Obituary of Claude Odis McAfee

Services for Claude Odis McAfee, 96, Overton, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, at Cottle~Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Wade Duck and Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Overton City Cemetery with Military Honors. Mr. McAfee died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at his residence in Overton. He was born September 19, 1918 in Red Level to the late George and Eliza McPhearson McAfee and was a lifelong resident of Overton. He married Lillian LaBelle Brasfield March 2, 1940 in Overton and was a vet of the US Army and received the purple heart in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.He worked as a heavy equipment operator for J.W. Green and Warren & Miller. After his retirement he worked for Pope & Turner, drove a school bus for New London, and was a longtime staff member at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home and felt privileged to be able to minister to people in their time of grief. He was a member of the former Hall Brothers VFW Post #9185, Overton. Mr. McAfee was a member of the Overton Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as deacon. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all who knew him. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Claude Wesley McAfee on March 1, 1970 and his wife of 70 years, Labelle McAfee on September 3, 2010, a son-in-law, Larry Hollis on March 11, 2012; and 4 brothers, Horace McAfee, Robert McAfee, Johnny McAfee and Grady McAfee; 4 sisters, Maggie Clements, Ruby Everett, Edna Riddle and Willie Jones. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Elsie Hollis and Betty and Jerry Clark, all of Overton; 5 grandchildren, Bobby Pearson, Teri Mayfield, Tammy Mullins, Patrick Clark and Laura Vineyard; 12 great grandchildren; a great great grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. Pallbearers will be Jerry Mayfield, Lee Mayfield, Bobbie Webb, Johnathan Pearson, Bobby Pearson and Mike Ammons. Honorary pallbearers will be Dale Grandstaff, William Dale Elliott and James Patrick Clark. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Tuesday, May 12. Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com