- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A tribute of loving memory to Mattie Sims Gardner, sunrise, May 28, 1911, sunset, October 17, 2012, Saturday, October 20, 2012, 11:00 a.m., Graveside Services, Cedar Grove Cemetery, 120 Walker Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, Reverend Charles E. Goodman, D. Min., officiating, pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church
- Date of Original:
- 2012-10-20
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Augusta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the October 20, 2012 funeral of Mattie Sims Gardner. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-G-0011
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_gardnermattiesims20121020
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_gardnermattiesims20121020
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
A tribute of Moving Memory to
Mattie Sims Gardner
Sunrise May 28, 1911
Sunset October 17, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:00 A.M.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES Cedar Grove Cemetery
120 Walker Street Augusta, Georgia 30901
Reverend Charles E. Goodman, D.Min., Officiating
P astor, T abernacle Baptist C hurch
Obituary
MATTIE SIMS GARDNER was born on May 28, 1911 in Augusta, Georgia to the late John H. Sims and Alice Germany Sims. She was married to the late Edward Gardner. She was called to be with the Lord on October 17, 2012 at the University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia.
Mattie received her education in Richmond County and graduated from Walker Baptist Institute, Augusta, Georgia. She soon became an employee of the Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company. Upon retirement, she had more than forty years of service.
Her spiritual training came early and she was baptized at TJbernacle Baptist Church. Mattie was among the crowd that marched from the old church on Ellis Street to their new location on Laney Walker Boulevard. She served faithfully in various ministries: Quilting, the Mother's Ministry, and in earlier years, the Kitchen Ministry. Always seeking knowledge, she was a Sunday School member of the Lydia Bible Class.
Described by one friend as a humble spirit, quick to help and volunteer where needed without fanfare. Two agencies, the Downtown Cooperative Church Ministries Food Bank, and the Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center, benefited from her untiring service. Mattie was recognized on local television for her outstanding work at Shiloh in the area of arts, crafts, quilting and sewing. Mattie thoroughly enjoyed her days at Shiloh and volunteered at DCCM until age 99.
Survivors are: a brother, Robert A. Sims of Augusta, Georgia; nephews, Marion S. Sims and Robert A. Sims, II (Christianne) of Detroit, Michigan; great nieces, Christianne Sims of Detroit Michigan and Roberta A. Sims of Trumbull, Connecticut; devoted cousins, Mamie C. Dunn (Jam es) of Augusta, Georgia and Nellie C. Hampton (Oyama); godson, William Smith; goddaughter, Lydia Prince; and additional loving cousins and friends.
Order of Service
SCRIPTURES Reverend Ethion Rowe Old and New Testaments
PRAYER Reverend Sheffie Rouse
REFLECTIONS Family
Robert A. Sims, II - Nephew Christianne Sims, Great Niece
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sonya Dunn Brailsford
MUSICAL SELECTION
WORDS OF COMFORT Reverend Charles E. Goodman, Jr., D.Min.
COMMITTAL AND BENEDICTION
Pallbearers
Deacons o f Tabernacle Baptist Church
Monorary Pallbearers
Mothers o f Thbernacle Baptist Church Lydia Bible Class Quilting Ministry
I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
I I Timothy 4:7
Acknowledgements
The fam ily o f Mattie S. Gardner is grateful and thankful to each o f you for all your acts o f compassion, love, and kindness shown during her time o f illness and our bereavement. May God forever keep and bless each o f you. Special Thanks to Mrs. Eunice Smith, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, and the Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center Staff and Mrs. Gladys Pope.
W. H. Mays M ortuary
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