Homegoing services for Mrs. Katie Mae Heard, Saturday, May 22, 1999, 12:00 noon, Thankful Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Gregory Young, officiating

TO THOSEI LOVE
When la m gone, release me, le t me go. / ha ve so m any things to see and do.
You m ust n o t tie yourselfto me w ith tears, Be happy th a t we had so m any years.
I gave you m y love you can only guess H ow much you gave me in happiness.
/ thank you fo r the love you each have shown B ut now it is tim e i tra veied on alone.
So grieve aw hile fo r me, i f grieve you must, Then le t you r g rie fbe com forted b y trust, it's only fo r a while th a t we mustp art. So bless the memories w ithin you r heart. i w on't be fa r aw ay fo r life goes on. So i f you need me, c a ll and / w ill come.
Though you c an 't see me o r touch me, I'll be near A n d if you listen w ith you r heart, you w ill hear,
A ll o fm y love around you, soft and d ear. A n d then, when you must come this w ay alone, I'll g reet you w ith a sm ile and a "welcome home".
love YouAll, "MOTHER"

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Kenneth Bennett Floyd Bennett Ahmad Heard

(pallbearers
Samuel Hickson

Tracy Murray Wayne Beard Dwight Johnson

'Honorary pallbearers
Deacons of Thankful Baptist Church
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We, the family, would like to thank our family and many friends for all acts of kindness, food, visits, calls, and prayers during this time of bereavement. We would like to extend to all of our friends a basket of Thanks for CARING and SHARING! The many niceties given will be treasured in our hearts for years unending. For all that you did - be it large or small - we say to each of you - thanks for helping us make the inevitable more acceptable!
. . . THE FAMILY
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1765 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Augusta, Georgia (706) 722-5551

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Saturday, May 22,1999
12:00 Noon
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G p o y * the daughter of the late Alexander and

Lucretia Gray, was bom September 26, 1914, in Augusta, Georgia.

Accepting Christ as her Lord and Master, she united with the Thankful Baptist Church. She had very fond memories of walking to Sunday School and Church as a young person; she truly loved her church.

On June 28, 1930, she became the wife of the late Rev. Floyd Heard. To this union six children were born, one of whom preceded her in death, Floyd Thomas Heard. She was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother. A person who always did for her family and others with much love.

Survivors include: her children, Kay H. Franklin, Chester A. Heard, Marie H. Beard, Floydtina H. Murray and H. P. Heard; two daughters-in-law, Janice R. Heard and Casetta Heard; two sons-in-law, Harry L. Franklin and Anthony Beard; grandchildren, Kenneth J. (Margarita) Bennett, Deborah Y. (Dwight) Johnson, Floyd T. Bennett, Dawn D. Heard, Michelle A. (Samuel) Hickson, Tracy L. Murray, Donna J. Heard, Pamela N. Heard, Anthony DeWayne Beard, Rhonda Rae Murray and Ahmad P. Heard; great-grandchildren, Kenya D. Johnson, Marceail D. Davis, Andrea N. Bennett, Alexandria K. Bennett, Paris M. Hickson, Faith C. Bennett and Savon D. Beard; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Gray, Augusta, GA and Martha D. Henley, Cambridge, MA; two brothers-in-law, Chester Henley, Jr., West Palm Beach, FL and Rev. Dr. Edmond Henley, Cambridge, MA; four nephews, Mr. Perry Gray and Mr. Henry Gray, both of Augusta, GA; Edmond Henley, Jr. and Reginald Henley, both of Cambridge, MA; one godchild, Shedricka Burton, Augusta, GA; a host of other extended family members and friends.

She was our
MOTHER
She gave us life . . . and she made our lives worth living.
She clothed and fed our bodies, but she also nourished our souls . . .
She taught us to respect our past, to rejoice in the present, and keep an eye on our futures and what we were going to do to make ourselves, our fam ily
and the Lord pleased with the results. She didn't always make it easy,
but she always, always gave her love. She was our m other. . .

Order of Service
Processional Presiding ...................................................... Rev. Bobby Donaldson Selection Scriptures .........................................................Dr. Woodrow Miller
Rev. Clarence Grier Invocation ................................................................... Dr. Sam Davis Selection Acknowledgements ..................... ..................................Bertha Hill Selection Words of Comfort ........................................Rev. Gregory Young Recessional Interment .....................................................Cedar Grove Cemetery