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You Will Be Truly Missed
SISTER EDNA E. McNELTY
1929
2021
Visitation
Thursday, January 6, 2022
4 PM - 7 PM
Celebration of Life
Friday, January 7, 2022
Wake: 10 AM | Service: 11 AM
Second Baptist Church
436 South 13th Avenue
Maywood, Illinois 60153
Sister Edna McNelty
July 29, 1929 - December 22, 2021
Pastor Harry McNelty
January 5, 1918 - December 25, 2001
Remembering Sister Edna E. McNelty
In honor of my dear friend and mentor. Thank you for all you did to show me how real GOD is. I pray we meet again.
-Shawn J. Mayberry
Story
The H. McNelty School of the First Baptist Church
Born in Mississippi
JULY 29, 1929
Sister Edna E. McNelty was married to Rev. Harry McNelty of the First Baptist Church of Melrose Park, Illinois. She later became the Directress of The H. McNelty School of the First Baptist Church.
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They both were advocates of uplifting Black people and relentlessly worked to do so until both closed their eyes and went to be with the Lord.
Burial Site - Forest Home Cemetery
863 Des Plaines Ave | Forest Park, IL 60130
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