JEAN ALDEN OATIS was born on September 12, 1940 in Livingston, Alabama to the late Richard Clark and Laura Lee Clark. Jean was the first black woman to work at Ingalls Shipyard as a welder. She was a hard worker. Jean enjoyed fishing, crafts, music and dancing. Ms. Oatis is preceded in death by her mother, Laura Lee Clark; her father, Richard Clark, Sr.; four brothers Jimmy Lee Travis, Earnest Clark, Peter Clark; two sisters, Betsy Travis-Smith, Bernice Hinton; two sons, James Lee and Richard Lee. She leaves to cherish her memory, seven children, Patricia Magee - Virginia, Lewis Lee - Mississippi, Shirley Edwards - Mississippi, Bobby (Leslie) Lee - Mississippi, Frankie Lee - Mississippi, Victoria (Lee) Robinson - Mississippi, Tyeshmeca (Ahave) Brown - Virginia; 37 grandchildren; 69 great grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Clark, Keith Clark and a host of relatives and friends.