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SUNRISE
May 21, 1920
SUNSET
June 23, 2004
Monday, June 28, 2004
11:00 A.M.
Elim Baptist Church
2359 Mount Auburn Avenue
Augusta, Georgia
Pastor: Reverend Dr. Charles E. Smith
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Mattie Louise Briscoe Mitchell, was born to the late
JoEva and James Franklin Briscoe on May 21, 1920, in Warren
County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ms.
Maria Golden and Mrs. Effie G. Hill and four brothers, Leroy
Golden, James Grady Briscoe, Charlie H. Briscoe, Sr. and Rufus
Briscoe.
Mattie was baptized at an early age at Lithonia Baptist Church
in Camak, Georgia. She later joined Elim Baptist Church and
remained faithful for over 30 years.
Mattie was a mentor to many and was employed by Richmond
County Board of Education as an Elementary Teacher for thirty-
one (31) years. It was a profession that she loved and respected.
She retired professionally in 1989, but continued imparting les-
sons until her Homecoming. Her community associations in-
cluded: Paine College Alumni Association and the Richmond
County Board of Retired Teachers Assocation.
Mattie leaves to celebrate her life and
home-going: a sister in heart, Ms. Gladys
A. Briscoe; twenty-seven nieces and
nephews; many great and great-great-
nieces and nephews; a devoted god-
daughter; and other loving relatives and
friends.
Aunt Mattie, your will be truly missed
by many. Her love for people and chil-
dren, young and old, is a legacy that will remain embedded in
our hearts and minds forever.
rber of i?erbtce
Reverend Alex E. Williams ~ Presiding
Processional............................Blessed Assurance
Invocation..............................Mr. Henri Freeman
Hymn..............................Elirns Combined Choir
Scriptures ....................... Mr. Michael A. Sweeper
Old Testament ~ Psalm 23
New Testament ~ Matthew 11:25-30
Reflections
Church Member ~ Deacon Latimer Stokes
Co-Worker ~ Mrs. Vivian Clayburn
Neighbor ~ Mr. Cornelius Bryant
Solo....................................Mrs. Marie Stokes
Obituary................
Poem / Acknowledgements
Hymn .................
Eulogy................
...Please Read Silently
....Mr. Paul Reeves, II
Elim s Combined Choir
Dr. Bobby J. Donaldson
Great'Nephew
Recessional
Interment..............................Briscoe Cemetery
Camak, Georgia
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NEPHEWS AND G REAT-N EPHEWS
Charlie H. Briscoe, Jr. G. Bernard Golden
Leory R. Briscoe W. Christopher Golden
Rufus Briscoe James Terrell Hill, Jr.
Reginald Smith
jflotuer pearers
Ushers of Elim Baptist Church
3f 3 Can ^)elp ^>omebotij>
~ A. Bazel Androzzo
If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a
word or song, If I can show somebody he is traveling wrong, Then my
living shall not be in vain.
If I can do my duty as a good man ought, If I can bring back beauty to
a world up wrought, If I can spread loves message that the Master
taught, Then my living shall not be in vain.
Then my living shall not be in vain, Then my living shall not be in vain;
If I cari help somebody as I pass along, Then my living shall not be in
vain, Then my living shall not be in vain.
gclmotoletigements
May God grant peace, love and happiness to all of the many
friends for your prayers and all of your acts of kindness shown
during the illness and home-going pf our loved one. It is with
deepest sincerity, we say, Thank You and may God bless you.
We will personally contact you at a later time. ~ The Family
Services Entrusted To
Historic Dents Undertaking Establishment
930 DAntignac Street ~ Augusta, Georgia
When Only Memories Remain, Let Them Be Beautiful"