Index Journal (online edition)
Greenwood, SC
September 8, 2005

Ella Watts Lake

Ella Watts Lake, 62, of 525 Taggart Ave., wife of James Lake Sr., died
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.  Born in Greenwood
County, she was a daughter of Mary Frances Williams and the late Stan
Marshall Watts and stepdaughter of the late J.B.  Williams. She was a
member of Durham Temple C.M.E. Church and attended Mount Moriah Baptist
Church. A 1961 Brewer High School graduate, she was a member of the
National Council of Negro Women Inc. She retired from Solutia Inc. after
33 years of service and worked for Standard and Mundy Contractors leased
by Solutia.  Survivors include her husband of the home; her mother of
Greenwood; a son, James Lake Jr. of the home; a grandson reared in the
home, Desimond Curry; two sisters, Lois Puckett and Dorothy Hawthorne,
both of Greenwood; three brothers, Clarence Williams of Bradley, Willie
Williams and Thomas C. Thomas, both of Greenwood.  The family is at
the home.  Services will be announced by Parks Funeral Home.



Index Journal (online edition)
Greenwood, SC
September 9, 2005

Ella Watts Lake

Services for Ella Watts Lake are 2 p.m. Saturday at Durham Temple
C.M.E. Church, conducted by the Rev. James McKee. The body will be placed
in the church at 1. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park.  Pallbearers are
Travis Curry, Desimond Curry, Sherman Hawkins, Bobby Anthony, Daryl Scott
and Morris Stewart II.  Flower bearers are Viola Smith, Brenda Anderson,
Johnnie Mae Bowie and nieces.  Honorary escorts are members of Brewer
Class of 1961, National Council of Negro Women Inc., Solutia AAMT Training
Department.  Visitation is 7-8 tonight at Parks Funeral Home.  The family
is at the home, 525 Taggart Ave.  Parks Funeral Home is in charge.