Jlflofucr 1fiabics Nieces Usher Board Members Jallhcarcrs Nephews ~ouorar~ Jallhcarcrs Church Members ~rkuofulcbgcmcut The family of Mrs. Mattie J. Reid will always remember with deep gratitude your many courtesies extended at the homegoing of our loved one. A special thanks to Lora Bell Bailey. us WJyorulyiH' s Jffuu~ral ~om~, clur. 1315 Hendrix Avenue East Point, Georgia 30344 404-768-2993-4 MKO Graphics & Printers (404) 523-1560 for Wednesday, March 11, 1992 -1:00 P.M.- @rnnt (!J~apel J\.~.~ (!J~urc~ 1319 Holcomb Avenue East Point, Georgia The Reverend R. B. Fortson, Pastor Officiating hituaru Mrs. Mattie Jo Parker Reid was born March 31, 1929 in Do ugl as County, Georgia to the late Mr. Doy Lee Parker and Blossie Mae Parker. She joined t he church at an early age. She was blessed in holy matrimony to Mr. Standy Reid on Au gust 2, 1947 . She later joined The New Grant Chapel A.M .E. Church where she was a faithful member until death. Mrs. Reid departed this life Ma rch 7, 1992 and leaves to cherish her loving memory, husband, Mr. Standy Reid; sisters, Equilla Stephens, Douglasville, Georgia, Janie Woods, Decatur, Georgia, Mercedes Jones, Douglasville, Georgia, Jacqulyn Sherrod, Freemont, North Carolina, and Shelia A. Reese, Decatur, Georgia; brothers, George Edward Parker, Chicago, Illinois, Lloyd Parker, Atlanta, Georgia, Willie A. Parker, Atlanta, Georgia, Andrew Lee "Robert" Parker, Arlington, Virginia, Harold Donell Parker, Douglasville, Georgia, Sidney Parker, Decatur, Georgia, and Mitchell Parker, Douglasville, Georgia; brothers-in-law, Earnest Reid, Douglasville, Georgia, James Reid, Douglasville, Georgia, Eddie Reid, Austell, Georgia, and Robert Joe Reid, Atlanta, Georgia; sisters-in-law, Berdine Arnold, Douglasville, Georgia, Ella Mae Bowens, Douglasville, Georgia, Thommie London, Douglasville, Georgia, and Barbara Smith, Hollywood, Florida; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, several other relatives and friends. Build a Firm Foundation of Faith Faith is a fo rce that is greater Than kno wledge or power or skill... A nd the darkest defeat turns to triumph If we trust in God's wisdom and will. Helen Steiner Rice rhcr nf ~crui.cc PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SELECTION ...... .. . . . . ..... . ............. . .... The Choir PRAYER ... . ... ... . .. . ...... . ... . .......... The Minister SCRIPTURE ..... . . . ...... . ............. .. .. The Minister The Old Testament The New Testament SELECTION . ....... . ...... . ........... . ........ The Choir REMARKS (Three Minutes) ................. . .. Friends OBITUARY (Read Silently) EULOGY . . ... ........ . ..... The Reverend R. B. Fortson ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE c3Jntcrmcnt Forest Lawn Cemetery 5400 Mallory Road College Park, Georgia