Aug. 23, 1919 – June 24, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Emma Marie Stewart Britt, 92, of Natchez, who died peacefully at her residence, will be at 10 a.m. today at Morgantown Baptist Church with Dr. Talmadge Smith officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at the church.

Mrs. Britt was born Aug. 23, 1919, in Lincoln County, the youngest daughter of Fate Stewart and Dilly Ann Roberts Stewart. She was a devoted member of Morgantown Baptist Church for a number of years.

Mrs. Britt was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Hollis Britt; two sisters; and three brothers.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolene Britt and Sandra Britt Smith and husband, Donald R. Smith, all of Natchez; three grandchildren, Natalie Smith and husband, Chris, of Hernando, Andrew Smith of Little Rock, Ark., and Douglas Smith and wife, Haley, of Baton Rouge; and seven great-grandchildren, Jacob, Grace, Emma, Landon, Lawson, Ava and Lahna Smith.

Pallbearers will be Andrew Smith, Douglas Smith, Chris Smith, L.J. Britt, Gillis Bland and Jack Cupit.

Special love goes to the staff of Arnolds Personal Care Home; Becky Foreman, Jackie Fletcher, Flora Burns, Isabelle Lumpkin, Katriska Stampley, Mary Belton, Irma Davis and Geraldine Jackson. Also to Deaconess Hospice, the Rev. Dan Wynn and Reggie Robertson, RN, truly a God sent organization.

Anyone that knew Ms. Emma would know that she would say:

I’d like the memory of me

To be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an afterglow

Of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo

Whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing times

And bright and sunny days

I’d like the tears of those who grieve,

To dry before the sun

Of happy memories that I leave

When life is done.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.