Mr. Herbert "Rookie" Clary

Mr. HERBERT "ROOKIE" CLARY, 90 OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 3, 2025. ROOKIE WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 1934, IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

ROOKIE GRADUATED FROM HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1952.  UPON GRADUATION HE ENLISTED & SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY IN THE USMC (1952-1956) AND THE USAF (1956-1961).  ROOKIE RETIRED FROM THE USPS IN 1989.  HE WAS A TIRELESS ENTREPRENEUR IN ADDITION TO HIS MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICE.  ROOKIE WAS THE OWNER OF ROOKIE’S HOLE IN THE WALL,  CLASS ACT II AND A MEDICAL TRANSPORT BUSINESS WHERE HE COMPASSIONATELY CARED FOR THE NEEDS OF HIS CLIENTS.

ROOKIE WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC SPORTS FAN AND WAS MOST CONTENT DURING FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL SEASONS.  HIS INTERESTS ALSO INCLUDED BOATING AND FISHING WHERE HE ENJOYED MANY OUTINGS WITH FRIENDS ON HIS BOAT(S).  HE WAS A KIND AND COMPASSIONATE PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP FRIENDS IN NEED AND MET PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE WITHOUT JUDGEMENT.

HE IS SURVIVED BY  TONI FREEMAN, DAUGHTER, ZACHARY FREEMAN-HILTON, GRANDSON (JASMYNE), ZACHARY FREEMAN-HILTON, II AND CLOVER CLARK, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, PAULETTE YVONNE CONNELLY (STEVEN), DWAYNE DIGGS & JANNELLE DIGGS JOHNSON, COUSINS.  SPECIAL FRIENDS WHO WERE LIKE SONS TO HIM INCLUDE DEXTER BROWN, JOSEPH BETHEA, JOHNNY NICHOLS AND THOMAS “NIP” HARRIS.  ROOKIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY LOTTIE CLARY, MOTHER, JAMES ARTHUR CLARY, BROTHER AND MR. & MRS. FRANK REVIS, GUARDIANS.

It is the desire of the Clary and Freeman families that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

The family of Mr. Herbert Clary has entrusted his final care to C. C. Carter Funeral 

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