Long-time Macon schools educator Mrs. Harriette E. Wiley Jeffries dies

Mrs. Harriette E. Wiley Jeffries, age 90, took a quiet and peaceful departure from this life at her youngest daughter's home in Duluth, Ga. on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 following a long extended illness.

Her funeral service will be Friday, July 18 at 2 p.m. from the Tuskegee University Chapel. McKenzie’s Funeral Home, Tuskegee, is directing.

Born on July 14, 1917 in Montgomery, to the late Elizabeth and William Wiley Sr., she and her brother William Wiley Jr. joined a family unit with strong moral and religious convictions. Her brother William preceded her in death on May 19, 2008.

Harriette accepted the Lord Jesus Christ early in life at the St. John AME Zion Church, Tuskegee. She was a faithful and devoted church member who served as the pianist for the Senior Choir for over 30 years.