Willie Mae Mcgee

Obituary for Mother Willie Mae McGee Mother Willie Mae McGee was born, Willie Mae Preyer, Monday December 17th 1912 in Brewton, Alabama to the late Richard and Lilly Pearl Preyer. After a short while in Alabama, the family moved to Pensacola Florida where she continued to grow and enjoy the Florida sunshine playing with her brother and sisters. After a while the family moved to McRoberts Kentucky to live and secure work, where she developed her lifelong love for dogs. In the early 1930’s she met and married her late husband James McGee and they moved to Southern, West Virginia where he worked for many years in the Coal Mines. It was there that Mother McGee heard the truth of the gospel according to Acts 2: 17 “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams” and she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and received the indwelling gift of the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues according to the scripture. Mother McGee worked faithfully in the Glorious Church of God in Christ in West Virginia for many years, as a psalmist, an evangelist, and a missionary visiting hospital and nursing homes; praying for the sick and telling all she encountered her favorite scriptures: as recorded in Isaiah to “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near, and Hebrews 12: 14 “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” After realizing the promise of God according to Psalm 91:6 “I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.” Mother McGee went to her heavenly reward of Church everlasting, peacefully on Sunday April 29, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband the late James McGee, of West Virginia, her beloved brother James Henry Lett Sr. and sister in-law Gussie Lett both of West Virginia. Her sisters, Petranella Preyer, of Alabama, as well as, Lilly Pearl Paggett, Corrine Simpson, Rosa Lee Walters and brother In-Law Joe Walters all of Ohio. Her nieces Roberta Cokely, Judy Strickland, Annie Ruth McDaniel, and Lilly Pearl Gary of New York; and her nephew James C. Smith of Texas. She is survived lovingly, by her nieces Ella Artis, Rosa Daley, nephews Cecil Lett, and James Henry Lett Jr. of New York, and nieces Betty Joe Walters of Virginia, and Yvonne Copper of Ohio. Moreover she is survived by her devoted son and daughter in-law Dr. and Mrs. Milton A. Walters, Sr. of Maryland, two grandchildren- Milton A. Walters, Jr. of North Carolina, and Nidria A. Brown of Kansas, five great grand children, and a host of great and great-great nieces and nephews. Her son Milton fondly notes that “My mother never complained, always had a smile, even when she was dragging me to church in West Virginia, when I wanted to go and play with my friends; she would say “Boy you need to pray”. For fifty years I have witnessed my Mother’s life, and she will always be my living example of the love of a Mother, and how a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should live their lives serving others first according to Matthew 23:11. The family of Mother McGee wishes to thank all of her friends and love ones for their prayers and support at this time. We remind all that Mother McGee cannot come back us, but we can go to her by accepting Jesus Christ as savior according to Romans 10: 9-10 “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Lovingly submitted, The family. Poem for the back “Don’t think of her as gone away her journey’s just begun, life holds many facets this earth is only one. Just think of her resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort, where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing that we could know today how nothing but sadness really passes away. And think of her living in the hearts of those she touched…for nothing loved is ever lost and she was loved so much.” E. Brenneman Also on the back All of the Bible scriptures cited are from the New Intern

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Willie Mae Mcgee

December 17, 1912 - April 29, 2012