- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Love and Life, Emma K. Bailey, July 1, 1928 - August 17, 2016, Friday, August 26, 2016, 11:00 A.M., Antioch East Baptist Church, 1223 Hardee Street, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, Reverend J.E. Howard, Senior Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2016-08-26
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Emma K. Smith Bailey. Birth date: July 1, 1928. Death date: August 17, 2016. Funeral date: August 26, 2016. Church: Antioch East Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_baileyemmak20160826
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_baileyemmak20160826
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
The family extends thanks to everyone in the wake of this enormous loss. Your prayers and songs, not to mention the food, flowers, visits, and offers of assistance have truly made a sorrowful time a little easier. We love you all and appreciate everything that you've done over this trying period. You are all our family and friends and we couldn't get through this without you.
Special Thanks To
Reverend J. E. Howard and Antioch East Baptist Church
Antioch East Baptist Church Mother's Board Ben Hill United Methodist Church
CELEBRATION OF LOVE AND LIFE
July 1, 1928 -August 17, 2016
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Friday, August 26, 2016 ,_ 11:00 A.M.,_
ANTIOCH EAST BAPTIST CHURCH
1223 Hardee Street, Northeast Atlanta, Georgia 30307
Reverend J. E. Howard, Senior Pastor Officiating
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
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Emma K. Bailey was born July 1, 1928 to Lester Smith and Ossie Gaither Smith in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1947. In 1950, she joined in holy matrimony to Robert Bailey and from this union came four children.
Emma Bailey is survived by her four children, Deborah Poole, Gerald Bailey (married to Margaret Bailey), Edwin "Keith" Bailey, and Brent Bailey (married to Stephanie Bailey); six grandchildren, Tracye Poole, Michael Bailey, Brandye Poole, Jessica Bailey, Alexis Simon, and Lauren Bailey; great-grandson, Maddox Poole; sister, Juanita "Nete" Minnifield; and a host of other relatives and friends.
JusT A FEW WORDS ABOUT EMMA
I hope the folks reading this will understand just how much Emma K. Bailey was loved and will be missed. Everyone who met her remembered her. She was all turquoise and yellow, with nails that always looked like summer. She was 88 when she left this world, but she wasn't nobody's blue-haired Nana. No, that auburn crown she wore loved big hats. She wore those hats like tiaras so she could tilt them towards her face and stare underneath with sass.
If you spoke to Emma K. Bailey, then you knew that she swelled speaking about the love in her life. Her mouth stayed full with the sweet taste of her children's accomplishments. If you didn't know about Deborah's law degree, Gerald's masters in theology, Keith's masters in music, or Brent's masters in public administration-then you never met Emma. If you did meet her, you knew never to talk bad about her children or grandchildren in front of her. "Blood thicker than water!" she would say, and then she would tell you about yourself in a way only proud, black mothers know how to do.
Besides the love of her family, nobody could ever question the love she had for God and her church. She was a Christian woman who blanketed everyone she loved in prayer. Emma is enjoying the best part of Heaven right now, as she always lived her life in service of the Lord.
We loved her. We'll miss her. We'll laugh when we think of her joy. We'll sit when we recognize there's silence where there should be her laughter. We'll look over, when we see where she's been. We'll pause, because we won't see Emma until we take our own rest. But nobody should be sad to see her go, because like the flowers she loved so much, Emma grew through this earth on her own terms. She was bright, beautiful, independent and true to herself until her last day.
PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
CELEBRATION IN SONG........................................ C. L. Henderson Male Choir Ben Hill UMC
SCRIPTURES ............................................................... Reverend Belinda McCastle Associate Pastor, Ben Hill UMC
Psalm 27:1-6 Matthew 11:28-30
PRAYER........................................................................... Reverend Margaret Bailey Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Beverly, New Jersey
CELEBRATION IN SONG........................................ C. L. Henderson Male Choir Ben Hill UMC
REFLECTIONS: Mother Wanda Miller, Antioch East Baptist Church Mother's Board Chaplain Gerald Bailey, Family
CELEBRATION IN SONG........................................ C. L. Henderson Male Choir Ben Hill UMC
EULOGY................................................................................Reverend J. E. Howard
CELEBRATION IN SONG........................................ C. L. Henderson Male Choir
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................... Tracye Poole Granddaughter
RECESSIONAL
A private family committal seroice will take place at Lincoln Cemetery immediately following the funeral.
After which family and friends will gather at Antioch East Baptist Church for the Repast.