Clara Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dyson 91 of Leonardtown, MD and formerly of Bushwood, MD passed away on March 11, 2013 in St. Mary's Nursing Center Leonardtown, MD.

Born December 15, 1921 in Bushwood, MD to the late John Clement and Mary Pearl Butler Dyson, she is survived by her siblings Sara Ann Loretta Somerville of Bushwood, MD and Rev. Richard Clement Dyson of Frederick, MD.

Lizzie was preceded in death by her siblings John Alfred Dyson, James Thomas Dyson, Isaac Alexandria Dyson, Mary Lillian Burton, Agnes Josephine Dyson, Susan Gertrude Tyer, Pearl Madeline Beatty and Julia Louise Clement Dyson.

Lizzie was a lifelong resident of St. Mary's County and graduated from Banneker School in 1940. Lizzie was a Home/Child Care Provider for the Burch family for 61 years, retiring in 2003.

Lizzie was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John. She enjoyed making quilts and pillows, the Washington Senators Baseball Team, playing bingo and cards. She was noted for her potato salad, yeast rolls and fried chicken.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 16, 2013 from 9:00AM until 10:00AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 10:30AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bushwood, MD with Fr. Michael Tietjen officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be her nephew's.

Contributions may be made to Sacred Heart Church, 23070 Maddox Road, Bushwood, MD 20618, St. Mary's Nursing Center, P.O. Box 518, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and/or Friends of Cedar Lane, 22680 Cedar Lane Court, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD.