Wednesday, August 14, 2013 
1:30 p.m. 
Beulah Grove Baptist Church 
1434 Poplar Street 
Augusta, GA 30901 
TKe Homegoing Celebration 
for 
<Rj>v. (Dr. Andrew James CfnsRom 
OBituary 
Rev. Dr. Andrew James Chishom was bom in Augusta, Ga. on 
October 17 1942. He is the son of the late Junious and Janie 
Chishom. He was the eldest son of four children. Dr. Chishom 
departed this life on Wednesday August 7, 2013. 
He graduated from Lucy C. Laney High School in 1961. 
He received his undergraduate degree in criminology from the 
University of Maryland and both his Masters and Doctorate degrees 
from the University of Georgia. He also received a Masters in 
Theology at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and he 
completed post masters studies at Harvard University. 
Dr. Chishom served his nation with distinction from 1963 to 1966 as 
a member of the United States Air Force and was a member of the 
United States Navy Reserves. 
Dr. Chishom was ordained into the ministry in 1980. 
Dr. Chishom was appointed as the first African American Juvenile 
Parole Officer in South Carolina in 1969 and he served as chairman 
of the Greenville, SC Drug Abuse Council. 
In 1971, former Governor Jimmy Carter appointed Dr. Chishom as 
the first African-American Probation Supervisor in the state of 
Georgia. Dr. Chishom would later become a key figure in the 
campaign resulting in Jimmy Carters election to the presidency of 
the United States. 
In 1974, Dr. Chishom was hired as the first African-American 
Professor in the College of Criminal Justice at the University of 
South Carolina. Dr. Chishom would go on to become a full tenured 
professor at USC. Dr. Chishom had a long and distinguished career 
at USC and retired from USC in 2003. During his time at the 
University of South Carolina, Dr. Chishom held numerous faculty 
appointments and assumed many advisory roles to the junior faculty 
and students. 
In 1976 President Jimmy Carter appointed Dr. Chishom as the first 
African-American United States Marshal in the South since 
Reconstruction. 
Dr. Chishom served as pastor at Gethsemane Baptist Church in 
Chester, SC, Zion Chapel Baptist Church Columbia, SC, and 
Believers in Christ Baptist Church Columbia, SC. Dr. Chishom 
served as the director of the nationally recognized Southern Region 
Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention Center. 
Dr. Chishoms many accomplishments include Co-founder, first 
national chairman and chairman emeritus of the National Association 
of Blacks in Criminal Justice (N ABC J); Founder and Chairman of the 
Five-Point Youth Violence Prevention Program: Founder of the 
Columbia Midnight Basketball Program: and serving as a criminal 
justice consultant to the state of Florida, Scotland Yard, the Egyptian 
government, and the US Dept, of Justice. He was honored by his high 
school Alma Mater Lucy Laney in Augusta, Ga through the 
establishment of a memorial of his many accomplishments. Dr. 
Chishom touched many lives in his career as a pastor and as a 
professor. He was committed to the advancement and well being of 
the youth in our community. Dr. Chishom served his community 
throughout his professional career and endeavored to put the needs of 
others before his own. However, his greatest accomplishment was 
being a dedicated husband, father, and grandfather. Known as Poppy 
to his beloved grandchildren. 
He leave to cherish his memory his Wife, Lottie Screen Chishom; his 
three children, Dr. Mark A. Chishom and spouse Dr. Patrice G. 
Chishom, Mr. Andre Chishom and Spouse Miriam V. Chishom, and 
Wendi Chishom; one sister, Ann (Otis) Bryson; and nine 
grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and other cousins and 
friends. His sister Ernestine Howard and brother Junious Chishom 
preceded him in death. 
Order of Worship 
greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the wortd. 
John 4:4 
Rev. Dr. Sam Davis, Presiding 
Processional 
Musical Selection 
Scriptures: 
Old Testament.......................Rev. Nathaniel Irvin 
Old Storm Baptist Church 
New Testament..........................Rev- JerrY Screen 
Second Baptist Church 
Prayer 
Solo . 
Rev. Dr. Sam Davis 
.......Mr. James Garner 
Friendship Baptist Church 
{Jtffkction/Trihutes 
Ms. Barbara Seigler, Laney Class of 61 
The Honorable Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC 
The Honorable John Scott, Senate of the State of SC 
Mr. Terry Feaster 
Mr. Halliam Williams 
Mr. William (Billy) Bryant 
Mr. Therone Pratter, NABCJ Member 
Musical Selection 
Acknowledgements ......................Mrs. Andrena Carpenter 
Soj0 ........................................ Dr. Julius Stephen 
Eulogy .................................Rev. Dr. Ricky Ray Ezell 
Center Baptist Church, Columbia, SC 
Recessional 
Interment ................. Sunset Memorial Gardens, Langley, SC 
%mem6ering My YfiougHts of You 
god sent me an JIngeC to cad my very own, 
I thought we'd always he together from this day on. 
I rememher ad the good times 
and the awesome Cove we shared 
JLd the hopes and dreams we had, 
nothing in my life couhdever compare 
I widaCways remember your sweet and Covingface, 
'With a smiCe brighter than the sun Cight, 
with such beauty andgrace. 
There widaCways be apCace deep down in my heart, 
a speciaCpCace where onCyyou widoccupy that part. 
In my heart and in my souC 
is where you beCong and wid always be. 
-Unknown 
Jamie Gallman 
Norman Nicholson 
Chadwick Screen 
(?aCC6earers 
Earnest Nicholson 
Jerry Screen 
Vertez Howard 
Honorary Patfbearers \ 
Lucy C. Laney High School Class of 1961 
<i(emem6er Me 
To the hiving, I am gone, 
To the sorrowful, I wifi never return, 
To the angry, I was cheated, 
(But to the happy, I am at peace, 
JLnd to the faithful, I have never left. 
I cannot speah^ hut I can listen. 
I cannot he seen, hut I can he heard. 
So as you stand upon a shore gazing at a beautifulsea- 
J4s you loohjipon a flower and admire its simplicity- 
(Remember me. 
(Remember me in your heart: 
Tour thoughts, and your memories, 
Of the times we loved, The times we cried, 
The times we fought, The times we laughed. 
Tor if you always thinl^of me, I will never have gone. 
fLcfoiowCedgements 
The family of Rev. Dr. Andrew Chishom wishes to express their 
sincere and heartfelt gratitude to everyone who demonstrated acts of 
kindness during the passing of their loved one. May God continue to 
bless each of you. 
The Family