Arletta Josephine Bacon, 88, Hopkinsville, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at Pinecrest Manor of natural causes.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Mitchell Fort officiating.
Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Gamble Funeral Home.
A native of Hopkinsville, she was born, June 10, 1917, the daughter of the late Ulysses S. Bacon and Bertha Tandy.
She taught for 40 years in Christian County schools, including Highland, Durrett Avenue and Pee Dee.
She was a charter member of the Hopkinsville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
In 1998 she was recognized by the Modernettes Club of Hopkinsville as the African American Woman of the Year, and in 1960 she was a den mother for the Boy Scouts.
She was a member of the Virginia Street Baptist Church where she was in the Virginians Choir, the Willing workers Auxillary and was a member of the 50-year Members' Club.
Survivors include two sisters, Emma Bacon, Hopkinsville, and Bertha Mae Henderson, Momence, Ill.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Mitchell Fort officiating.
Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Gamble Funeral Home.
A native of Hopkinsville, she was born, June 10, 1917, the daughter of the late Ulysses S. Bacon and Bertha Tandy.
She taught for 40 years in Christian County schools, including Highland, Durrett Avenue and Pee Dee.
She was a charter member of the Hopkinsville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
In 1998 she was recognized by the Modernettes Club of Hopkinsville as the African American Woman of the Year, and in 1960 she was a den mother for the Boy Scouts.
She was a member of the Virginia Street Baptist Church where she was in the Virginians Choir, the Willing workers Auxillary and was a member of the 50-year Members' Club.
Survivors include two sisters, Emma Bacon, Hopkinsville, and Bertha Mae Henderson, Momence, Ill.
Arletta Josephine Bacon, 88, Hopkinsville, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at Pinecrest Manor of natural causes.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Mitchell Fort officiating.
Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Gamble Funeral Home.
A native of Hopkinsville, she was born, June 10, 1917, the daughter of the late Ulysses S. Bacon and Bertha Tandy.
She taught for 40 years in Christian County schools, including Highland, Durrett Avenue and Pee Dee.
She was a charter member of the Hopkinsville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
In 1998 she was recognized by the Modernettes Club of Hopkinsville as the African American Woman of the Year, and in 1960 she was a den mother for the Boy Scouts.
She was a member of the Virginia Street Baptist Church where she was in the Virginians Choir, the Willing workers Auxillary and was a member of the 50-year Members' Club.
Survivors include two sisters, Emma Bacon, Hopkinsville, and Bertha Mae Henderson, Momence, Ill.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Mitchell Fort officiating.
Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Gamble Funeral Home.
A native of Hopkinsville, she was born, June 10, 1917, the daughter of the late Ulysses S. Bacon and Bertha Tandy.
She taught for 40 years in Christian County schools, including Highland, Durrett Avenue and Pee Dee.
She was a charter member of the Hopkinsville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
In 1998 she was recognized by the Modernettes Club of Hopkinsville as the African American Woman of the Year, and in 1960 she was a den mother for the Boy Scouts.
She was a member of the Virginia Street Baptist Church where she was in the Virginians Choir, the Willing workers Auxillary and was a member of the 50-year Members' Club.
Survivors include two sisters, Emma Bacon, Hopkinsville, and Bertha Mae Henderson, Momence, Ill.
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