- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Eddie Lue Brightwell, Sunrise: July 4, 1920 - Sunset: December 19, 2011, Friday, December 23, 2011, 1:00 PM, Ebenezer Baptist Church, 5486 Stillhouse Road, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Reverend Harvey Charles Canty, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2011-12-23
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Stone Mountain--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Eddie Lue Brightwell. Birth date: July 4, 1920. Death date: December 19, 2011. Funeral date: December 23, 2011. Church: Ebenezer Baptist Church (Stone Mountain, 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_brightwelleddielue20111223
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_brightwelleddielue20111223
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Sunrise: July 4, 1920
Sunset: December 19, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011 1:00PM
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5486 Stillhouse Road Stone Mountain, Georgia
Reverend Harvey Charles Canty Pastor
Mrs. Eddie Lue Brightwell was born July 4, 1920 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia to the late Ora and Eddie Gresham. She married Will Henry Brightwell on December 31, 1940 and was married more than sixty years! From this union seven boys and two girls were born. A member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Stephens, Georgia until 1949 when she and her family moved to Stone Mountain, Georgia and joined Ebenezer Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend J. S. Stafford.
An outstanding cook, a strong-willed and non-nonsense mother, Eddie Lue Brightwell loved her husband and all her children and especially enjoyed making delicious pineapple and chocolate cakes. Mrs. Brightwell was well known for preparing Sumptuous Sunday Dinner of six or more courses including delectable, homemade cakes, pies, sweet iced tea and her ever-famous "Red" Kool-aid.
Eddie Lue Brightwell lived a full, wonderful life of over Ninety-One years. She departed this life December 19, 2011 in Lithonia, Georgia. She leaves to cherish her memory her nine children, Annie Lois (Murray), Guy (Rosa), Will (Annie), James (Mildred), L.M. (Leola), Frank (Robin), Eddie (Christine), Mary and Gary (Michelle), Twenty Nine (29) Grandchildren, Thirty Eight (38) Great Grandchildren, Five (5) Great Great Grandchildren and a host of other Relatives and Friends.
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The family of Mrs. Eddie Lue Brightwell, graciously acknowledge with deep appreciation all cards and other acts of kindness. Your expressions of love are a testimony to a life so beautifully lived and will be a source of comfort in the day to come.
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Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
4347 Flat Shoals Parkway Decatur, GA 30034
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Mom, you're a wonderful mother, So gentle, yet so strong.
The many ways you show you care Always make me feel I belong. You're patient when I'm foolish; You give guidance when I ask;
It seems you can do most anything; You're the master of every task.
You're a dependable source of comfort; You're my cushion when I fall. You help in times of trouble;
You support me whenever I call. I love you more than you know;
You have my total respect. If I had my choice of mothers,
You'd be the one I'd select!
Reverend George Smith - Presiding
Processional
Selection
Ebenezer Baptist Church Combined Choir
Scripture
Old Testament- Frank Brightwell New Testament- Eddie Brightwell
Prayer
Reverend Larry Terrell
Encouragement to the Family
Deacon Ralph Shipp
Selection Eulogy Acknowledgement
Mary Brightwell Reverend Harvey Charles Canty
Recessional
Hillandale Memorial Gardens 6201 Hillandale Drive Lithonia, Georgia
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Ebenezer Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
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