Emma B. Cornell

Emma Bernice Cornell, the daughter of James Lawrence and Helena Myrtle Bradshaw, was born September 20, 1927 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She departed this life on November 4, 2015. Emma Bernice was the last to depart of fourteen children. Their names are: Veola, Gertrude, Helena, Ethel, Mable, Doris, Doreen, James, Lois, Joyce, Lawrence, Joseph, and Janet. She was also preceded in death by her grandson, Kevin Timothy Cornell. Emma Bernice met the love of her life in the spring of 1943 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. It was there she met Winston Franklin Cornell of Henderson, North Carolina who was an electronics engineer with the Army Air Corp. The loving couple married on July 31, 1944 and spent nearly fifty years together until Winston departed in January 1994. The union of Winston and Bernice was blessed with two children. The joy of Bernice's life was her son Winston F. Cornell, Jr. and her daughter Patricia A. Cornell. Bernice and Winston eventually settled to make a life in Baltimore, Maryland. Bernice was a loving disciplinarian mother of faith who was devoted to the health, peace, welfare, joy, and accomplishments of her family. She was truly a leader and manager in the field of family life. Bernice was actively involved in the lives of all five generations of her family members. She gladly participated in the interest of all the different activities of which each were involved. On any given day of the week, Bernice was at a school function for breakfast with Grandma, Open House, Halloween Adventure, Family Football Night, Christmas Party, Easter Egg Hunt, Bingo, Book Fair, Basketball Baseball, Bowling, Roller Skating, School Carnival, and many others. Another activity she enjoyed sharing with family was arts and crafts. Bernice taught her many grandchildren how to crochet, solve puzzles, make jewelry, build book shelves, design pillows, make blankets, and sew clothes. Last was Bernice's green-thumb. In the spring time, she would have family members participate in tilling the soil and preparing it for sowing seed. In the summer, the yard would be bursting with beautiful colors from the many plants, flowers, and shrubs she planted. Emma Bernice leaves to cherish her memory: one son, one daughter and their spouses, Winston and Pamela Cornell, John and Patricia Walls; four grandchildren, Kia Redfearn, Yasmin Walls, Anique Peay, and Reginald Cornell; seventeen great-grandchidren, two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

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Emma B. Cornell

September 20, 1927 - November 4, 2015