Daisy B. Finney

Bessie Daisy Bell Stovall Finney, the daughter of the late Henry and Rosa Washington Stovall, was born on May 10, 1907 in Bowman, Georgia. She was the fourth child born to this union. Mother Finney left on the morning train early Monday, October 7, 2002 at 5:40 a.m. She received her formal education in the Pubic School System of Bowman, Georgia. With a desire to become a seamstress she attended Douglas High School of Baltimore, Maryland. As a child, she attended Brown’s Grove Baptist Church where her mother and father were deacons for twenty-five years. It was here that her walk with the Lord began. Converted at an early age, she loved going to Sunday school. She was married to the late Eula C. McLaughlin and to this union was born a son, George McLaughlin. In 1922, Mother Finney migrated to Baltimore, Maryland where she later met and married the late Alfred T. Finney in 1958. Later in life, she was restored to right fellowship with the Lord and received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Her walk with the Lord took her through many trials and tribulations, which caused her to have a deeper and greater love for souls. A woman of God, she was about her father’s business, she would rather hurt than hurt others. The word tells us to “live peaceably with all men, holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Devoted to her church work, she organized, directed and played for the children’s and adult choirs under the late Bishop Walter Warner. Also, she was the superintendent of the Sunday school, Sunday school Teacher, secretary, the church musician, and choir director under the late Evangelist Sadie Wilson. In her latter years, she joined trinity Apostolic Faith Holiness Church under the auspices of Bishop Ivan L. Grant, where she served on the Sanctuary Choir until she could no longer do so. Mother Finney leaves to cherish her memory: one son, George McLaughlin; a daughter-in-law, Ruth; two grandsons, George and Jarad; one adopted son/nephew, Marion Mayfield; one adopted daughter, Elizabeth; one granddaughter, Charmaine; three great-grand’s and one great-grand’s and one great-great-grand, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives friends and church family.

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Daisy B. Finney

May 10, 1907 - October 7, 2002