- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for Miss Lucy Whatley, Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 11:00 A.M., Providence Missionary Baptist Church, 2295 Benjamin E. Mays Drive, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2009-07-21
- 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 Lucy Whatley. Birth date: August 29, 1921. Death date: July 16, 2009. Funeral date: July 21, 2009. Church: Providence 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_whatleylucy20090721
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_whatleylucy20090721
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
The Scent ofRoses -Thomas Moore
Let Fate do her worst~ there are relics ofjoy~ Bright dreams ofthe past, which she cannot destroy~
Which come in the night-time ofsorrow and care; And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long~ long be my heart with such memories filled~ Like the vase in which roses have once been distilledYou may break~ you may shatter the vase ifyou will~ But the scent ofthe roses will hang round it still.
Great-Nephews
Christopher Reid
Gregory Showell, Jr.
Warren Whatley, Ill
Michael Reid
Courtney Showell, Sr.
Lynn Whatley, Jr.
Jamin Whatley
The family of Miss Lucy Whatley extends ncere appreciation for your many kind expressions of love shown during our period of bereavement. May God bless each of you.
~~RS
FUNERAL HOME, INC.
404-349-3000 1199 Utoy Springs Road, Southwest
(co m er of Cascade Rd, near 1-285)
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
MKO Graphics & Printers , Inc. 404 -523 -1560
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2295 Benjamin E. Mays rive, Sou/west Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor Officiating
August 29, 1921- July 16,2009
Lucy Whatley was the fifth of six children of Plemon Leon Whatley, Sr. and Mattie Jo Settles Whatley of Milner, Lamar County, Georgia. Quiet and unassuming, Lucy had an effervescent personality that easily won over family and friends . She was a pioneer for her times; daring to venture into avenues that were atypical for women and African Americans. But her family also defied stereotypes. Her father was a skilled master carpenter and building contractor while her mother was a Spelman Seminary educated schoolteacher. Lucy was determined to make her own mark on life through high academic and professional achievement. She accomplished her mission.
Lucy's secondary education began at Midway Elementary School in Lamar County and ended with graduation from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta. Her next stop was Spelman College, but it did not have the academic program and athletics that Lucy craved . Leaving her mother's alma mater behind, Lucy transferred to Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia where she starred as a top shooter on the women 's basketball team. In a short while, she decided that Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) was more to her liking so she left "The Valley" to play women's basketball and earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Institutional Management from Tuskegee in 1946. Upon graduation, Lucy crisscrossed the country for additional study and work experience in institutional management. She studied hospital food services management at Beth Israel Hospital School of Dietetics in Boston, Massachusetts before managing food services at the Red Cross Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky for two years.
Her next stop was the prestigious Columbia University in New York City for a Master of Arts degree in Institutional Management in 1948. Lucy was a highly educated and top-flight qualified dietitian after nine intensive years following high school graduation.
Putting her native South on hold, Lucy ventured to Washington, DC to begin an internship as a registered dietitian at Freedmen's Hospital. There she earned her certificate as a dietitian in 1951 despite some major health challenges, and easily segued into Bowie State College (Maryland) that same year, first as Food Service Manager then as Food Administrator in charge of all food services at the University. Lucy spent 42 highly productive years at Bowie State University culminating in their naming "The Lucy Whatley Dining Hall" in the then newly constructed Wiseman Center in 1991 in her honor shortly before retirement in 1993.
Prior to retirement, Lucy led a very energetic professional life. She was an active member of the American Dietetic Association, Maryland Dietetic Association, Nutrition Today Society, Dietitians in the National Association of College and University Food Services, The Association of College Unions - International, and the Association of Conference and Events Directors - International. She completed continuing education courses in biochemistry and applied food service sanitation at the U. S. Agriculture Department Graduate School (Washington, DC), National Institute for the Food Service Industry (Chicago, Illinois) and Purdue University (Lafayette, Indiana). This humble woman from Milner, Georgia lived her dream as a professional , avid reader, world traveler and enthusiastic sports fan. And even with this very busy schedule, Lucy's devotion to family never wavered. She was a strong supporter of Whatley family reunions and an engaging family storyteller.
Lucy loved family and enjoyed a tremendous camaraderie with her siblings. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Grace Amanda Whatley Hinds. They maintained a very close relationship throughout their lives. Four brothers preceded Lucy in death -Piemon Leon Whatley, Jr., Warren Settles Whatley, Sr. , Charles Raven Whatley, Sr. , and Henry Lincoln Whatley. Other survivors include brother-in-law, Thomas Hinds and sister-in-law, Virginia T. Whatley. Lucy was an integral part of the Whatley-Mann family legacy and has ten surviving nieces and nephews, Beverly Whatley McDonald, JoAnn Whatley, Patricia Whatley Showell, Warren S. Whatley, Jr., Sylvia Hinds Reid, Lynn H. Whatley, Sr., Paula Whatley Matabane, Vera Hinds Plummer, Plemon T. El-Amin , and Charles R. Whatley, Jr.; and their children, and several cousins, all of whom loved Aunt Lucy dearly.
Additionally, Aunt Lucy's primary caregiver in her last years was Ethelyn Lester, and her great-nephew, Jamin D. Whatley, also greatly assisted in her household-care.
Lucy was a tremendously loving, easy-going humanitarian whose presence shall be missed. She gave devoted service to many, including in her latter years extraordinary support to her brother, Warren and his wife, Frances through extended itlness . Lucy maintained her Atlanta home with her mother throughout the years and brought great joy to her Atlanta family after her retirement.
PRELUDE
Imam Plemon El-Amin
Presiding
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN OF CELEBRTION ....... ........................ ........... ... ... ..... "Great Is Thy Faithfulness".
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES:
The Old Testament, Psalm 23 The New Testament, II Corinthians 1:3-5;12:8-10
PRAYER OF CONSOLATION ...... .................. The Reverend Dr. Paula Whatley Matabane
HYMN ............... .......... ................. ............ ..... ... .... .. ....... ; "There 's A Sweet, Sweet Spirit"
FAMILY REFLECTIONS (Two minutes)
SOLO ... ... .... ............... .... ............ ......... ....... .... .... .... ... ...... ..... .. Roslyn D. Whatley Lumpkin
EULOGY .. .......... ......... .. ... .................. .... ..................... ............. .... .. Imam Plemon El-Amin
FAMILYANTHEM .. ..... ....... .... .......... ... ..... ....... ... .... .... ''WeAre Climbing Jacob 's Ladder"
BENEDICTION
RECESSIONAL
Westview Cemetery 1680 Westview Drive, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia