MS. LUCRETIA CLAUDETTE STALLING – Age 48- Of LaFayette, Georgia passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020. She was born on February 5, 1972 to the late Claudius Stalling, and Maxine Suttle Stalling in Walker County, Georgia. She was preceded by her father, Minister and Deacon Claudius Stalling, Mother Maxine Stalling.

Lucretia earned a Degree in Computer Science, and an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education from Georgia Northwestern Technical College. She received her Associate Degree in Business Administration from Dalton State College. She enjoyed spending time with family and loving unconditionally on her children and grandchildren. Following in the footsteps of her mother, she too was an educator. She taught for 20+ years at the Family Resource Head Start program in Walker County.

Lucretia was a God-fearing woman who loved the Lord. She used her God given talent of tickling the ivories on a piano or organ to tell others about her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She learned how to play the piano at the age of 7. Through her 40+ years of playing, she has used her gift across many churches in North Georgia to bring souls to Christ. In addition, she created Harmony & Sounds Studios where she provided piano lessons to those in the community. She attended and was an organist at Mountain Ridge Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia.

Survivors are her loving and devoted family, children, Brittany Stalling of Canton, Georgia, Elijah ( Morgan) Southern Sr., and Isaiah Southern of LaFayette, Georgia; brothers , Pastor Calvin Patrick (Pastor Crystal) Stalling of Commerce, Georgia, Vince ( Tyra) Stalling of LaFayette, Georgia; grandchildren, Elijah Southern Jr., Eden Southern.

Aunts, Linda Brundidge of Chattanooga, TN., Lana Marie (Greg) Moten of Chickamauga, Ga., Sarah Agnes Suttle, Sally Ware of LaFayette, Georgia; uncles, James Steve ( Yvonne) Suttle of Atlanta, GA., Frank ( Vivian) Perry Suttle, Sr. of LaFayette, Georgia; host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

A Service to Celebrate the Life of Ms. Lucretia Claudette Stalling will be Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 1:00 P. M. at the Chapel of Willis Funeral Home with Minister Tori Bruce as Presider, and Words of Comfort from her brothers, Pastor Calvin Patrick Stalling and Vince Stalling. Her remains will lie in state at the funeral home after 12:00 noon Friday until the funeral hour. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 11:00 A. M. until the funeral hour at 1:00 P. M. Interment, LaFayette City Cemetery. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.