Clara Bell Randalls

87 year old Clara Bell Randalls of Dowelltown died Sunday at NHC Healthcare Center in Smithville. She was a retired shirt factory worker and a member of the Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Bill Robertson, W.D. Thomason, and Bob Perkins will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Atnip and a sister, Eva Pauline Randalls. Survivors include her husband, Bill Randalls of Dowelltown. Children, Joyce and her husband Jerry Spurlock of Smithville, Barbara Dean and her husband Kenneth Arnold of Smithville, Anna Ruth and her husband Jack Chidester of Nashville. Step-children, Billie Warrick and Eddie Ervin of Nashville, Annita Carver of Mount Juliet, Louise Gibson of Old Hickory, and Eva Hill of Smithville. Step-daughters-in-law, Ina Mai Hendrixson of Smithville, Vera Hendrixson of Dowelltown, and Grace Hendrixson of Nashville. One grand-daughter, Pam and her husband Michael Baines of Smithville. Two great grandchildren, Emily and her husband Josh Linder, and Michael Paul White all of Norfolk, Virginia. One great great granddaughter, Katie Madison Linder. One sister, Maudine Derting of Smithville. Twenty seven step grandchildren and several step great grandchildren. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. The family asks that donations be made to either the Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church building fund or to the Gideons International, in memory of Mrs. Randalls, in lieu of flowers.