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Olga Viola Courtney

Stone Mountain, GA, USA

April 25, 1930 - August 4, 2019

Apr 25, 1930 - Aug 4, 2019

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Olga Viola Courtney of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away at the age of 89 after a long illness, on Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Conyers, Georgia.
Olga was born to Charles and Jenetha Facey in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba on April 25, 1930.
She was raised in the family home built by her father in the small town of Antilla. She
graduated from Colegio Luz y Caballero where she learned typing, bookkeeping, sewing, and embroidery. Subsequently, she met her husband Archie Lee Courtney during his many travels to Cuba in the 1950’s. They were married in the Facey family home on October 9th, 1956. The following year they made their home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where they raised two children, Stephen and Sabrina.

Olga made a loving family home in Philadelphia. She held many jobs after arriving in the US, including working in the Philadelphia garment factories and making radios on the electronics assembly lines at Philco-Ford. She received her electronics training from the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) during the 1960’s and 70’s. While raising her family, she received a high school diploma and an Associate’s degree from the Philadelphia Community College. She worked for the Philadelphia School System for many years as a Teacher’s Aide. By the 1990’s, she retired and moved to Lilburn, Georgia to be closer to her daughter, and to help raise her grandchildren.

Olga enjoyed traveling. One year she won a trip to Spain by selling World Book Encyclopedias. While on that trip she delighted in taking a ferry to Morocco, Africa. Olga, an award-winning artist, had a passion for designing and making ceramic vases and sculptures. Some depicted scenes of her childhood home of Antilla. Many family members received them as gifts.
Olga was preceded in death by her husband, Archie Courtney, her mother, Jenetha Facey, her sisters Esther Perez, Laura Johnson and Hazel Coffman, brother, Carlos Facey, and nephew, Roberto Perez.
Olga always had a lively spirit, a passion to keep moving, a never-ending desire to learn, and a reverence for education which she modeled for her immediate and extended family, and friends. Olga was a loving and devoted mother, sister, and Aunt. She is survived by her two children, Stephen Courtney and Sabrina Scott, a brother, Robert Facey, sister, Clara Jenkins; three grandchildren, William (Gus), Albert (Trey), and Courtney; a host of nieces and nephews including Raul, Carlos, Laurene, Grant, Samuel, Carlos, Eric, Sabrina, Jenetha, Soralla, and Robertico, and several grand nephews and nieces.
A public memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 10th, 2019,10:00am at Covenant Baptist UCC, 3845 South Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20032. Flowers or donations may be sent to the church.

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