Eula Mae Carson, daughter of the late James Hatchel and Dora Elizabeth Cox Hatchel, was born in Stoddard County, Missouri on September 15, 1920, and departed this life at her residence in Bernie, Missouri on April 16, 2018 at the age of 97.

Mrs. Carson was a caretaker, a homemaker, had worked at Nursing Homes, and of course had picked her share of cotton.  She was of Baptist Faith and a resident of Bernie.

She was united in marriage to George Richard on April 6,1937.  He preceded his wife in death on April 26, 1946.  She was united in marriage to Layton Vaughn Carson in Piggott, Arkansas on April 24, 1948.  Mr. Carson preceded his wife in death on September 28, 1994.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Carson of Malden, Missouri and Ronnie Carson of Bernie, Missouri;  by five daughters, Shirley Alvis of Bernie, Missouri, Jeanett Schmeig of Granite City, Illinois, Nora Fuemmeler of Rushville, Missouri, Brenda Owens of Marshall, Missouri and Pam Gandt of Brownwood, Missouri; by one brother, Frank D. Hatchel of Bloomfield, Missouri; by three sisters, Emogene Hodge of Davison, Michigan, Violetta Minton of Dexter, Missouri and Joyce Blaylock of Essex, Missouri; by Twenty Seven Grandchildren, Fifty Nine Great-Grandchildren and Thirty Two Great-Great-Grandchildren; also by other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husbands, by Five Sons, Doyle Richard, Chester Richard, Glendale Richard, Darrel Carson and Roger Carson; by Four Brothers, Terry Hatchel, Perry Hatchel, “Bud” Eugene Hatchel and Lewis Hatchel; by four sisters, Dorothy Richards, Velta Lacy, Geraldine Hatchel and Mable Hudgens.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in BERNIE, Missouri on Friday, April 20, 2018 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.   

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Saturday morning, April 21, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Jarod Hancock & Rev. Diana Barnes officiating.  Interment will be in Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Rural Dexter, Missouri. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements