Eulogistic services for Mrs. Annie Key Merriweather, 1894-1985, Tuesday, March 5, 1985, 3:00 p.m., Popular Spring Baptist Church, Edgefield County, South Carolina, Rev. Thomas Scott, officiating

EULOGISTIC SERVICES

for

MRS. ANNIE KEY MERRIWEATHER

1894

1985

Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 3:00 P.M. POPULAR SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH
Edgefield County, South Carolina ************
Rev. Thomas Scott, Officiating

Make a jo yfu l noise unto the Lord, all ye lands, Serve the Lord with gladness, come before his presence with singing For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth enaureth to all generations.
OBITUARY
On February 28, 1985 at University Hospital approximately 8:45 p.m., God took upon himself.to deliver Annie Key Merriweather from her suffering pains here on earth.
Mrs. Annie K. Merriweather, the daughter of the late Mr. W illie and Anna Broadwater Key, was born December 12, 1894 in Edgefield County, S.C.
She attended the rural school of the community. At an early age she was converted and baptized at the Old Piney Grove Baptist Church under the late Pastor Rev. D.W. Mitchum. Later she united with Poplar Spring Baptist Church where she served faithfully until her health failed.
On July 25, 1914 she was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Mr. Moses M erriweather. To this union twelve children were born and four children preceded her in death.
She leaves to mourn her five daughters, Mrs. Julia Griffin and Mrs. Betty Young, both of North Augusta, S.C., Mrs. M ary Lanham of St. Albany, N.Y., Mrs. Roberta Buggs of Edgefield, S.C. and Mrs. Anna Bell Mosely of Jamaica, N.Y.; three sons, Moses Merriweather, Jr. of Jamaica, N.Y., W illie Merriweather and Roosevelt Merriweather, both of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. M ary L. Key of North Augusta, S.C., Mrs. Georgia Mahand of Philadelphia, Penn., and Mrs. Bessie Mae Turner of Belvedere, S.C.; forty-one grandchildren, sixty great-grandchildren,eight great-great-grandchildren, three daughtersin-law, five sons-in-law, one sister-in-law, one brother-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and sorrowing friends.

** ORDER OF SERVICE **

PRESIDING .................................................. Rev. Walter Sullivan

HYMN .................................................................................... Choir Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

SCRIPTURE...... ........................................... Rev. G L. Brightharp

PRAYER .......................................................... Rev. W.H. McCain

REMARKS As a Church Member - Dea. James Griffin
As a Neighbor - E.M. Griffin
As a Society Member - John H. Merriweather

SOLO ........................................................... Mrs. Fannie M. Upson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND OBITUARY ............................................ Mrs. Georgia Scott

WORDS OF COMFORT ........................ Rev. Robert Turner, Jr.

EULOGY .....................................................................Rev. T. Scott

VIEWING

RECESSIONAL

INTERMENT

Churchyard

** P A L L B E A R E R S ** Grandsons

Toney Buggs Leroy Young Ronald L. Merriweather

George Buggs, Jr. Kenneth Young
Elester Merriweather

** FLO W ER B E A R E R S **

Ushers

A TRIBUTE
M a Annie leaned to watch fo r us, anxious i f we were late In winter by the window, in summer by the gate;
And though we loved her tenderly, she in return loved us back. je long way home would seem more safe because she waited th
H er thoughts were all so fu ll o f us; we never will forget! A n d so I think that's where she is, she must be watching yet
Waiting till we come home to her, anxious i f we are late. Singing her song o f Adam and E ve
Watching from H eaven's window, leaning from Heaven s gate. Rodney Young
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W E 'LL MISS YOU
A million times we have needed you, a million times we have cried I f love alone could have spared you, you would never have died. I f the world was ours to give we would give it, yes, and more To see you coming up our steps, and walking through our door. A heart o f gold stops beating, two smiling eyes at rest od broke our hearts to prove to us H e only takes the best. Sorrowfully Submitted by the Children
APPRECIATION

The family of the late Mrs. Annie K. Merriweather sincerely appreciates your kind expressions their loved one.

Services Entrusted To
LIBERTY MORTUARY