Oneida Watkins Gaines, age 78, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2008 at Gardens Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas. Memorial Services are pending. The family suggests contributions in Oneida’s name be made to Garden Terrace, 7541 Switzer, Overland Park, Kansas 66214.
Oneida was born September 9. 1930 in Greensboro, North Carolina and was united in marriage to Roland J. Gaines on September 17, 1948 in Greensboro. She was preceded in death by her husband, and her parents. Survivors include her sister, Dorothy Wilson of Kernersville, North Carolina; and brother, Samuel Gentry Watkins, Jr. of Greensboro, North Carolina.