LOVED ONE | Alma W. Bethea
DATES | April 27, 1920 – February 7, 2011
CEMETERY | Sunset Hill Cemetery, Valdosta, GA
LOCATION IN CEMETERY | Main entrance to back fence, right to shed, right to end of the road, the grave is in front of road.
FUNERAL HOME | Stevens Funeral Home, 215 East Martin Luther King JR. Drive, Valdosta, GA – t: 229 244 1717
Mrs. Alma Wright Bethea was born on April 27, 1920 to the late Ivory and Estella Burgman Wright in Lowndes County, Ga.
Alma was a member of St. Peter AME Church where she served on the Hospitality Committee and the Cooking Committee and she was a faithful member until her health failed.
Alma went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 in St. Petersburg, Fla. at the Apollo Nursing Rehab Center. She was preceded in death by her husband: Emanuel Bethea in 2000; five siblings also preceded her in death: Willie Mae Foster, Naomi Thomas, Narvel Wright, John Wright and Charles Wright.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one brother: Nathan Wright of Valdosta; one sister, Romell Wright of St. Petersburg, Fla.; her nieces, Ella Mae Prince, Thelma J. Thomas, Rev. Astorine Smith, Evelyn Louise Wright, Roesemary Branch, Annette Thomas, Deborah Wright, Irma Kelly, Gwen Mason Bryant (Calvin), Carrie Ferguson, Teresa Johnson (Lorenzo), Michelle Johnson, Ada Mason, Anjannette Thomas, Jeanette McKenzie (Claude), Esterline McCray (George), Madeline Aiken (Allen), Melissa Waldon (Tony), Distini Thomas, and Vera Wright Campbell; her nephews: Dr. James H. Foster (Deloris), Ralph Wright, Douglas M. Thomas (Shirley), Dennis Wright, Charles Wright, Prophet Willie Frank Mason, Jr. (Lena), Michael Jordan, and Carlos Harmon; also a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.