Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Bailey Napper, age 87, 3504 Misty Valley Road, Decatur, Georgia passed April 6, 2011 at Peachtree Christian Ministries, 125 Georgia Highway 138 SW, Riverdale, Georgia.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 110 McDuffie Street, Buena Vista, Georgia. Interment followed in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 160 Providence Church Road, Buena Vista, Georgia.
Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Bailey Napper was born July 2, 1923 in Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia to the late Arrie Williams Minter and Charlie Bailey. She acquired her education in the public school system of Marion County and her Christian upbringing in the Mount Zion Baptist Church where she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Elner Napper, Sr. and to this union they were blessed with four children. An avid gardener, she loved her flowers and working outdoors. A soft spoken woman of God, Virginia served as an usher in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Buena Vista for many years before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, where she joined Troy Street Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Nathaniel Williams.
She leaves to cherish her beloved memories her four children, Elner Napper, Jr. (Corine), Decatur, Georgia, Robert Napper, Decatur, Georgia, Alvin "Bubba" Napper, Buena Vista, Georgia and Arrie "Sister" Napper Avery, Decatur, Georgia; mother-in-law, Cora Napper, Columbus, Georgia; one step-sister, Nettie Murray, Buena Vista, Georgia; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Willie Val Napper (Jean), Lithonia, Georgia, Henry Napper (Mary),Bloomfield, Connecticut, Elizabeth Smith, Windsor, Connecticut, Ossie Williams, Jamaica, New York, Christine Brown (Charlie), Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Napoleon Hill, Sr., Oglethorpe, Georgia, Helen Minter and Ellen Minter, both of Buena Vista, Georgia; seventeen grandchildren, thirty nine great grandchildren, a host of beloved nieces, nephews including one devoted nephew, Leonard Minter, Buena Vista, Georgia.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 110 McDuffie Street, Buena Vista, Georgia. Interment followed in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 160 Providence Church Road, Buena Vista, Georgia.
Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Bailey Napper was born July 2, 1923 in Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia to the late Arrie Williams Minter and Charlie Bailey. She acquired her education in the public school system of Marion County and her Christian upbringing in the Mount Zion Baptist Church where she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Elner Napper, Sr. and to this union they were blessed with four children. An avid gardener, she loved her flowers and working outdoors. A soft spoken woman of God, Virginia served as an usher in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Buena Vista for many years before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, where she joined Troy Street Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Nathaniel Williams.
She leaves to cherish her beloved memories her four children, Elner Napper, Jr. (Corine), Decatur, Georgia, Robert Napper, Decatur, Georgia, Alvin "Bubba" Napper, Buena Vista, Georgia and Arrie "Sister" Napper Avery, Decatur, Georgia; mother-in-law, Cora Napper, Columbus, Georgia; one step-sister, Nettie Murray, Buena Vista, Georgia; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Willie Val Napper (Jean), Lithonia, Georgia, Henry Napper (Mary),Bloomfield, Connecticut, Elizabeth Smith, Windsor, Connecticut, Ossie Williams, Jamaica, New York, Christine Brown (Charlie), Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Napoleon Hill, Sr., Oglethorpe, Georgia, Helen Minter and Ellen Minter, both of Buena Vista, Georgia; seventeen grandchildren, thirty nine great grandchildren, a host of beloved nieces, nephews including one devoted nephew, Leonard Minter, Buena Vista, Georgia.
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She was loved by all who knew her such a kind spirit. She will be missed! My prayers go out to the entire family.
Paulette, Tomeka and Joshua Napper
She was loved by all who knew her such a kind spirit. She will be missed! My prayers go out to the entire family.
Paulette, Tomeka and Joshua Napper
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