Robert Harvey Clements

Robert Harvey Clements was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 29, 1940, to Zella Violet Clements and Jesse Verner Clements and died on November 4, 2025. 

In 1954 Robert was a member of the Pony League baseball team, that went to the National Finals games in Pennsylvania. He was very proud that they finished third in the Nation.

Robert graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, in San Antonio, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He received a scholarship in foot ball to SMU. There he met his future wife, Judith Mason Ewin of Franklin, Tennessee. Once Robert graduated college he began a career in insurance, then moving to home building, before retiring in 2005.

After Robert and Mason married, they made their home in the Dallas area. They had two daughters, Kenya Lynn Clements and Terri Lee Clements. Robert and Mason had a love for camping and would spend weekends at area lakes. In 1969, they discovered some property on a relatively new lake in East Texas called Cedar Creek Lake. After two years of camping there on weekends, the couple built a small cabin where they spent much time clearing the land and enjoying the water. In 1971, they moved from Irving and enrolled the girls in the Mabank schools.

Robert enjoyed hobbies such as sports, bird watching, playing piano by ear (which he learned from his mother), photography, golf, studying Roman history, cooking stews, beans, bread and biscotti. He loved to water ski and to teach visitors as well. Throughout the years, Robert and Mason hosted large groups of family and friends at their Lakehouse. One “memorable” occasion was a family reunion that was held in September of 2000. Thirty-three family members converged for a family reunion for the weekend. Many brought tents to sleep outside. However, the stifling 100 plus degree heat sent most into the house to sleep wherever there was floor space. Many more reunions would be held throughout the coming years that would etch fond memories in our hearts and lives.

Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Violet Clements; siblings; Jesse Verner Clements and Peggy Lynn Clements Feille.

Robert is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mason; daughters: Kenya Moses and husband Jeff; Terri Hellwig and husband Jerry; grandchildren: Mandy Sinclair and husband Caleb, Megan Naegeli and husband Kyle, and Natalie Hellwig; great-grandchildren: Addison, Hudson, Brooks, Everett Sinclair, and Luke Naegeli. 

A very special mention of appreciation goes to their neighbors who have been such an encouragement and support over the past ten years. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated as the family navigates the coming days without their beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

If desired, memorial gifts may be made to Market Street United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 633 Mabank, Texas 75147, or to the charity of your choice.