Obituary;
WATSON, LELA LODENA - age 77 of Oakdale, passed away suddenly Friday evening, December 17, 1999 at the Rankin Chapel Fellowship Hall doing what she loved. She and a friend were making hot chocolate for the church Christmas Carolers.
Mrs. Watson was born November 13, 1922 in Oakdale's Rankin Chapel Community. She was a charter/ faithful member of the Rankin Chapel Church where she had been a member since October 13, 1940. She loved her church and was very devoted to it.
She was preceded in death by her mother Mae Coffey Clark; father, Charlie Clark; brothers, Arnold Clark, Carl Clark; sisters, Mabel Blake and Carlene Clark.
She is survived by her husband, Billie Watson; daughters, Brenda and husband, Tommy Clark of Spring City, Arlene and husband, Gary Smith of Oakdale; son, David Watson and wife, Gail of Oakdale; five grandchildren, Michele Clark of Tampa, Fla., Tony Clark of Soddy Daisy, Felicia Willis of Oakdale, Serena Peters of Oakdale, Jeremy Smith of Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; four great grandchildren, Nikkie and Cody Clark of Soddy Daisy, Kimberly and Brittany Willis, Oakdale; two sisters, Myrtle Copland of Oakdale, Eva Solomon of Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.; two brothers, Albert Clark of Harriman and Walter Clark of Rockwood; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Jeremy Smith, Tracy Willis, Larry Peters, Ted Bunch, Keith Allen, Derrick Stewart, Larry Goldston, Charles Clark & W. A. (Bill) Clark.
Interment in Rankin Chapel Church cemetery.
Obituary;
WATSON, LELA LODENA - age 77 of Oakdale, passed away suddenly Friday evening, December 17, 1999 at the Rankin Chapel Fellowship Hall doing what she loved. She and a friend were making hot chocolate for the church Christmas Carolers.
Mrs. Watson was born November 13, 1922 in Oakdale's Rankin Chapel Community. She was a charter/ faithful member of the Rankin Chapel Church where she had been a member since October 13, 1940. She loved her church and was very devoted to it.
She was preceded in death by her mother Mae Coffey Clark; father, Charlie Clark; brothers, Arnold Clark, Carl Clark; sisters, Mabel Blake and Carlene Clark.
She is survived by her husband, Billie Watson; daughters, Brenda and husband, Tommy Clark of Spring City, Arlene and husband, Gary Smith of Oakdale; son, David Watson and wife, Gail of Oakdale; five grandchildren, Michele Clark of Tampa, Fla., Tony Clark of Soddy Daisy, Felicia Willis of Oakdale, Serena Peters of Oakdale, Jeremy Smith of Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; four great grandchildren, Nikkie and Cody Clark of Soddy Daisy, Kimberly and Brittany Willis, Oakdale; two sisters, Myrtle Copland of Oakdale, Eva Solomon of Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.; two brothers, Albert Clark of Harriman and Walter Clark of Rockwood; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Jeremy Smith, Tracy Willis, Larry Peters, Ted Bunch, Keith Allen, Derrick Stewart, Larry Goldston, Charles Clark & W. A. (Bill) Clark.
Interment in Rankin Chapel Church cemetery.
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