOLY MATRIMONY TOGETHER AND TO THIS UNION THE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN.

CLARENCE HAD SEVERAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. HE SERVED AS A DELIVERY DRIVER FOR UPS, AND LATER HE SERVED AS A CROSSING GUARD FOR CCISD TO MAKE SURE ALL THE CHILDREN CROSSED THE STREET SAFELY, AND HE WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD AT TRINITY TOWERS. HE HAD A PASSION FOR FISHING, PLAYING DOMINOES, BARBECUEING FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND HE ENJOYED HIS DALLAS COWBOYS. HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS A LOVING, CARING, HUMOROUS AND GOD FEARING MAN. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER JIM RILEY AND HIS MOTHER MARY L. TERRELL

HE ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LEGACY THREE CHILDREN AMANDA L. HASTINGS, CLARENCE L HASTINGS JR. AND JOANNA HASTINGS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN. ISAIAH, ELIJAH AND MICAH STEWART AND ROBERT AND KOURTNEY MAURICIO. HIS THREE SIBLINGS. REGINALD DURHAM, BRYANT A. TERRELL (LISA) AND IMARYLIS L. TERRELL AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND CLOSE FRIEND.