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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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