A Celebration of Their Lives, Mrs. Dorothy Smith Wright, November 21, 1940-January 31, 2016, Cameron Charles Costner, November 21, 2003- January 31, 2016, Layla Marie Partridge, October 18, 2009-January 31, 2016, Saturday, February 6, 2016, 11:00 A.M., Saint Philip A.M.E. Church, 240 Candler Road SE, Atlanta, GA 30317, Reverend William D. Watley, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Reverend Dr. Earle H. Ifill, Pastor, Officiating, First St. Peter A.M.E. Church

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240 CANDLER ROAD SE ATLANTA, GA 30317
Reverend WiLLiam D. WatLey, Ph.D., Senior PCL:Jtor &verend Dr. EarLe H. IfiLL, Pa.1tor; Officiating Fir,1t St. Peter AME Church

Mc~>THER DoRoTHY MAE SMITH WRIGHT WAS BORN NoVEMBER 21, 1940 IN
~TLANTA, GEORGIA, To THE LATE GROVER SMITH AND PINEY LouisE CoRNELIUS SMITH. SHE WAS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION AND PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS (RALPH SMITH AND LEROY SMITH). DoROTHY wAs RAISED IN
ATLANTis HISTORIC AUBURN AVENUE 4Rf.A. As THE ONLY GIRL, SHE ALSO ENJOYED
"TUMBLING" WITH HER BROTHERS AND BREAKING ALL OF THE NORMS SET FOR LITTLE GIRLS AT THAT TIME. SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "DoT".

DoROTHY wAs EDUCATED IN THE ATLANTA PuBuc ScHooL SYSTEM, GRADUATING
FROM DAVID T. HowARD HIGH ScHOOL IN I 9 58. SHE coNTINUED HER
EDUCATION AT MoRRis BRoWN CoLLEGE, GRADUATING IN r 962. SHE MET AND
MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE WH1LE ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL IN
G oLUMBIA, SouTH CAROLINA IN 1961. DoROTHY AND THE LATE CHARLES WRIGHT, jR. WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 22, 1968. To THIS WONDERFUL AND BLESSED
UNION ONE DAUGHTER WAS BORN, }01 MICHELLE.

THE FAMILY OF THREE WERE HIGHLY ACTIVE AND INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS. No MATTER THE FUNCTION THEY COULD BE SEEN TOGETHER MOST TIMES.

DOROTHY ACCEPTED jESUS CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND JOINED HER PARENTS AT THE FAMILY's HOME CHURCH, SAINT PETER's AME. DoROTHY's FAMJLY
WERE PART oF THE FOUNDERS OF SAINT PETERS AME CHURCH IN 1937- so IT's
ND WONDER THAT SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE LIFE MEMBER ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN AT FIRST SAINT PETER AME CHURCH. DoROTHY wAs A PROUD MEMBER oF THE ADuLT SuNDAY ScHOOL cLAss, A FORMER TRuSTEE, A MEMBER oF BOTH VoicEs oF FAITH AND THE MAss CHOIR AND 1\.
FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER.

DoROTHY VALUED EDUCATION AND CHILDREN,

THUS SHE FOLLOWED HER TWO PASSIONS AND

BECAME A TEACHER. DOROTHY TOOK GREAT

PRIDE IN BEING AN EDUCATOR IN BOTH

MARIETTA AND ATLANTA PuBLIC ScHoeL
SYsTEMs FOR OVER 3o YEARS. DoROTHY

ALWAYS TAUGHT - WITH LOVE AND THE

LOVE WAS RETURNED FROM HER

STUDENTS.

SHE RETIRED FROM

EVERYDAY TEACHING FROM DuNBAR
ELEMENTARY IN 2000, AND

THAT IS WHEN LIFE

TRULY BEGAN!

AND CHARLES RECEIVED YET ANOTHER GIFT THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD, CAMERON. CAMERON WAS A TRUE GIFT FROM HEAVEN AS HE AND DOROTHY SHARED A BIRTHDAY. CAMERON WAS THE LIGHT OF HIS GRANDPARENT's LIVES AND THEY WERE INSEPARABLE. AFTER A FEW SHORT YEARS OF THE PASSING OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND, SHE WAS BLESSED WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTER, LAYLA.
SHE LOVED GoD, AND HER GREATEST JOY WAS BEING A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE ENJOYED TALKING, TELLING JOKES, AND GARDENING. SHE PURSUED HER OTHER PASSION IN LIFE, TRAVELLING
- AND THUS JOINED THE 'FRAVEL CLUB. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE REo HAT SociETY, DIVINE DYNAMic DIVAs IN REo, A GLOBAL WOMEN'S SOCIAL ORGANIZATION WHO RELISHES IN THEIR
RETIREMENT. SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "DoLL."
. DoROTHY TRANSITIONED FROM THIS LIFE ON EARTH SUNDAY,
jANUARY 3I, 20 I 6 WITH HER "ANGELs" CAMERON AND LAYLA; Now
RESTING WITH GoD. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY NBP..HEW KENNETH SMITH. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, A
DAUGHTER, Joi MicHELLE; TWO NIECES, MR. & MRs. DENOLE
CHRISTIE (VIcKIE) OF LAs VEGAS, MR. & DR. MICHAEL HARRIS (LATAUCHA); A NEPHEW, RALPH J. STEPHENS; SEVEN GREAT-NIECES AND NEPHEws, ANTOINE MoRGAN, MARcELLUS CHRISTIE, KrANAN CHRISTIE, ALEXANDRA MoRGAN, AMANDA SEssioNs, MICHAEL HARRis, AND MIKAYLAH HARRis; AND A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY AND

Soon and Very Soon Blessed Assurance

PRAYER

ScRIPTURE READINGs OLD TESTAMENT NEw TESTAMENT

. Psalms 121 ,
St. john 14:1-6

BROTHER CARLTON BARBER REVEREND RoMIE BRoWN

FIRST SAINT PETER MAss CHOIR

REFLECTIONS FOR MRs. DoROTHY SMITH WRIGHT: Please limit reflections to 3 minutes please

DAVID T. HowARD HIGH ScHOOL CLAss OF I 9 58

PROFESSOR CECIL REED

MoRRis BRoWN CoLLEGE CLAss oF 1962
REo HAT SociETY, DIVINE DYNAMIC DIVAS IN RED

JoHN GooDLETT

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RALPHINE HAMMETT

T RAVEL CLUB

MINNIE PITTMAN) PRESIDENT

ATLANTA PuBLIC ScHOOLS

PATENA OWENS ]AMES

FIRST SAINT PETER YouTH CHRISTIAN CHOIR

REFLECTIONS FOR CAMERON CosTNER & LAYLA PARTRIDGE: Please limit reflections to 3 minutes please

FAYETTEVILLE ELEMENTARY ScHooL

BARBARA ZIMMERMAN & LoTTIE BEASLEY

BENNETTS MILL MIDDLE ScHOOL

DR. MARcus BROADHEAD

MAsTER SHIM's TAEKwoNDo

EMILY PARLIER

SoLo

His Eye Is On Ihe Sparrow

MRs. CATHERINE ALBRITTEN

REFLECTIONS: Please limit reflections to 3 minutes please

DELTA AIRLINES

DANNY PHILLIPS

ORDER OF EASTERN STAR FIRST SAINT PETER AME CHURCH CosTNERIPARTRIDGE FAMILY WRIGHT FAMILY

]oHN DAVIS
DIONNE GLASS
WILLIAM DAVIS jASMINE PARTRIDGE & DEVONTAE PARTRIDGE, SIBLINGS
LATAucHA HARRis, RALPH ] . STEPHENS, & VICKIE CHRISTIE

REs.oLUTI ONS

REVEREND ALEXIS BROOKINS, I

SELECTION
OBITUARY (Please Read Silently)

FIRST SAINT PETER AME CHURCH MAss CHOIR

EuLOGY

THE REVEREND DR. EARLE H. IFILL, PASTOR
First St. Peter AME Church

CHERYL FERGUSON

CAMERON ENTERED THIS WORLD ON NOVEMBER 2I, 2003 TO THE LOVING ARMS oF PARENTS }or MICHELLE WRIGHT AND FLoYD CosTNER, }R. HE WAS THE PERFECT GIFT FOR HIS GRANDPARENTS, SHARING THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS HIS NANNY DOROTHY, AND MIDDLE NAMES WITH HIS GRANDPA AND GREAT-GRANDPA CHARLEs. CAMERON wAs ELATED TO BE
A "Brd' BROTHER TO lAYLA.
MEMBER OF FIRST SAINT PETER AME
HURcH's YouNG PEOPLE's DEPARTMENT, YouTH CHRISTIAN CHOIR, D BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE SuNDAY ScHooL cLAssEs. CAMERON A PRIDEFUL JuNIOR UsHER.
ERON ATTENDED BENNETS MILL MIDDLE ScHooL AND wAs IN THE SIXTH GRADE. Hrs FAVORITE CLASS WAS CHORUS. AFTER FOUR SEASONS OF FOOTBALL, CAMERON DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE GAME AND PURSUE
HIS LOVE OF SINGING. THIS LOVE WAS EVIDENT WITH HIS RECENT "A" IN
CHORUS AND HIS DAILY PERFORMANCE AT HOME. WHEN HE WAS HEARD "cLEARING" HIS THROAT - THE FAMILY KNEW CAMERON WAS ABOUT TO SING soMETHING jAZzy, R&B, OPERA, oR HIS FAVORITE, GosPEL BUT NO
R.AJ>. CAMERON WAS ALSO FASCINATED ABOUT LEARNING ALL TYPES OF
HISTORY AND ASPIRED TO BE AN ARCHITECT.
CAMERON WAS A PEACEFUL ANGEL WHILE ON EARTH AND LIKE ALL OTHER ANGELS HIS TIME WAS MUCH TOO SHORT WITH US. HE TOOK HEAVENLY
HT WITH HIS NANNY DoROTHY AND LITTLE SISTER LAYLA oN SuNDAY, jANUARY 3I , 20 I 6.
CAMERON LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS PERFECT MEMORY, HIS PARE TS }OI (DouGLAs) PARTRIDGE AND FLoYD (RoXANNE) CosTNER; GRANDPARENTS, FLoYD CosTNER, SR. AND CYNTHIA BENISON; BROTHERS TYLER AND KYLE; AND SISTER, GABRIELLE.

MISS UYLA MADE HER GRAND ENTRANCE ON OCTOBER 18, 2009 TO THE PROUD PARENTS OF joi
WRIGHT PAKI'RIDGE AND DouGLAS MAITHEW PARTRIDGE. HE wAs THE PERFECT ADDITION To THE
FAMILY AND WAS EXACTLY WHAT "BIG" BROTHER CAMERON NEEDED TO KEEP HIM ON HIS TOES. UYLA WAS DADDY's LITI'LE GIRL AND ALWAYS FIRST IN LINE FO R DADDYS KISSES. UYLA WAS MOMMY's LITTLE MIND READER, SHE CONSISTENTLY TOLD joi SHE KNEW HER THOUGHTS. UYLA- SMALL I STATU , BUT
LARGE IN ATriTUDE. SHE RECENTLY EARNED HER GREEN BELT IN TAE KwoN Do AND WAS EAGER TO PURSUE HER BLACK BED'. SHE WAS NO AVERAGE GIRL AS SHE PREFERRED HER IPAD OVER DOLLS.
LAYLA ATTENDED FAYETTEVIUE. ELEMENTARY ScHOOL AND wAs IN Ms. ZIMMERMAN's KINDERGARTEN
CLASS. SHE COULD NOT WAIT TO BRAG TO HER MOM ABOUT D0j0 POINTS ON HIGHER EARNING POINT DAYS; HOWEVER, 0 THE LOWER POINT DAYS- SHE SIMPLY DID OT WANT TO TALK ABOUT D0j0. SHE LOVED PARTICIPATING IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, TOO.

SIMILAR TO HER NANNY DoROTHY IN MANY WAYS, SHE PROVED TO BE TOUGH AND ALWAYS TOIUURED
CAMERON. ALso, SHE VALUED EDUCATION AND WAS VERY MATURE. UYLA WAS ON A MISSION TO LEARN TO READ, SHE OFTEN TOLD HER MOM, "I CAN'T WAIT TO READ". WATCHING HER BIG BROTHER CAMERON READ AND DO HOMEWORK ADDED TO HER MOTIVATION TO LEARN. UYLA HAD AN EXTENSIVE VOCABULARY AND LOVED TO TALK. UYLA WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

UYLA WAS A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL FULL OF "sPUNK" AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. SHE JOINED HER NANNY
DoROTHY AND BIG BROTHER CAMERON ON THE FLIGHT TO HEAVEN ON SUNDAY, jANUARY 3I, 2016.

UYLA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER PERFECT MEMORY, HER PARENTS, DoUGLAS AND joi PARTRIDGE;

GRANDFATHER DouGLAS (CAMILLA) PARTRIDGE; GRANDMOTHER, PHYLLIS WATSON; UNCLE, XAVIER

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DGE; SISTERS, jASMINE PARTRIDGE AND OLIVIA PARTRIDGE; AND BROTHERS, DEVONTAE

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DGE AND SHIKARI MuRRELL.

A MOM IS ONE OF LIFE's BEST GIFTS,
SoMEONE TO TREASURE ALL LIFE THROUGH, SHE's CARING AND LOVING, THOUGHTFUL AND TRUE,
SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL PART OF YOUR LIFE, SOMEONE WHO HOLDS A PRIME PLACE IN YOUR HEART,
SHE's A MENTOR, A CONFIDENT AND ALSO A FRIEND, SOMEONE ON WHOSE LOVE YOU CAN DEPEND.
A MOM ALWAYS HAS YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART,
SHE's SOMEONE SO DEAR AND SO GOOD, SHE's A BLESSING, SHE's A GIFT,
SHE's A TREASURE LIKE NO OTHER,
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SHE S SOMEONE THAT IS TRULY WONDERFUL. WHEREVER YOU GO, AND WHATEVER YOU DO,
A MOM'S LOVE WILL ALWAYS SEE YOU THROUGH, A MOM IS TRULY INVALUABLE,
INDISPENSABLE AND UNFORGETTABLE. I WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE BUT YOU, AND THAT's WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL,
THAT LIFE PICKED YOU FOR ME.

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