CLARA BELL JEFFERSON AT THE AGE OF NINETY-FOUR DEPARTED THIS LIFE SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES ON WEDNESDAY THE TENTH OF SEPTEMBER 2008. SHE WAS BORN JULY 25, 1914 IN WASHINGTON, DC TO THE LATE ADDIE V. WASHINGTON. AT AN EARLY AGE SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND BECAME A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF FOSTER CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH IN LOUISA, VIRGINIA AND CONTINUED TO UPHOLD HER FAITH IN GOD THROUGHOUT HER LIFE.
CLARA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER SONS JUNIOR, WILLIAM, AND LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON AND HER HUSBAND OSCAR JEFFERSON. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER MARCY WHITE OF QUEENS, NEW YORK, ADRENE RIVERA OF DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, MARY MCDONALD OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, MAY ROBINSON OF LOUISA, VIRGINIA, CLARA B. JEFFERSON OF LOUISA, VIRGINIA, AND ONE SON OSCAR DAVID JEFFERSON OF PALMYRA, VIRGINIA. SHE WAS BLESSED WITH TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS A MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS.
THE FAMILY VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 FROM 6 TO 7 PM AT THOMASSON WATSON FUNERAL CHAPEL 117 WEST STREET LOUISA, VIRGINIA 23093.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 AT FOSTER CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 4028 EAST JACK JOUETT ROAD LOUISA, VIRGINIA 23093 WITH THE REVEREND MICHAEL R. CRAWLEY, JR., OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE BRIGHT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY LOUISA, VIRGINIA.