Mamie M. Hart

Mamie Mae Hart, daughter of the late William Robert and Anna Woodall Maynor, was born on November 30, 1941 in Harnett County, North Carolina. She departed her life on April 5, 2015. As a child growing up in the south, Mamie was loving, caring and had a can-do attitude. She worked alongside her father helping to provide for the family while her mother always kept her grounded in the church. She received her formal education within the Harnett County school system. Mamie left home and moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she married Willie Elliott. From this union six children were born. Prior to Willie’s marriage to Mamie he had three children. She worked hard, and together they purchased a home so that family and friends would have a place to come and enjoy. After twenty-three years of marriage, God called Willie home. In 1986 Mamie met and married Handy Brooks Hart. From this union four stepchildren was added to the family. She loved the Lord and her favorite gospel song was Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s “I’ve Learned To Lean On Jesus”. She would put that song on and clean the entire house. She loved to travel and keep herself busy. One of her favorite things to do was to go down to North Carolina to visit family. She always greeted folk with a smile and a hug. Her door was always opened to her family. Mamie enjoyed preparing Sunday dinners because she knew this was a great way for everyone to get together. A lot of time was spent in her kitchen and dining room talking, eating, laughing, playing cards, and just enjoying those wonderful home-cooked meals. Nobody made a coconut and pineapple layer cake like she did. Mamie was always preparing plates and sending food to the elderly within her block, making sure no one was hungry. Let’s not get it twisted though, she did not care for a whole lot of foolishness either. After retiring from working for so many years, God had a special place for Mamie to further prepare herself for this journey. She was led to LifeGate Chapel under the leadership of Pastor John Abudu where she remained a faithful member with her children and grandchildren until her death. She leaves to cherish these memories: her husband, Handy “Brooks” Hart; four daughters, Renea Mumford (Gregory), Robin Elliott, Monica Conigland (Nathan), Shree Hart; stepdaughter, Betty Chew (Charles), Norfolk, VA; five sons, John Elliott (Janet), Angelo Elliott, Dwayne Elliott (Terryce), Thomas Elliott, Willie Marvin Elliott, Jr. (Peaches), Norfolk, VA; stepsons, Frankie Hart (Whelhelmina), Tony Hart (Sandra), Cory Williams, and a very special godson, Timothy McNeill, Lillington, NC, whom she will forever love especially for the gift he gave her which was a card and seventeen cents inside of it; four sisters, Lillie Eden, Silver Springs, MD, Ida Bell (John Davis), Bunnlevel, NC, Georgianna Williams, (Claude), Linden, NC, Ann Maynor, Lillington, NC; two sisters-in-law, Etta Mae Hart (Bernard), Washington, DC, Chaney McKeithen, Fayetteville, NC; three brothers, Alex Maynor, Erwin, NC, Gary Maynor, Baltimore, MD, Milton McLean, Glen Burnie, MD; one brother-in- law, Lewis Hart, Fayetteville, NC; two aunts, Aunt Hattie, Flint, Michigan and Aunt Margie, Virginia; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren; four devoted best friends; Carolyn Lewis, Mother Jackson, Pearl Mumford and Evelyn; numerous neices, nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Mamie M. Hart

November 30, 1941 - April 5, 2015