Carolyn Drew Oates
January 16, 1940 – June 14, 2018

Funeral services for Carolyn Drew Oates, 78, of Marietta, GA, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Weaver will officiate. Services will conclude at the Chapel. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Oates passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA.

Born on January 16, 1940, in Grady County, GA, she was a daughter of the late LeRoy Drew Sr. and Thelma Whitfield Drew.

Survivors include: her son, Thomas “Tommy” Oates of Decatur, GA; brother-in-law, Wade Dyches of Cairo, GA; sister-in-law, Margaret Drew of Cairo, GA; and a host of extended family.

Mrs. Oates was preceded in death by: her husband, Edwin Carroll Oates, Sr.; a son, Edwin Carroll Oates Jr.; parents, LeRoy Drew, Sr. and Thelma Whitfield Drew; a brother, Howard E. Drew; a sister, Faye D. Dyches; a brother, LeRoy “Buddy” Drew, Jr.; a brother, Lee A. Drew; a sister-in-law, Maxine Drew; a sister-in-law, Delilah D. Drew.

Memorials may be made in Mrs. Oates’ memory to: Foundation for Rhodes Homes, Inc., 2801 Buford Hwy NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30329 or online at https://www.agrhodes.org/donate/.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home immediately following the service.