I'm sorry to report that cousin Virginia passed away in September 2004. Unfortunately, she chose not to fund the Clark myfamily website, back when they started charging for the storage space. She created her own Clark website at that time. Regards, Phillip Albuquerque Journal, HEARD -- Virginia Arlene (Smith, Simmons) Heard, age 52, a 30-year resident of Albuquerque, NM and formerly of Springfield, MO, passed away on September 27, 2004. Virginia graduated from Albuquerque High in 1973 and worked at Kirtland Air Force Base for many years. She was a genealogy enthusiast. She is preceded in death by her mother, Cora Mabel Smith; her father, Virgil Collins Smith; two brothers, Charles Virgil Smith, James Clark Smith; and one grandson, Michael Ray Olivas. Virginia is survived by her husband of eight years, Daniel T. Heard, Jr.; two daughters, Rhonda Rene and her husband, Ramon Olivas Jr. and Kimberly Ann Simmons; six grandchildren, Amanda Michele Olivas, Samantha Marie Boesiger, Deanna Leeann Boesiger, Andrew Ray Olivas, Ryan Alexander Simmons, and Aron Michael Olivas. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen.