Opal Sue Douglas, 76 formerly of Centralia passed away August 23, 2021 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Centralia, burial will follow in the Centralia City Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at the church on Saturday.

Opal worked as a Nanny in early adulthood, a Dietary Aide at the University Hospital, a personal caregiver, at a rehabilitation center in Mexico Missouri  Mexico Area Recovery Center, a donut maker at Casey's, and a Direct Support Professional at Woodhaven.
As a kid, she played the trumpet but health problems prevented her from continuing to play.  Her class was the last class at Dunbar School so in turn, it was the first class to be integrated in Centralia.  She graduated from Centralia. She was the treasurer of St. John A.M.E. Church and tended to the church until it's close.  She was also a member of the Eastern Star.

In the early 2000's she went to Moberly Area Community College and enjoyed IT more than other subjects.

She liked to read and could read a book in a day with her glass of iced tea and snacks nearby.  She enjoyed doing small maintenance around the house, crocheting, and playing with gadgets.  She talked about being a missionary and also about helping victims of sex trafficketing in Cambodia.

She enjoyed being an aunt and a grandmother.

Survived by her daughter, Nyoka Douglas, and granddaughter Sydney, two sisters; Jacqueline Willis of Minneapolis, MN and Sonya Willis of Columbia, MO, 16 nieces and nephews, over twice as many great-nieces and great-nephews,

several great-great nieces/nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by her parents, Mary Jane Willis and Otis Willis, Jr., brothers Ronnie Willis  and Edward Willis, sister Frances Willis, her grandparents, all aunts and uncles, and two cousins.

Memorial donations are suggested to help the family with the funeral expenses and may be payable to Fenton-Kendrick Funeral Home, 104 S. Collier, Centralia, MO 65240.