Service:
Friday, October 25, 2024
12:00 p.m.
Christian Alliance Church
Willard, Ohio
Susetta Bland, 95, widow of Charles Bland, entered into eternal rest at her home in Plymouth on October 21, 2024, surrounded by her family and her precious dog Evie.
Born April 30, 1929 in Carter County Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Stella Lawhorn and Dennis Lambert. After moving to Ohio, she became employed with MTD Products Willard, where she worked for 26 years until her retirement in 1989.
Affectionately known to many as “Susie” and “Nan”, her greatest accomplishments in life were family and church. In addition to caring for her younger siblings, together with her husband Charlie she helped raise five children and one grandson.
In the 1980’s, Susie joined the Willard Christian Missionary & Alliance church where she served in many ministries; Alliance Women, Wednesday Prayer Group, Sweet Stitches, and teaching Sunday School.
Left to cherish her memory are step-son William “Bill” Bland (Martha), step-daughter Patty Turner (Bobby), grandson Shaun Kegley (Elizabeth), great grandchildren Logan, Lily and Lauryn Kegley, and Tera Tedder, sisters Rachel (Ernie) Gilliam and Alma Dummitt of Kentucky, brothers Oliver and Elza Lambert of Kentucky, and Warren Lambert of Ohio, along with a host of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was proceeded in death by her step father James Bryant, step mother Dollie Parker Lambert, daughter Tammy Kegley, step-son Charles “Chuck” Bland, step-daughter Norma Bland, sisters Mary Walters, Myrtle McDaniel, Alma Tabor, Evelyn Stillwell, Jenetta Wray, Lillie Roe, and Kathryn Viars, brothers Frederick “Harold” Gilliam, Willie Bryant, James R., William, Hagar and James M. Lambert.
A memorial service will be held for Susetta on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the Christian Alliance Church in Willard, Ohio at 12:00 p.m. with Pastor Steve McKnight officiating. In leu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Willard Christian Missionary & Alliance Church.