Ms. Emma was born the sixth of fourteen children, to the late Rev. Ollie and Mary McGee Sr., in Yazoo County, MS.
In life, Ms. Emma had a strong love for education began with her matriculation through the Yazoo City School System. She was a proud member of the Yazoo City Training School’s Graduating Class of 1958. Because she was determined to obtain a higher education, she worked in the campus cafeteria to put herself through college. She first earned an A.A. in Education at Piney Woods Junior College in Piney Woods, MS in 1963. She went on to earn a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Jackson University in Jackson, MS in 1966.
Ms. Emma went to live with an older sister in Pontiac, MI to work and earn money in order to continue her education. While there, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at New Bethel Church under the leadership of Rev. Amos Johnson. When she returned to Mississippi, she joined Old Antioch M.B in Sumner, MS.
She began praying for a husband at that time. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day she told her roommate that her husband was going to be at church tomorrow. When she arrived at church, a woman named Mrs. Bearden introduced her to a young friendly farmer who had been praying for a good wife. His name was Otis Keys Horton.
As the story goes, Otis was supposed to take her to a movie on their first date but took her to a hotel instead. She objected and demanded that he take her home immediately. He then declared that he had definitely found his future wife and they were married on December 22, 1973.
She completed her education with a Masters of Elementary Education from the famous Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, AL in 1973. She was inspired by a brief conversation that she had with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at a Civil Rights Rally at Jackson State in the 1960’s. He asked her what she was going to do to further “The Civil Rights Call To Action.” Her response was, “I’m going to teach my students about people like you, what we’re going through and the importance of education. And during her 34 year tenor as a Social Studies teacher at the West District Junior High School, she did exactly that. Whether it was designated by the State of Mississippi Standards or not, Ms. Emma always included Black History as a part of her classroom curriculum.
Ms. Emma also had an activist’s spirit! She served on the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, MS., where Emmett Till was lynched after allegedly whistling at a white woman. Her efforts helped to establish an Emmet Till Interpretive Museum and other landmark tourist sites in the area. She was a member of the Hampton Lake/ Sharkey Road Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was a faithful member of Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, MS when she passed.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband Otis Sr., parents Ollie and Mary M.(Woods) McGee, Sr.; brothers Samuel, Winfield and Ollie Jr.; sisters Helen Jean(McGee) Jackson and Valeree Ann McGee.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, a daughter and daughter in-law, four grandchildren, two brothers, and six sisters.
A POEM FROM SIBLINGS
The name Emma means authority, attitude and prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss Emma also happened to be the nickname given to
Emma Eudora McGee as a child.
Let's just say that Miss. Emma did not particularly care to be just Emma.
Our dad's old hag of a mule was also named Emma.
When she met and married Otis Horton she became Eudora.
If you looked around today and heard someone say Eudora,
It was probably a Horton.
Ms. Horton was an elementary school teacher and high on higher education.
The encourager of her students, dedicated church worker,
And a community volunteer.
Sharkey Road, Sharkey Road how often we were told about Sharkey Road?
Eudora was an adoring in-law, a doting grandmother,
A loving mother and a devoted wife during her life.
Miss. Emma was a daughter,
A babysitter, homework facilitator and A gingersnap maker for the young sibling,
When that little girl received the name Miss. Emma
She took authority, had an attitude and provoked prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss. Emma was Miss. Emma to the very core of her soul.
We honor you dear sister, Miss Emma.
~ Love ~
Marion, Charlene, Earl, Evelyn, Thelma, Rebecca, Carlton and Varonia
In life, Ms. Emma had a strong love for education began with her matriculation through the Yazoo City School System. She was a proud member of the Yazoo City Training School’s Graduating Class of 1958. Because she was determined to obtain a higher education, she worked in the campus cafeteria to put herself through college. She first earned an A.A. in Education at Piney Woods Junior College in Piney Woods, MS in 1963. She went on to earn a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Jackson University in Jackson, MS in 1966.
Ms. Emma went to live with an older sister in Pontiac, MI to work and earn money in order to continue her education. While there, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at New Bethel Church under the leadership of Rev. Amos Johnson. When she returned to Mississippi, she joined Old Antioch M.B in Sumner, MS.
She began praying for a husband at that time. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day she told her roommate that her husband was going to be at church tomorrow. When she arrived at church, a woman named Mrs. Bearden introduced her to a young friendly farmer who had been praying for a good wife. His name was Otis Keys Horton.
As the story goes, Otis was supposed to take her to a movie on their first date but took her to a hotel instead. She objected and demanded that he take her home immediately. He then declared that he had definitely found his future wife and they were married on December 22, 1973.
She completed her education with a Masters of Elementary Education from the famous Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, AL in 1973. She was inspired by a brief conversation that she had with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at a Civil Rights Rally at Jackson State in the 1960’s. He asked her what she was going to do to further “The Civil Rights Call To Action.” Her response was, “I’m going to teach my students about people like you, what we’re going through and the importance of education. And during her 34 year tenor as a Social Studies teacher at the West District Junior High School, she did exactly that. Whether it was designated by the State of Mississippi Standards or not, Ms. Emma always included Black History as a part of her classroom curriculum.
Ms. Emma also had an activist’s spirit! She served on the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, MS., where Emmett Till was lynched after allegedly whistling at a white woman. Her efforts helped to establish an Emmet Till Interpretive Museum and other landmark tourist sites in the area. She was a member of the Hampton Lake/ Sharkey Road Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was a faithful member of Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, MS when she passed.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband Otis Sr., parents Ollie and Mary M.(Woods) McGee, Sr.; brothers Samuel, Winfield and Ollie Jr.; sisters Helen Jean(McGee) Jackson and Valeree Ann McGee.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, a daughter and daughter in-law, four grandchildren, two brothers, and six sisters.
A POEM FROM SIBLINGS
The name Emma means authority, attitude and prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss Emma also happened to be the nickname given to
Emma Eudora McGee as a child.
Let's just say that Miss. Emma did not particularly care to be just Emma.
Our dad's old hag of a mule was also named Emma.
When she met and married Otis Horton she became Eudora.
If you looked around today and heard someone say Eudora,
It was probably a Horton.
Ms. Horton was an elementary school teacher and high on higher education.
The encourager of her students, dedicated church worker,
And a community volunteer.
Sharkey Road, Sharkey Road how often we were told about Sharkey Road?
Eudora was an adoring in-law, a doting grandmother,
A loving mother and a devoted wife during her life.
Miss. Emma was a daughter,
A babysitter, homework facilitator and A gingersnap maker for the young sibling,
When that little girl received the name Miss. Emma
She took authority, had an attitude and provoked prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss. Emma was Miss. Emma to the very core of her soul.
We honor you dear sister, Miss Emma.
~ Love ~
Marion, Charlene, Earl, Evelyn, Thelma, Rebecca, Carlton and Varonia
Ms. Emma was born the sixth of fourteen children, to the late Rev. Ollie and Mary McGee Sr., in Yazoo County, MS.
In life, Ms. Emma had a strong love for education began with her matriculation through the Yazoo City School System. She was a proud member of the Yazoo City Training School’s Graduating Class of 1958. Because she was determined to obtain a higher education, she worked in the campus cafeteria to put herself through college. She first earned an A.A. in Education at Piney Woods Junior College in Piney Woods, MS in 1963. She went on to earn a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Jackson University in Jackson, MS in 1966.
Ms. Emma went to live with an older sister in Pontiac, MI to work and earn money in order to continue her education. While there, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at New Bethel Church under the leadership of Rev. Amos Johnson. When she returned to Mississippi, she joined Old Antioch M.B in Sumner, MS.
She began praying for a husband at that time. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day she told her roommate that her husband was going to be at church tomorrow. When she arrived at church, a woman named Mrs. Bearden introduced her to a young friendly farmer who had been praying for a good wife. His name was Otis Keys Horton.
As the story goes, Otis was supposed to take her to a movie on their first date but took her to a hotel instead. She objected and demanded that he take her home immediately. He then declared that he had definitely found his future wife and they were married on December 22, 1973.
She completed her education with a Masters of Elementary Education from the famous Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, AL in 1973. She was inspired by a brief conversation that she had with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at a Civil Rights Rally at Jackson State in the 1960’s. He asked her what she was going to do to further “The Civil Rights Call To Action.” Her response was, “I’m going to teach my students about people like you, what we’re going through and the importance of education. And during her 34 year tenor as a Social Studies teacher at the West District Junior High School, she did exactly that. Whether it was designated by the State of Mississippi Standards or not, Ms. Emma always included Black History as a part of her classroom curriculum.
Ms. Emma also had an activist’s spirit! She served on the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, MS., where Emmett Till was lynched after allegedly whistling at a white woman. Her efforts helped to establish an Emmet Till Interpretive Museum and other landmark tourist sites in the area. She was a member of the Hampton Lake/ Sharkey Road Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was a faithful member of Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, MS when she passed.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband Otis Sr., parents Ollie and Mary M.(Woods) McGee, Sr.; brothers Samuel, Winfield and Ollie Jr.; sisters Helen Jean(McGee) Jackson and Valeree Ann McGee.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, a daughter and daughter in-law, four grandchildren, two brothers, and six sisters.
A POEM FROM SIBLINGS
The name Emma means authority, attitude and prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss Emma also happened to be the nickname given to
Emma Eudora McGee as a child.
Let's just say that Miss. Emma did not particularly care to be just Emma.
Our dad's old hag of a mule was also named Emma.
When she met and married Otis Horton she became Eudora.
If you looked around today and heard someone say Eudora,
It was probably a Horton.
Ms. Horton was an elementary school teacher and high on higher education.
The encourager of her students, dedicated church worker,
And a community volunteer.
Sharkey Road, Sharkey Road how often we were told about Sharkey Road?
Eudora was an adoring in-law, a doting grandmother,
A loving mother and a devoted wife during her life.
Miss. Emma was a daughter,
A babysitter, homework facilitator and A gingersnap maker for the young sibling,
When that little girl received the name Miss. Emma
She took authority, had an attitude and provoked prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss. Emma was Miss. Emma to the very core of her soul.
We honor you dear sister, Miss Emma.
~ Love ~
Marion, Charlene, Earl, Evelyn, Thelma, Rebecca, Carlton and Varonia
In life, Ms. Emma had a strong love for education began with her matriculation through the Yazoo City School System. She was a proud member of the Yazoo City Training School’s Graduating Class of 1958. Because she was determined to obtain a higher education, she worked in the campus cafeteria to put herself through college. She first earned an A.A. in Education at Piney Woods Junior College in Piney Woods, MS in 1963. She went on to earn a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Jackson University in Jackson, MS in 1966.
Ms. Emma went to live with an older sister in Pontiac, MI to work and earn money in order to continue her education. While there, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at New Bethel Church under the leadership of Rev. Amos Johnson. When she returned to Mississippi, she joined Old Antioch M.B in Sumner, MS.
She began praying for a husband at that time. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day she told her roommate that her husband was going to be at church tomorrow. When she arrived at church, a woman named Mrs. Bearden introduced her to a young friendly farmer who had been praying for a good wife. His name was Otis Keys Horton.
As the story goes, Otis was supposed to take her to a movie on their first date but took her to a hotel instead. She objected and demanded that he take her home immediately. He then declared that he had definitely found his future wife and they were married on December 22, 1973.
She completed her education with a Masters of Elementary Education from the famous Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, AL in 1973. She was inspired by a brief conversation that she had with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at a Civil Rights Rally at Jackson State in the 1960’s. He asked her what she was going to do to further “The Civil Rights Call To Action.” Her response was, “I’m going to teach my students about people like you, what we’re going through and the importance of education. And during her 34 year tenor as a Social Studies teacher at the West District Junior High School, she did exactly that. Whether it was designated by the State of Mississippi Standards or not, Ms. Emma always included Black History as a part of her classroom curriculum.
Ms. Emma also had an activist’s spirit! She served on the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, MS., where Emmett Till was lynched after allegedly whistling at a white woman. Her efforts helped to establish an Emmet Till Interpretive Museum and other landmark tourist sites in the area. She was a member of the Hampton Lake/ Sharkey Road Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was a faithful member of Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, MS when she passed.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband Otis Sr., parents Ollie and Mary M.(Woods) McGee, Sr.; brothers Samuel, Winfield and Ollie Jr.; sisters Helen Jean(McGee) Jackson and Valeree Ann McGee.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, a daughter and daughter in-law, four grandchildren, two brothers, and six sisters.
A POEM FROM SIBLINGS
The name Emma means authority, attitude and prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss Emma also happened to be the nickname given to
Emma Eudora McGee as a child.
Let's just say that Miss. Emma did not particularly care to be just Emma.
Our dad's old hag of a mule was also named Emma.
When she met and married Otis Horton she became Eudora.
If you looked around today and heard someone say Eudora,
It was probably a Horton.
Ms. Horton was an elementary school teacher and high on higher education.
The encourager of her students, dedicated church worker,
And a community volunteer.
Sharkey Road, Sharkey Road how often we were told about Sharkey Road?
Eudora was an adoring in-law, a doting grandmother,
A loving mother and a devoted wife during her life.
Miss. Emma was a daughter,
A babysitter, homework facilitator and A gingersnap maker for the young sibling,
When that little girl received the name Miss. Emma
She took authority, had an attitude and provoked prestige.
She lived it to the fullest and took center stage with ease.
Miss. Emma was Miss. Emma to the very core of her soul.
We honor you dear sister, Miss Emma.
~ Love ~
Marion, Charlene, Earl, Evelyn, Thelma, Rebecca, Carlton and Varonia
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