She was the daughter of Wilber Benjamin Heffner and Elmetta Mitchell. She married (1) Rex Gardner and (2) Ray Watson.∼Lillie Lolita Gardner Watson, 81, St. Joseph, died Friday, August 27, 1999 at a St. Joseph healthcare center (Carriage Square Convalescent Center) at 5:35 pm due to arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diabetes
Born in Clinton County near Plattsburg, Missouri, on October 14 1917, Mrs. Watson had lived in St. Joseph since 1958.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Ambassadors of Faith Church in St. Joseph.
Mrs. Watson was preceded in death by her first husband, Rex Gardner; her second husband, Ray Watson; a daughter, Lavina M. Gardner; three sons, Donald J., James W. and Roy Gardner; her mother, Elmetta Mitchell; a brother, Oakley Mitchell; and a sister, Marge Cobb.
Surviving: s son, Charles Gardner, Plattsburg; four daughters, the Rev. Lela Warner and Helen Perman, both of St. Joseph, and Doris Ferguson and Rose Utter; both of Raytown, Missouri; a grandchild raised in the home, Shannon Warner, St. Joseph; five sisters, Leona Stevenson, Liberty Missouri, Wanda Belk, Kansas City, Opal Berry, St. Joseph, Nancy Streeter, Plattsburg, and Alice Monroe, Columbia, Missouri; 23 grandchildren; and 48 great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Born in Clinton County near Plattsburg, Missouri, on October 14 1917, Mrs. Watson had lived in St. Joseph since 1958.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Ambassadors of Faith Church in St. Joseph.
Mrs. Watson was preceded in death by her first husband, Rex Gardner; her second husband, Ray Watson; a daughter, Lavina M. Gardner; three sons, Donald J., James W. and Roy Gardner; her mother, Elmetta Mitchell; a brother, Oakley Mitchell; and a sister, Marge Cobb.
Surviving: s son, Charles Gardner, Plattsburg; four daughters, the Rev. Lela Warner and Helen Perman, both of St. Joseph, and Doris Ferguson and Rose Utter; both of Raytown, Missouri; a grandchild raised in the home, Shannon Warner, St. Joseph; five sisters, Leona Stevenson, Liberty Missouri, Wanda Belk, Kansas City, Opal Berry, St. Joseph, Nancy Streeter, Plattsburg, and Alice Monroe, Columbia, Missouri; 23 grandchildren; and 48 great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
She was the daughter of Wilber Benjamin Heffner and Elmetta Mitchell. She married (1) Rex Gardner and (2) Ray Watson.∼Lillie Lolita Gardner Watson, 81, St. Joseph, died Friday, August 27, 1999 at a St. Joseph healthcare center (Carriage Square Convalescent Center) at 5:35 pm due to arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diabetes
Born in Clinton County near Plattsburg, Missouri, on October 14 1917, Mrs. Watson had lived in St. Joseph since 1958.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Ambassadors of Faith Church in St. Joseph.
Mrs. Watson was preceded in death by her first husband, Rex Gardner; her second husband, Ray Watson; a daughter, Lavina M. Gardner; three sons, Donald J., James W. and Roy Gardner; her mother, Elmetta Mitchell; a brother, Oakley Mitchell; and a sister, Marge Cobb.
Surviving: s son, Charles Gardner, Plattsburg; four daughters, the Rev. Lela Warner and Helen Perman, both of St. Joseph, and Doris Ferguson and Rose Utter; both of Raytown, Missouri; a grandchild raised in the home, Shannon Warner, St. Joseph; five sisters, Leona Stevenson, Liberty Missouri, Wanda Belk, Kansas City, Opal Berry, St. Joseph, Nancy Streeter, Plattsburg, and Alice Monroe, Columbia, Missouri; 23 grandchildren; and 48 great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Born in Clinton County near Plattsburg, Missouri, on October 14 1917, Mrs. Watson had lived in St. Joseph since 1958.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Ambassadors of Faith Church in St. Joseph.
Mrs. Watson was preceded in death by her first husband, Rex Gardner; her second husband, Ray Watson; a daughter, Lavina M. Gardner; three sons, Donald J., James W. and Roy Gardner; her mother, Elmetta Mitchell; a brother, Oakley Mitchell; and a sister, Marge Cobb.
Surviving: s son, Charles Gardner, Plattsburg; four daughters, the Rev. Lela Warner and Helen Perman, both of St. Joseph, and Doris Ferguson and Rose Utter; both of Raytown, Missouri; a grandchild raised in the home, Shannon Warner, St. Joseph; five sisters, Leona Stevenson, Liberty Missouri, Wanda Belk, Kansas City, Opal Berry, St. Joseph, Nancy Streeter, Plattsburg, and Alice Monroe, Columbia, Missouri; 23 grandchildren; and 48 great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
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