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Nola Irene Churchwell was born to John Roy and Al Goma Dodson on Feb. 16, 1923. She died Jan. 19, 2021, at the age of 97.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John Roy and Al Goma (Dodson) Carpenter; her stepfather Henry Carpenter; her sisters Alpha Lee, Lois, and Jewel; her brothers Bill, E...