Celebration of Life and Homegoing of Theodoshia Miller Mitchell Date of Birth: December 22, 1937 Homegoing Date: August 20, 2006 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Bethel A.M.E. Church 623 Crawford Avenue Augusta, Georgia 30904 Reverend Mark Stephen Pierson, Officiating REFLECTIONS Theodoshia Elizabeth began her life on December 22, 1937, in Davisboro, Georgia. She was the youngest of four siblings blessed to her parents, William and Willie Elizabeth Randall. After graduating from Lucy Laney High School, in Augusta, Georgia, Theodoshia attended Morris Brown College. Theodoshia met and married Wilson Miller, Jr. Out of this union were born Jacqueline Laverne and Wilson Jerome Miller. Theodoshia moved to Berkeley, California in 1964 where she worked for the University of California at Berkeley. She transferred to the University of California at Los Angesles (UCLA) in 1968. During her tenure at UCLA she was loved by everyone she came in contact with. Theodoshia retired from UCLA in June of 1999 to volunteer her time reading and tutoring children in the LA County Public School System. She cast a brilliant light on all of those who were fortunate enough to know her. Someone that special will never be forgotten. Her memory will always shine. Those left to cherish her adoring memory includes: Her loving daughter, Jacqueline L. Johnson, Atlanta, GA; loving son, Wilson Jerome Miller, Los Angeles, CA; mother, Willie Elizabeth Curry, Augusta, GA; two grandsons, Curtis D. Echols, Atlanta, GA and Ronald J. Knight, Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by two brothers, Amos May, Tacoma, WA, and Emanuel C. May, Atlanta, GA; nephews, Robert Lee Randall III, Los Angeles, CA, and Dennis and Eric May, Atlanta, GA; nieces, Donna Rachelle Randall and Sabrina Mohammad, Richmond, CA; and countless cousins, in-laws and many, many devoted friends. ORDER OF SERVICE Prelude Processional Hymn #450 Invocation Old Testament New Testament Selection Acknowledgements Selection Eulogy Recessional Interment Organist Clergy and Family "Blessed Assurance" Jeremiah 29-.11-12 John 14:27 "Because He Lives" A-sheerah Sibby Walker Williams Choir ReverendJack Bomar JT~/1" -^ -^ -} <-\ r, (> ' \ _ " Clergy and Family a--i-.^>..-j ,! ' i O_^-i "! v M/. O/# Memorial Gardens Fellowshipfollowing the Interment at Bethels Alpha Center ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The family wishes to express our sincere appreciation for your cards, your calls, flowers and prayers and other acts of kindness during this time of sorrow. A special thank you and appreciation to Mr. J. Anthony Brown. Your sharing and caring made the ordeal we met much easier to bear. May God bless all of you. To Those I Love and Those Who Love Me When I am gone, release me, let me go. I have so many things to see and do . . - You mustn t tieyourselfto me with tears, Re happy we had so manyyears. .. Igaveyou my love andyou can only guess How muchyou gave me in happiness. .. I thankyoufor the loveyou each have shown, Yet, now its time I traveled on alone. So grieve a whilefor me, ifgrieveyou must Then letyourgriefbe comforted by trust. . " Its onlyfor a while we mustpart. So bless those memories withinyour heart I wont befar away, for life goes on; So whenyou listen withyour heart,youll hear Thoughyou cant see or touch me, Ill always be mar. And whenyou listen withyour heart, youII hear - j4.ll my love aroundyou soft and clear. And then, whenyou must come this way alone, " Illgreetyou with a smile, and a "Welcome Home!" The Participants For The Service Active Pallbearers - Members of the Steward Board Flower Bearer - Ushers and Stewrdess Board Members Services Entrusted To: Williams Funeral Home ofAugusta, Inc. 1765 Martin Luther King, ]r. Boulevard Augusta, Georgia 30903