OBSEQUIES
of
MRS. MINNIE LEE JOHNSON ELAM
Saturday May 24, 1986 - 3:00 P.M. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH
North Augusta, South Carolina
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Rev. Thomas Scott, Officiating

** OBITUARY **
Mrs. Minnie Lee Elam, the daughter of M r. W illie Johnson and the late Amelia Bussey Johnson, was born in Edgefield County South Carolina November 9, 1927. She departed this life May 20, 1986 at the University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia.
She was converted and joined the Bethlehem Baptist Church in 1940 under the leadership o f the late Rev. Gus Holmes, where she served faithfully until death.
She was united in holy wedlock to the late Dea. AbeElam, Jr., to this union five children w ere born.
She leaves to cherish her memories tw o daughters, Mrs. Patricia Jackson of Augusta, Georgia and Miss M ary Elam of Atlanta, Georgia; four sons, Aborn Elam, III o f Augusta, Georgia, Bobby Elam of Dayton, Ohio, Alphonso Reeves o f N orth Augusta, South Carolina, and Michael Elam of Atlanta, Georgia; father, Mr. Willie Johnson, Sr., of Augusta, Georgia; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Robertson, of Graniteville, South Carolina, and Mrs. Rosetta Paulson of Bronx, New York; one brother, W illie Johnson, Jr., of Augusta, Georgia; eight grandchildren; m other-in-law, Mrs. M ary T. Elam of Augusta, Georgia; three daughters-in-law, Mrs. M argaret Elam, Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Maurite Elam, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Beatrice Elam, Atlanta, Ga., several aunts and uncles; three brothers-in-law ; four sisters-in-law, one god-daughter; nieces, nephews, and a host of other relatives and sorrowing friends.

** ORDER OF SERVICE **

PRESIDING ....................................................... Rev. James Reynolds

PROCESSIONAL

SELE C TIO N ....................................

SC R IPT U R E ....................................

PRAYER ...........................................

SELE C TIO N ....................................

REMARKS As A Church Member - Dea. Jeff Harris As A Neighbor - Dea. Robert Henderson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & OBITUARY ................. ..............

EULOGY .........................................

RECESSIONAL

INTERMENT

Church Cemetery

TRIBUTE
Yesterday you were here and today you are gone Once again G od has seen fit to take his child back home.
H e loaned you to us to help guide our paths Sometimes the road was rocky but you helped us weather the storm
M om , what you have given us no one can ever take away For your smile has brightened many a gloom y day.
E ven though y o u 're not here I can still hear you say; " M y children don't be sad and don't you cry
For I have been as you are now, and you shall be as I. I am at peace fo r I am with my creator" Submitted by M ary

** A C T IV E P A L L B E A R E R S **

Jackie Dunn Glen Johnson Billy Elam Terry Dunn, ill

Willie Elam Kenneth Robinson
Patrick Robinson Walter Ragland

** H O N O R A R Y P A L L B E A R E R S ** Deaconess Board
** F L O W E R B E A R E R S ** Bethlehem Ushers and Usherettes
** ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ** For your kindness and sympathy when times are hard to bear, We thank you for the comfort that comes from those who care.
The Family

Service Entrusted To
LIBERTY MORTUARY North Augusta, S.C.
279-0026