Obituary of Clemmie Kitchings

Services for Clemmie I. Kitchings, 83, Overton, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, June 2, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton, with the Reverend Mike Rice officiating. Burial will be in the Overton City Cemetery. Mrs. Kitchings died Wednesday, May 30, in an Overton nursing home. She was born March 1, 1924, in Arp, to the late John Henry Moore and Mary Maud Pannell Moore. She was a graduate of Salem High School, in Smith County, near Arp. She had been an Overton resident since 1963. She was employed for many years in the Cafeteria of the Overton Independent School District. Mrs. Kitchings was a member of the First Baptist Church, Overton where she served on the Hostess Committee and also had taught Sunday School. She married James Williams Kitchings in Wright City, April 25, 1943. He preceded her in death April 6, 1998. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Melton Moore. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Judy Kitchings, Overton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lynette and David Lawrence, Henderson and Kathy Reneé and Dale Silvertooth, White Oak; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Kurt and Shelley Kitchings, Alan and Erica Kitchings, Julie Kitchings, Melody and Nathan Roney, Erin Beamer, Faith Silvertooth, Toby Silvertooth and Jeanie Ruth and David; three great-grandchildren, Riley Kitchings, Brianna Beamer, and Mikaela Beamer; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday, June 1.