A. Celebration Life for Etta Mae Carpenter SUNRISE 08/12/1918 SUNSET 02/04/2006 ~ SATURDAY ~ February 11, 2006 2:00 P.M. Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 1438 Wrightsboro Road Augusta, Georgia Reverend Thomas Walker ~ Officiating ~ Reverend J.C. ~ Presiding Obituary . "EUa Mae Carpenter, departed this life on February 4, 2006, at St. Joseph Hospital after an extended illness. She was born August 12, 1918, in Columbia County to the late Mr. John Murray and Marie McKenney. At an early age, she joined Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the Reverend W. H. Lindsey. She served faithfully with the Senior Mission, Annie Watson Circle and the Pastors Aide Club under the leadership of the late H.W. Phinizy, Sr. "Ella Mae," was married to the late Mr. Lindsey Carpenter, Sr. To this union thirteen children were born in which six preceded her in death. She leaves to cherish her memories: four sons, Lindsey Carpenter, Jr., Frank (Gloria) Carpenter, Leon (Andrena) Carpenter, Charles (Yvonne) Carpenter, all of Augusta, Georgia; three daughters, Dor othy M. Shaw, Georgia Mae Smith, both of Augusta, Georgia and Annie (Daniel) Grant of Atlanta, Georgia; one devoted granddaugh ter, Cynthia Anderson, whom she raised as her own; one aunt, Hattie Jones; one sister-in-law, Grace Holliman; forty grandchildren, fiftythree great grandchildren and a host of great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. (Iht Order ofService, Prelude Processional Selection ................................ Combined Choir "The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow" Scriptures Old Testament .............. Reverend Johnnie Bussey New Testament .............. Reverend Hardy Bennings Prayer of Comfort .................... Reverend Eric Adams Solo ...................................... Rosalyn Shaw Remarks (Three Minutes) B lair House Nursing Home Deacon Sam Singleton Reverend John Lockhart Sister Mary Walton Obituary & Acknowledgements ......... Sister Patricia Miller Tribute ................................ Sister Mamie Kelly, Brother Thomas Anderson &. Sister Jennifer Carpenter Solo ................................. Miriam Carpenter Words of Comfort .......... Reverend Thomas Walker, Pastor Recessional ............................ Combined Choir "Going Up Yonder" Interment ..................... Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens REPAST Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Annex Immediately After Interment Active Tattbearers Grandsons Honorary Tattbearers Deacons & Trustees flower