Clara was born in Greensbora, Hale County, Alabama to the late Jesse James Booker and Ethel Wells Booker on November 26, 1931. In 1950, she was united in marriage to the late George King, Sr.  To this union two children were born.  In 1963, she married the Reverend Robert G Williams.  To this union three children were born.  She passed February 23, 2011.  She is interred in Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer AL.