HER STORY

Ever since her boyfriend John Wayne Roberts was killed in Vietnam in 1967, Carol Lombard Clark has had a real sensitivity towards others who have lost their loved ones in war. The troublesome experience inspired her to tell her own story about wars and create the political/spiritual poster promoting peace. She wishes to share her vision of what the world would look like if everyone understood each other in spite of cultural differences. “Goodbye Caroline” is a screenplay in progress about her relationship with John Roberts and the effects of how war changed her life. After going to Vietnam for closure in December, 2007 with John’s younger brother Steve Roberts to visit where John was killed, she started writing the screenplay to help give people the hope of healing after war. She is also working on completing her autobiography entitled Wounded Angels.

Many other life experiences, or blessings as Carol calls them, have contributed to her work. She remembers almost boarding one of the planes that crashed into the twin towers on 9/11, but thankfully something held her back from traveling. Throughout her life, she has had the honor of meeting Dexter Scott King, son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Dorothy Cotton who marched with King in the 1960s. Carol met members of the Kennedy family as well including late senator Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel and nephew Patrick. Their stories and work towards improving the United States and the world have encouraged her tremendously.

Carol often relates to the saying, “If you understood everything God understood about that person, you’d love them too.” The quote holds a revelation that motivates Carol to try to understand herself and others. In working towards this aspiration, she wrote the poem “A World Without Terror” which she composed into a song and is featured on her poster for peace. Carol dedicates much of her time to her music. Last year, she recorded “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” “On Eagles’ Wings,” and “Be Not Afraid.” She hopes to record a number of albums in the near future. Artists that either taught or worked with Carol include Roger Nichols, Adrian Sutton, Hal Schaefer, Mario Martinelli, Richard Mitton, and her nephew Christopher M. Clark.