Clarence T. Scuse Jr., 76 SMYRNA - Clarence T. Scuse Jr., of Smyrna, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in Bayhealth/Kent General Hospital. He was 76. Clarence was born June 4, 1933, in Smyrna the son of the late Clarence T. Scuse, Sr. and Ora Faucett Scuse. He was a Class of 1952 graduate of Smyrna High School. Clarence served in the U.S. Army for two years before taking over the family dairy farm in March of 1957 and milked cows until 1965. At that time he sold the cattle and started grain farming. He went into the Auctioneering business in 1961 and started a partnership in farming with his sons Michael and Dale in 1985 and retired in 1997. Clarence served as Vice President of the Delaware State Fair, Vice Chairman of the Delaware Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Director of the Harrington Raceway. He also served as a member of the Advisory Council for Soil and Water. Clarence had formerly served as Director of Delaware Farm Credit, as the State Committee Chairman of ASCS from 1976 until 1980, on the Kent county ASCS Committee for 10 years, the State Committee Chairman for Farm Service Agency from 1992 until 1996. He was a member of Kent County Ducks Unlimited and a co-founder of the Whitehall Neck Sportsman Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Scuse in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Burris Scuse; two sons, Michael Scuse and his wife Patrice of Smyrna, and Dale Scuse and his wife Vicky of Smyrna; a daughter, Robin Hamburg and her husband Richard of Smyrna; a brother, George Scuse Sr. of Smyrna; three sisters, Maude Lucks, and Dorothy Wallace both of Dover, and Margaret Ann Ware of Hebron, Md.; seven grandchildren, Kevin, Darryl and Christopher Scuse, Connor Hamburg, Ashley Nash, Holly Hufford and Jamie Sharp; and five great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Brandon Scuse, Riley Hufford and Kaylee and Brayden Sharp. Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, in Asbury United Methodist Church, 22-24 West Mt. Vernon Street, Smyrna. Friends may call Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Faries Funeral Chapel, 29 South Main Street, Smyrna. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to the Whitehall Neck Sportsman Club, 1159 South DuPont Highway Dover, DE 19901. Condolence letters may be sent by visiting www.fariesfuneralhome.com.