Meta C. Cannady

Mother Meta Candice Cannady entered this life on October 14, 1928 in Granville County, North Carolina. She was the daughter born to the late Willie Harris and Alice Green Harris. She departed this life on Saturday, December 1, 2018. She received her early education at the G.C. Hawley High School in Granville County and continued on to the North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham, NC which is now called North Carolina Central University (NCCU). She also attended beauty and cosmetology school and was a beautician to several for many years. Later in life she attended the Refuge Bible College to further appease her passion for knowledge. She worked as a teachers’ aide in the Baltimore City Public School System and helped set up a program called the Modern Early Childhood Learning Program (MECLP) that was originated by Dr. Betty Showell at the Oliver Cromwell Elementary School #74. Mother Meta had a special love and patience with children. She went on to start a Day Care Provider business through the State of Md. She also assisted Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke to create a safety walk home program for school kids. While in college she attended a revival service conducted by the Ransom Way of the Cross Church. She heard the man of God preaching and was convicted in her heart, she asked the question to herself what must I do to be saved. He made the call she answered by acknowledging Him as Lord and Savior and was obedient to the word by taking Him on by water baptism. She emerged from the water speaking in tongues as the spirit gave utterance according to Acts 2. In 1949, she married the love of her life, the late Lincoln M Cannady Sr; to whom she was married to for 59 years. From this union seven children were born: Lincoln Jr. (preceded her in death), Bernard, Charlotte, Marilyn, Earl(preceded her in death), Cheryl and Sandra. In August 1956, she, her husband and kids relocated to Baltimore, MD during the great migration in search of a better way of life. She was a lifetime member of the Refuge Way of the Cross Church of Christ, which was founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1958. She was one of the church’s charter members and a pillar of the church’s organization. The Church was founded by Apostle Leroy H. Cannady, Sr. (her brother-in-law). Mother Meta was a saved, devoted, loving, strong, perseverant, patient, friendly and down to earth person who loved to laugh, but was also very sincere. One of her most favorite things to do was to shop economically and stretch a dollar. In the spiritual realm she served in various capacities, she served as president for the following boards, Missionary Board, Refuge Chorus, communion Committee and Baptism Committee. In addition to that she served as an Altar worker, Sunday school teacher, on the Prayer & Sick Committee, New Members, Senior Care Ministry, Drama Guild, Christmas Program Coordinator, Kitchen Committee, Pastors’ Aide Club, Women’s Ministry as well as the Cleaning Committee. She was such a Pillar of Strength. She leaves to cherish her memory: her five children, Bernard (Aquilla) Cannady of Atlanta, GA, Charlotte (William) Quinn, Marilyn Cannady, Cheryl (LaMarion) Ziegler, and Sandra Cannady all of Baltimore, MD; two siblings, Dorothy Burwell and Earthalene Mattie Jones, both of North Carolina; seven grandchildren, Bishop Eric (Tonia) Cannady of Atlanta GA, Takiyah Westmoreland of Baltimore, MD, Tiffany Cannady of Atlanta, GA, Billie Quinn, Anthony Curtis, William Quinn Jr., Joshua Cannady all of Baltimore, MD; ten great-grandchildren; goddaughter, Judge Claudia Barber; and a Godsent friend and companion, care sitter, Missionary Ceola Tabron.

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Meta C. Cannady

October 14, 1928 - December 1, 2018