Order ofService Elder Jimmy Hicks, Presiding PROCESSIONAL SEI...ECTION ........................................ ACOJ Mass Choir INVOCATION ........................... Elder Cleveland Clark SCRIPTURE: Old Testament .............. Elder Sam Jacobs New Testament ....... Elder Ezekiel Rhyant DUET .............................. Lakiesha and Cherrie Wimes (Tribute by Granddaughters) REFLECTIONS - (Two Minutes Each) As A Neighbor .. Mother Frances Kimbrough As A Church Mother .. Mother Evelyn Noble Saints and Friends SELECTION - Special Request ....... ACOJ Mass Choir ''Speak To My Heart" TRffiUTE ........... Michael Taylor, Grandson to Deceased SOLO .................................................... Elder Keith Hicks "My Soul Is Anchored" OBITUARY ............................................. Read Silently SEI...ECTION - 'Tell The Angels" ... ACOJ Mass Choir (Favorit~ Song of Deceased) ACKNOWLEDG:MENTS ..................... Stone Bros. Staff RESOLUTION ........................................ Sis. Linda Rowe SELECTION ...... Samuel Taylor, Grandson of Deceased ''lle'll Welcome Me" EULOGY ................................. Bishop Gregory Johnson VIEWING OF REMAINS & RECESSIONAL Pallbearers Deacons of the Association Honorary Pallbearers SONS, GRANDSONS AND GODSONS Joe Wimes, Jr. Tony Johnson Michael Taylor Samuel Taylor TerryWimes Dwayne Yearby Flower Attendants Church Members and Friends Interment PINE GROVE CEMETERY Ft. Pierce, FL Our deepest gratitude is extended to all who found so many tender and special ways to express friendship, love, caring, sharing your prayers and sympathy during our bereavement. We beseech you to continue to lift us up in prayer. God's richest blessings be upon each ofyou. Your acts ofkindness will always be remembered as we cherish memories of Mother Wimes. THE FAMILY 317 North 7th Street Fort Pierce, FL 34950 HoME GoiNG SERVICES - - - - - f o r the late -~~-- 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 2,1996 APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS Fort Pierce, FL ELDER JOE T. WIMES Host Pastor BISHOP GREGORY JOHNSON Officiating Obituary For The Late Mother Gennie Lee Johnson Wimes Mother Gennie Lee Johnson Wimes, daughter of the late Smiley and Elnora Grimsley Johnson was born on October 5, 1934 in Colquitt, Georgia. She moved with her parents to Ft. Pierce, FL in the year 1948 settling on 9th Street and Avenue C. Mother Wimes met Joe T. Wimes shortly after moving to St. Lucie County and on August 13, 1949 in Riverhead Long Island, NY, they were united in Holy Matrimony. This lovely couple became the parents of seven rambious siblings. In 1954, at the apostolic church of Jesus, in the "Little Wooden Church" (on the corner of 16th Court and Avenue K) Mother Gennie Lee Wimes experienced a Christian rebirth under the watchful eye of the late Elder Valdosta Thomas. Mother Wimes was able to radiate her change throughout her life and was instrumental in leading her husband to a Christian deliverance causing him to become a dedicated and anointed man of God. On Wednesday, October 23, 1996, God saw fit to call his servant of forty-two glorious years from earthly labor to her heavenly reward. She leaves to cherish her memories: a loving husband, Elder Joe T. Wimes, Sr. of Ft. Pierce, FL; two sons: Joe T. Wimes, Jr. and Terry T. Wimes both _of Ft. Pierce, FL; five daughters: Geraldine Brown of Ft. Pierce, FL, Linda D. Anderson, Joanne D. Wesley and Julia C. Wimes all of Dallas, TX, and Theresa A. Jones of Monticello, FL; seventeen grandchildren (one preceded her in death); three great grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren and two step-great grandchildren; five brothers: Edward and Sammy Johnson both of Ft. Pierce, FL, Willie Johnson of Rochester, NY, J.C. Johnson of Petersburg, VA and Robert Johnson of Vero Beach, FL; two sisters: Juanita Patterson of Rochester, NY and Ella Ruth Wimes of Vero Beach, FL; three sons-in-law: Charlie Brown of Ft. Pierce, FL, Mitchell Wesley of Dallas, TX, and Lloyd Wright of St. Petersburg, FL; two daughters-in-law: Lenora and Ella Wimes both of Ft. Pierce, FL; five brothers-in-law: Charlie Wimes and John L. Johnson of Vero Beach, FL, Andrew Wimes of Ft. Pierce, FL, Arlee Wimes of Dothan, AL and Harry Wilson of Melbourne, FL; eight sisters-inlaw: Ola, Mandy Dixon and Dorothy Wimes of Ft. Pierce, FL, Amanda of Rochester, NY, Louise of Petersburg, VA, Connie Freeman of Rochester, NY, Hilda Wilson of Melbourne, FL and Lois Johnson ofVero Beach1 FL; three Godsons: Johnny Jenkins, Jr. of Oslo, FL, Tony Johnson of Ft. Pierce, FL and Dwayne Yearby of Ft. Pierce, FL and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and sorrowing friends. t nttS She fought the fight & Kept the faith And now gone home to God. Someday we'll meet again, Our loved one gone before. Someday we'll reach that happy land, Where parting is no more. 'Brig/iter tJJawn Ylt fast hergracious sou{ tootfught, Into the {ana there is n:o night. 'But her name is carvea in hearts to stay, Jls we thintof things she usea to say. So she is not aeat she's on[ygone on Into a brighter more 6eautiju{ aawn. !For faaies {i~ her were not 6orn to aie, 'But {i~ the sun that shines in the sl(y 'Ihey warm the earth & hearts ofmen. In happy remembrance, they {ive again. So whi{e she s{eeps ana her voice is sti{G J{er spiritgoes on ana it a{ways _wi{{.