The Associated Press
DANVILLE, Ky. - Funeral services will be Thursday for former state Rep. Joe Clarke, who apparently shot himself in his home.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Danville. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home. He will be buried in Bellevue Cemetery.
The body of the 70-year-old politician was found Sunday after police received a call from Clarke's family saying he failed to show up at church.
Clarke died around 7 p.m. from a single shot through the heart, authorities said.
Clarke, a Democrat, was speaker of the House in 1993 and 1994, elected because of a squeaky-clean image after his predecessor, Don Blandford, was convicted in a bribery scandal.
Clarke spent 28 years in the House, 1970 to 1998, representing Boyle and Washington counties at the end of his career. He also represented Garrard, Lincoln and Marion counties at one time or another.
He is survived by four sons, two sisters and seven grandchildren.
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