Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, February 7, 1979

Mrs. Zelma Mote

The funeral of Mrs. Zelma Crain Mote, 77, Clarks, was at 2 p.m. Thursday at Clarks Baptist Church with the Rev. John Williams officiating.

Burial was in Welcome Home Cemetery under the direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home in Columbia.

Mrs. Mote died Tuesday in the Caldwell Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

She was a member of the Clarks Baptist Church and past president of WMU.

Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Cora Crain of Grayson, and Mrs. Nancy Crain of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.