Ollie Mae Kirkland

Ollie Mae Kirkland, age 88, of Columbus, passed away Friday October 9, 2020 at Mount Carmel East Hospital after a short illness. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on October 14, 1931, Ms. Kirkland moved to Columbus in 1951, and worked in various occupations through the years: as a nurse’s aide at OSU Hospital; a clerk for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles; and working for nineteen years as a Medical Records Specialist with Nationwide Children’s Homecare. Ms. Kirkland’s interests were reading, cooking, gardening, crafting, watching movies, music, keeping up on current events, and spending time with family and friends. Ms. Kirkland was preceded in death by her son, Theodore Kirkland; ex-husband, Eugene Montgomery; sisters Virginia Ridgeway, Jessie Mae Carter, Pledie King, and brother Andrew Kirkland. She leaves behind to cherish her memory sons Eugene A. and Bryan K. Kirkland; sisters Betty Ann Kirkland and Norrie Neeley; nephews Andrew (Drew) Kirkland, Michael, DeWayne, and Milbert Neeley, Ronald Carter and Kevin Ridgeway; nieces Karen Ridgeway, Sheila King, and Jeannette and Sabrina Carter; brother-in-law Clinton Carter; and many, many friends and extended family.