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Homegoing Service
for
Lela M. Atkins
Sunrise Sunset
Oct. 30, 1923 Dec. 21, 2021
SERVICES
Sunday, December 26, 2021
1:00am
Marks Funeral Home
1392 South Jackson
INTERMENT
Pine Hill Cemetery
Emerson, AR
CLERGY
Pastor Shelton Oliver - Eulogist
Officiant- Rev. Greg Nettles
Obituary
Mrs. Lela Mae Atkins was born to the union of Mr. Nathaniel Rose and Mrs. Josephine (Josie) Rose on October 30, 1923 in Nevada County - Smithland Community. Mrs. Atkins was the second child of three siblings.
On December 4, 1937, she married Mr. Eddie Rufus and to that union one child was born Eddie Mae Rufus. Mr. Eddie Rufus was killed in an accident in September of 1938 and their daughter Eddie Mae Scott was born on October 1, 1938. Eddie was born one month after the death of her father.
After the death of her husband, Mr. Eddie Rufus, Lela later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and then to Camden, Arkansas where she met and married Mr. Israel Leroy Atkins and remained married until his death. They attended Zion Hill Baptist church but Lela never joined. She later joined Bethel AME Church and held her membership with Bethel AME Church until the time of her death.
Lela Mae was preceded in death by her parents, Nathaniel and Josephine Rose; one sister Estella “Babe” Fields and one brother, Nathaniel Rose, JR., Israel Leroy Atkins, and her son-in-law Bill Scott.
Lela Mae transcended to her new home on December 21, 2021 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, AR. She was surrounded with the love of her family as she was welcomed home. She will be cherished by her daughter: Eddie Mae Scott, her grandchildren Stephanie Scott-Hatley, Gregory Cottrell Scott, great grandchildren, Eric, Michael, Kierra and DeLonn, and great-great grandchildren Ma’Kai DaSean , Kari Ray, Mi’Kah Ray (From Seattle Washington and Texas). Host of nieces and nephews, family and friends.
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