Mrs. Ola Lockhart of Phenix City, AL passed Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in Phenix City, AL.

Funeral service will be held 12 noon Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in the C.T. Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Walsh Williams, officiating. Interment to follow in Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Cottonton, AL. Visitation is Tuesday, January 5, 2020 from 11-5 p.m. EST.

Mrs. Lockhart was born January 9, 1938 in Pittsview, AL to the late James Early Kennedy and the late Cleola Averett Kennedy. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age at Cool Springs Baptist Church, Pittsview, AL and later joined Mt. Canaan Baptist Church, Cottonton, AL. She was a member of the Choir and on the Usher Board. She also was a member of the Feminine Allstars Ladies Choir for many years. She was a faithful and devoted Deaconess.

Mrs. Lockhart was educated in the Russell County, AL. On December 26, 1954 she married the love of her life, Mr. Willie Lee Lockhart and to this union six beautiful children were born. One preceded her in death. Her husband of 63 devoted years preceded her in death along with a brother, James Kennedy and a sister, Dorothy O'Neal.

She leaves to cherish her memory, five children, Willie Mae Thomas, Phenix City, AL, Vincent Lockhart, Sr. (Paula), Columbus, GA, Min. Evelyn Long (Dea. Roy), Catherine Lockhart-Harris (Jessie), Smiths Station, AL and Billy Lockhart (Tensie), Phenix City, AL; two sisters, Catherine Cliatt, Columbus, GA and Sarah Kennedy, Seale, AL; ten grandchildren, Latonia Harris (Derrick), Vickea Lockhart-Moore (Darren), Courtney Lockhart, Kimberly Pitts (Tim), Vincent Lockhart, Jr., Katrece Long, Cordera Lockhart, Kierra Long, Darius Lockhart and Jazmyn Lockhart; 15 great grandchildren three sisters in law and a host of other relatives and friends.