Black Folks: Why Do You Attend Watch Meetings?

Article II, Volume IX                     December 31, 2019
                                                                                               (Mrs. Elizabeth Hall funeral information
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                                                           Watch Meeting

It is a long-time practice for black folks to be in a church when the New Year comes in. It is said by many that this practice started in December  1862 to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation that was signed by Abe Lincoln on September 22, 1862, to free slaves, (not all), effective on January 1, 1863.  The story goes, the slaves went into the church on New Year Eve as slaves and came out on January 1,1863, after midnight, free from slavery.

(This story was originally published on my blog, All in All, Expressions of Grady E. Bryant on December 30, 2012

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Me? I'm headed to a watch meeting.  I'm going to be late but I'll be on time.
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Happy New Year!

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Elizabeth Hall, 89, Bailey's Crossroads, Va Community Activist, Passed Away

Article 1, Volume 1X                                                          December 30, 2019



Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, Community Activist, Civic leader, and spokesperson                                                                                                                                                              

Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, a long-time resident in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia died on December 26, 2019, in Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia.

She was a long-time member (over 60 years) of Warner Baptist Church. Reverend Matthew J. Pearson is the Pastor.

Mrs. Hall was a retired Federal Government worker and at the time of her death, she was an employee and a volunteer worker at the Baileys Community Center in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Upon completion, they will be announced by some communication means.

Update from family:  6 P.M. 12/31/19,  funeral service will be on Thursday, Jan 9, 2020. No decision on the place and time.

Update: 4:30 p.m. 01/02/2020. Funeral services will be on Thursday. January 9, 2020, at  Warner Baptist Church, Lacy Blvd, Falls Church, Virginia.  The viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and the service will commence at 10 a.m. 

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