Ola Mae (Bell) Penson

Ola Mae Penson, age 102, sunrise February 10, 1910 in Americus, Georgia; sunset January 11, 2013 at OSU East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was a certified and Licensed Beautician, member of the Rose of Sharon Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a faithful childcare provider to many children. She is preceded in death by her husband Samuel Penson, parents Hattie Beatty Bell and Roscoe Bell, and brothers, Charles and Ralph Bell. Ola Mae was the mother of Wilma Carolina, grandmother to Lisa Kelley and Lisbeth Kelley-Matthews (Gregory), great-grandmother to Joshua (Tia) Kelley, James Taylor, Joi Taylor, Asia (Jason) Kostas, and Josiah Richards, great-great grandmother to Adonnise Kelley, Mykeyia Lowe, Greyson Kostas, and Hope DeLong, niece to CJ Bell and Carrie Beatty-Napier, aunt to Ruth Ann, Charlotte, and Billy Bell, great aunt to Annette Matthews, and great-great aunt to Herbert Nixon and Rosalee Sirtmire. She also leaves behind a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, family members and friends.