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Join MemoriesMelissa Lichtle Addie with Elaine and Bobbie
Melissa Lichtle Addie with niece Rose, Uncle Willie Lee Harris and Aunt Annie Mary Harris
Remembering the time when we both joined The Missionary Ministry and we’re happy that our involvement within the ministry made us stronger in our services in the Lord. Ms.Addie and I also shared great conversations as we walked from church on Sundays to home. It was a pretty good walk but talking with Ms. Addie didn’t seem like the walk was long be...
Melissa Lichtle Addie and Elaine in Puerto Rico
Melissa Lichtle Addie and Dawn
Melissa Lichtle Addie with Eleanor
Melissa Lichtle Addie with Addison
Melissa Lichtle Addie and Rose
Regina Waller Best Godmother ever!
Melissa Lichtle
Melissa Lichtle https://www.abyssinian.org/worship/
Melissa Lichtle Addie and Porgie...back in the day
Melissa Lichtle
"A SISTER CAN BE SEEN AS SOMEONE WHO IS BOTH OURSELVES AND VERY MUCH NOT OURSELVES - A SPECIAL KIND OF DOUBLE." -- Toni Morrison
Dawn Chauncey Addie ll and Addie lll
Melissa Lichtle Addie and her mother Edith Stancil ❤️
Melissa Lichtle Addie with sister Gail, niece Dee and niece Dawn ❤️
Gladys Stancil This picture is young Addie. Favors Gail,Dawn and Addison. Wow So familiar.lol❤ 4generations . Strong genes. Anyone have a young picture of MOM. See if that's them. So Dear Addie ❤ your face lives on. 😊I can smile😊 at this and not miss you for min.💔 Joy comes in the morning.AMEN.
Melissa Lichtle Addie and Gail
Gladys Stancil Love you Addie will miss you very much. Tell Mom,Dad and Aunt Gladys. I love and miss them❤
Melissa Lichtle Addie and her family.
Regina Waller Family time
Deonia Neveu
Regina Waller Addie and Eleanor
Dedicated to Sis : World’s Best Godmother Life can be funny. People come and go But some last the distance And watch as you grow. Those are the people Who capture your heart And I want you to know That you’ve left your mark. You’re one in a million & A diamond through and through. You’re the world’s best Godmother. Thanks for being you! by, En...
Regina Waller Addie, Rose and Eleanor
Regina Waller Sis, You were always supportive, encouraging and ever present. You remain still in my heart. The times, with you, were ALWAYS happy. Thanks for being there for me. You added culture to my life. Your home was my home away from home and our outings were our special time together. I will never forget you! Love, Regina
Deonia Neveu
Regina Waller Addie and baby Addison
Regina Waller New Year's Eve ...2015 God Bless Addie. Always fun!
There just isn't enough writing space to say and share all the wonderful things about my Aunt Addie. I've known her my entire Life, and throughout my Life she has been there for me through my ups and downs. We used to talk on the phone as well for hours, something that nobody can do because we are both big talkers, so we knew that we could talk a...
Regina Waller She always kept her spirits up and lifted everyone else's spirits.
Melissa Lichtle Addie with her nieces and nephews Deonia, Tyra, Paul, Chris and Douglas
Melissa Lichtle Addie with Brother Billy and Sister in-law Delia Stancil
Melissa Lichtle Addie with her Grandmother, Godmother, Sister Elaine and Cousin Howard Lee
Regina Waller Addie and Edsel Dolores O'Connor
Melissa Lichtle Addie and her sister Elaine
Melissa Lichtle Addie and James
Melissa Lichtle Addie on a ski trip!
Regina Waller at home relaxing
Regina Waller At Abyssinian Baptist Church with the Evans Sisters
Joyce Stancil Our parents Wille and Edith Stancil
Joyce Stancil It was during the week of June 21, 2020 I finally confronted and accepted that our oldest sister, Addie Bell Greer, was permanently gone from physical sight, human communication and interaction. In that week, her apartment was totally dismantled and the physical traces of Addie’s existence therein vanished. This event happened just over two months after Addie’s soul journey from her body in the final hour of Good Friday on April 10th. The apartment was one of the young dreams of Addie and her predeceased husband, James Greer. They married on March 4, 1961. And the apartment was the first property they owned and it became the place for many happy extended family gatherings. Our youngest sister, Gail, mostly alone, did the major work in disassembling and closing the apartment. By telephone she told me that her visits there with Addie and James began when she was four years old. I recall that during my periodic visits from the west coast to visit family that Addie always had wonderful plans for outings to theater, concerts, museums and shopping. Those were always very enjoyable times. I always stayed with Addie and James. once while waiting forAddie to return from work- I heard someone call my name. Tracking the sound to the terrace, I beheld our brother, Billy, standing on the top of the ladder of an industrial truck, wildly waving his hat to welcome me to back home to New York. Addie came home shortly thereafter and we all shared crazy hearty laughter. Our sister, Addie, was the first child of Edith Harris Stancil and Willie Ernest Stancil. Our parents moved from Portsmouth, Virginia to New York City during the Great Migration. Addie was born in Harlem Hospital on June 6, 1938. Our cousin, Addie Bell Wilson, daughter of our mother’s maternal aunt, became her godmother. Addie completed elementary school at PS 68 and junior high school at PS 101. She graduated from Mable Dean Bacon High School in 1955 with a diploma in Beauty Culture. Addie took many evening classes in business skills and art and subjects as well. She traveled abroad many times as well as within the States. Addie was a lifelong resident of New York City. She was a staunch New Yorker her entire life. She participated in and contributed to her community and was a dedicated member of Abyssinian Baptist Church where she was christened and baptized in childhood. Our sister, Addie, essentially became the supporting backbone and heart of our extended family life after our Elders passed. She was grounded, plain spoken, of a generous nature, hardworking ,compassionate and supportive. She had a sense of humor. She truly enjoyed the company of family and friends and meeting new friends. Our sister, Addie and I shared a bedroom probably from my birth in February, 1940 when she was 20 months old until she was 20 years old and I was 18. In later years we remained in contact always by letters and as available by telephone. We always stayed in touch. I miss our caring and supportive sister. I feel truly fortunate to have had her as my sister. I am grateful to the team of younger family members- our sister, Gail, our nephew, Douglas Jackson, our niece, Dawn Chauncey and my daughter, Melissa Lichtle, who worked in harmony as a team to fulfill Addie’s desire to remain in her own home through most of the course of her illness. Their cheerful teamwork was superb.
Melissa Lichtle Happy Birthday Aunt Addie! We love you and miss you everyday