Tribute Father For as long as we can Remember You were always by our side To give us support. To give us confidence To give us help For as long as we can remember You were always the person we looked up to So strong So sensitive So dynamic For as long as we can remember And still today You are everything A father should be... For as long as we can remember You always provided stability Within the family Full of laughter Full of tears Full of love Whatever we have become Is because of you And so we thank you forever (-Excerpts from Susan R. Schutz) Honorary PallBearers Deacons St. Mark Baptist Church Active PallBearers Roosevelt Garrick, Jr Ronald E. Garrick Kevin L. Garrick David E. Garrick Larry B. Garrick Tracy T. Garrick David Jackson Rufus Wilson Bryan K. Lindsey Celebrating the Life of Mr. Roosevelt Garrick Sr. Flower Bearers Nieces St Mark Deaconess Board Acknowledgments The Family of Mr. Roosevelt Garrick Sr wishes to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for your visits, beautiful flowers, cards, and other expressions of sympathy during this time of grief. We also appreciate your presence and participation in these services. Your deeds and prayers have sustained us. The family invites you to join them for repast in the church fellowship hall following the interment. Wednesday, February 27,2002 3:00 Saint Mark Baptist Church Gadsden, South Carolina Reverend Secaida Howell, Pastor a Order of Service Processional Sweet Sweet Spirit Choir Scripture Old Testament - Job 1:20-22 Reverend Arnold Williams New Testament -Mark 13:32-37 Pastor Arthur Gilley We've Come This Far By Faith Choir Prayer Pastor David Montgomery Remarks The Church Friends Job Family Deacon Fred Watson Brother George Harkness Sr. Brother Leonard Belk Roosevelt Garrick, Jr. Special Remarks Pastor James W. Abrams, Jr. Song // Mt. Moriah Baptist Church M en's Chorus Eulogy Pastor Secaida Howell Recessional Interment St. Mark Baptist Church Cemetery Gadsden, South Carolina Obituary When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation And take me home, What joy shall fill my heart Then I shall bow in humble adoration And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art! ****** The life o f Roosevelt Garrick, Sr. began in Gadsden, S.C. He was bom to the late Beverly and Margaret Sims Garrick. At an early age he joined the St. Mark Baptist Church under the leadership o f Reverend J. i | B. Barber and maintained that membership unto death. He had a profound belief in God and served faithfully and diligently in the church. Nearly fifty years ago he began his professional career. Seventeen years later he became employed with a company that would become a part o f his life for the next twenty-six years. His employment with Westinghouse Electric Corporation is the highlight o f his career. He was also a dedicated community servant and contributed to the improve ment o f his community. He served as a member o f the Sunrise Foundation of Lower Richland and the Tri-County Elec trie Cooperative Nominating Committee. He has served as President of the Parent/ Teacher organizations of Lower Richland and Webber schools. He also served as Business Manager o f Gadsden Elementary and Hopkins Middle School. His service to the St. Mark Baptist Church has touched almost every member. Deacon Garrick served St. Mark as a member o f the Board o f Deacons for thirty years. He served as advisor to the Junior Jubilee Choir, Education Ministry and was recently assigned in the same capacity to Missionary Society I. He served the church as treasurer for more than twenty years. Deacon Garrick also served as Treasurer o f the Sunday school, for the Cedar Creek Union. He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-three years, Leola Dinkins Garrick, Surviving are his six sons: Roosevelt Jr. (Cynthia)of Columbia; Ronald (Gloria) of Charlotte, NC; Kevin (Leticia) o f Clinton, NJ; David (Shana) o f Columbia; Larry o f Lancaster, SC; and Tracy o f Cookeville, TN; two brothers Doctor and Jacob both of Gadsden; three sisters Martha G. Moore and Carrie G. Shivar o f Gadsden; Dorcas G. Brown o f Columbia; five grand sons Ryan, Roderic, Joshua, Jonathan, and Christopher; one granddaughter Jordan Leola; three brother-in-laws Jimmie Dinkins and Willie Dinkins o f Gadsden; Charles Belton o f Columbia; five sister-in-laws Naomi Garrick o f Gadsden; Lillie Garrick, and Inez Belton o f Columbia; and Suzanna Dinkins o f Hopkins and Esther Garrick o f Washington DC; and a host o f nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Five siblings preceded his death, Betty, Woodrow, Beverly Jr., Joseph, And Margaret. One grandson preceded him in death, Reginald S. Garrick. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come into us as the rain... (Hosea 6:3). "When you follow in the path o f your father you learn to walk like him" (From an Ashanti Proverb).