Age 86, of Redford, Michigan. Formerly from Woodbine, Kentucky. Cloda Rae married William Drexal Paul from Corn Creek in 1944. They lived in Kentucky and Ohio before making Michigan their permanent home. She was a homemaker and raised their three children. Cloda Rae was baptized in 1961 at the Redford Church of Christ and remained an active member until her death.

She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, Norton, Casey, and Bill Lawson; one sister, Doris Lawson Shartzer.

She is survived by two daughters, Donna (Marque) Cryderman, Debra (Forrest) Miracle; and son, Dennis (Lillian) Paul; five grandchildren, Brittany, Heather, and Erika Paul, Ashley & Travis Miracle; one great-grandchild, Mae Rose Thomson-Miracle; three step-grandchildren, Marque Cryderman, Elizabeth Crowton, and David Cryderman Rose; and seven step great-grandchildren, Kara, T.J., and Hailey Kowalski, Nick Crowton, Lena and Kaylee Rose, and Levi Cryderman.

She is also survived by her twin sister, Cleda Fay Carter of Woodbine; her brother-in-law and sisters-in-law Lorine Kelly of Corbin, Doll Paul of Woodbine, and Herbert and Cleo Paul of Corn Creek, Mary Paul of Lebanon, Ohio, Copalee Belt of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Margaret Smith of Harrison, Ohio; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Funeral Friday 11 AM at Thayer-Rock Funeral Home, Downtown Farmington.

Visitation Wednesday 5-9 PM and Thursday 2-9 PM.

Interment Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of Christ Care Center, 23575 15 Mile Road, Clinton Township, MI 48035-3108, the American Heart Association, 208 S. LaSalle Street, Ste. 1500, Chicago, IL 60604-1242, the American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2265 Livernois, Ste. 410, Troy, MI 48083.