Olga Tona “Tona” WATT^{[1, 2]}

1934 - 2025  (91 years)

• Name	Olga Tona “Tona” WATT  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	23 Apr 1934	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina OLGA TONA WATT CHANDLER Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2025 1:53 pm Olga Tona Watt Chandler, 91, of Sumter, entered the presence of our Lord on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 2:15 a.m. Tona was born in Sumter on April 23, 1934, to Elwyn Morgan Watt and Pauline Kvaternik Singleton Watt. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings in the Singleton-Watt family. Tona graduated from Edmunds High School in 1952 before attending East Carolina Teachers College, going on to teach for over 30 years. Tona is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, George Patterson Chandler; her devoted children, Joel Chandler (Cheryl), Lyall White (Jimmy) and Kelsey Jones (Carroll); her adoring grandchildren, Lindsay Miller (Ben), Andrew White (Megan), Erin Hughes (Daniel), Alyssa Rogers (Anthony), Jonathan White (Candace), Megan Drummond (David), Tucker Chandler and Chasity Welch (Kian); her beloved great-grandchildren, Henry, Mills, Hattie, Thomas, Audrey, Matthew, Dylan, Ford, Fawn, Bennett, Beau and Murphy; and numerous cherished nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life service will be held at Lewis Chapel Church, 1510 Plowden Mill Road, on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 4 p.m. with visitation immediately preceding the service at 3 p.m. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.  [1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17]
  _UID	FFBC7DC4F22046979039945888AC56C7F157
  Death	7 Jul 2025	at 2:15 a.m., Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	9 Aug 2025	a celebration of Life service was held at Lewis Chapel Church, 1510 Plowden Mill Road, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I52568	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Elwyn Morgan WATT, Sr.,   b. 12 Mar 1885   d. 26 Oct 1960 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Pauline Josephine KVATERNIK,   b. 24 Jan 1905, Yugoslavia d. 22 Nov 1949 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1929	Sumter County, South Carolina   [18]
  _UID	29B4EA8F73DF4BE5BD1F4C7FBA08B6F9F088
  _UID	29B4EA8F73DF4BE5BD1F4C7FBA08B6F9F088
  Family ID	F37487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. George Patterson “Pat” CHANDLER,   b. 18 Mar 1934, Fayetteville, North Carolina d. 7 Dec 2025 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1955	Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1, 2]
  _UID	C0BBD069977B4BFB8EA984F30563C7897202
  _UID	C0BBD069977B4BFB8EA984F30563C7897202
  Children	1. Joel CHANDLER,   b. Tennessee   2. Lyall CHANDLER,   b. Fayetteville, North Carolina   3. Kelsey CHANDLER,   b. Atlanta, Dekalb County, Georgia
  Family ID	F37489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S32736] Olga Tona Watt Chandler. [S33059] George Patterson Chandler. [S505] Lisa McLean at BB&T Bank. [S545] page 1. [S3204] John A. Watt Sr. [S5672] William J. Singleton Sr. [S6553] Edna W. Touchberry. [S16800] Iris S. Mills. [S21340] Vernetta Benbow. [S22292] Thomas D. Watt Sr. [S22824] Vera Bradham. [S25826] Roberta Singleton. [S27969] Elwyn Morgan Watt Jr. [S28559] Frank R. Singleton. [S29333] Marguerite Watt Huggins. [S1173] Clyde W. Hook. [S2485] Caro Leigh Jackson McElveen. [S897] Sumter County, South Carolina, Marriage License Index, #5, page 2271.