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Lucy McCloud Obituary
It is with sadness that we announce the death of our beloved sister and aunt Lucy McCloud on March 12, 2017. She had been suffering from lung cancer and congestive heart disease. The family is relieved that her death was painless and peaceful. Lucy is survived by her siblings Willie McCloud (Waynesboro), Viola Quaye (Waynesboro) and Oscar McCloud (Atlanta), and a number of other relatives. Lucy McCloud was an elementary school teacher for many years in the Elmira Public School District, retiring more than a decade ago. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Lucy McCloud will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jones Avenue, Waynesboro, GA. Condolences may be sent to Willie McCloud, P. O. Box 366, Waynesboro, GA 30830. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Westminster Presbyterian Church,(USA), P.O. Box 664, Waynesboro, GA 30830.
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Crystal Grant - Batista
April 26, 2024
I wrote about Ms. McCloud in my entrance essay, to attend the Master of Cultural Sustainability Limited Residency Program, Goucher College, Baltimore Maryland. I was admitted into the program and it was as life changing, as was being Ms. McCloud's 4th Grade Student at Driven Elementary, Elmira NY. She taught me community, connection, family, belongingness, cleanliness is next to Godliness, Manners, healthy and safe consequences and discipline. * We would all like up at our classroom door and she would inspect our faces and nails; send us to the bathroom to clean up; then we would all sit together and have breakfast or get to class. * I remember the sugar cane stick! We didn't get a whoopin, aside for on our birthdays and that was in sweet silly fun. I remember that especially on my own birthday party. She held them for us. * I remember we were all facing forward to the chalk board listening to our lecture at our desks. And she had us all stand up, turn around and look the giant windows. * She told us, look now over there to those mountains. There is something much more beyond those mountains. She fought us to dream, do, be bigger than what was right in front of us. * She taught us family. Accountability. Personal Responsibility for ourselves and the community around us. * I was so young and lived in horrible family and life conditions. It was she who gave me the blessing foundation of all that I have written here and more; during that 4th grade school year; Monday thru Friday. I raised myself and instilled these values and morals into the lives of my younger siblings, and later that of my children. * I contacted some years ago, and then I got sick and didn't follow up. I was supposed to have sent her a photo of myself as a fourth grader and I couldnt. I'm sorry about that. *However, I did get to hear her voice after so many years and I had a sense of peace and light and validation inside my heart. * She was the moral compass by which I built my life from. She was the light in this once little girl's life, where there was only darkness, danger and immorality surrounding me at the end of the school day. I am forever blessed because of her and I am thankful. *** Thank you, Ms.McCloud.... All my love, Crystal Grant -Batistq
Lillie Ellison
April 7, 2017
I will remember Ms,Lucy as a kind and caring spirit,with a straight-foreward manner.
She was not afraid to show Love and concern,I'm glad I knew Her,and Her Mom and Dad.
March 21, 2017
Hearing about your loss has deeply sadden me. I hope the promise at Psalm 9:9 and 10 comforts your heart.
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