Tulsa Unveils Roy Clark Way Street Sign
Hundreds gathered at East Fourth Street and South Trenton Avenue as the city honored the late country star.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Country
Tulsa unveiled Roy Clark Way at the intersection of East Fourth Street and South Trenton Avenue during a ceremony attended by hundreds. Barbara Clark also donated her late husband's personal and professional collection to The Church Studio two months earlier.
Why it matters
The street naming and the archive donation keep the legacy of the Hee Haw co-host and longtime Tulsa resident visible in the city where he spent his later years. The ceremony coincided with a day when thousands of Tulsans voted, and attendees were handed Vote for Roy pins.
Hee Haw drew roughly 30 million viewers a week at its peak, a figure tied to Clark's long run as a co-host from 1969 to 1993. The extraction does not detail the commercial scope of the donated collection.
The players
Roy Clark
Country musician and Hee Haw co-host who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and died in Tulsa in 2018.
Barbara Clark
Roy Clark's widow, who unveiled the street sign and donated his personal and professional collection to The Church Studio.
The Church Studio
Tulsa recording studio that received Roy Clark's personal and professional collection as a donation.
The details
Barbara Clark unveiled the Roy Clark Way sign at the intersection of East Fourth Street and South Trenton Avenue, a block south of The Church Studio. At the event, Clark's fiddle, gifted to him by Roy Acuff, was presented to musician Cody Marriott, and Tempest Revival played 'Tulsa Time'.
Timeline
Roy Clark was born in Meherrin, Virginia, in 1933.
Clark co-hosted Hee Haw from 1969 to 1993.
The Clarks relocated to Tulsa in 1974.
Clark was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
The Roy Clark Way unveiling took place in November 2026.
Industry Dynamics
The Hee Haw run from 1969 to 1993 made Clark one of television's most recognizable country performers. Honors like this street naming and the archive donation place his legacy within the broader tradition of country music figures who are memorialized locally after their careers peak on national television.
Fans in Tulsa can visit the Roy Clark Way intersection at East Fourth Street and South Trenton Avenue to see the new sign. Collection materials donated to The Church Studio may be accessible to visitors, though the extraction does not confirm public access terms.
The takeaway
Honoring a performer with a street name and an archive gift keeps a career's local ties in public view long after national fame has faded. Readers interested in country music history can follow how cities preserve these legacies.
Further reading
For more on the country music scene, explore Country coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Tulsa Flyer.
