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"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Fatliers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you ..."
~ ST. JOHN 14:1-2

Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:00 P.M. (Baptist Church
Augusta, Georgia

Reverend Otis B. Moss, III Pastor
Reverend Bruce Wright Officiating

Sharion Serice Johnson Rabb
Gods Always Abiding and Forever Giving Servant August 4, 1 955 - August 25, 2003

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Order of Service
Reverend Bruce Wright, Presiding


PRELUDE ........................... Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
PROCESSIONAL

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Old Testament ................................ Rev. Ronnie Bryant

New Testament ........................... Rev. MableL. Finney R

* PRAYER FOR STRENGTH 6? COMFORT ........... Rev. J. B. Moody

EXPRESSIONS (Limit 2 Minutes)

As a Classmate ~ Gail Bush Diggs

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As a CSRA Ciassic Member ~ Senator Charfes Walker

As a Co-worker ~ Leroy Myrick

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As a Co-worker ~ Steve Piccolo

As a Friend/Sister ~ Lessie Price

SELECTION ................................................ Deidre Doyk ~
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POEM .......................................... De Chancela Williams F
Niece

OBITUARY .................................................. Read Silentfy

c ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................... Mattie Rabb Williams

Sister-ln-Law
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WORDS OF CONSOLATION ....................... Rev. Paul H. Bush

R SELECTION ........................................... Jacqueline Young

" A Tribute From The Family"

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EULOQY ........................................ Rev. Otis B. Moss, III

RECESSIONAL ...................... Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
C INTERMENT .................................... .Walker Memorial Park
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BENEDICTION ................................. Rev. Otis B. Moss, III

Conversation With My ^Mother
Proverbs 31:10 says "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is more than rubies." Well I can say we found this woman in you and your time with us was more than pre cious. You went above and beyond the call of duty for those you loved and cared about. Sometimes a little too far (smile)!! But you understood the principle of being blessed to serve as a blessing for others and not for your self. Proverbs 31:28 says that, "your children will stand up and call you blessed." And blessed you were. I pray that your life will serve as a shining example of what it means to be a "true" child of God. No, you were not perfect by any means. But you knew what it meant to have a relationship with God and how to operate in His Will for your life. Mama, you are my heart and it hurts to know you can no longer be with me in the natural. But my angel told me that the closer 1 get to God, the closer I will be to you. Therefore, I am comforted and look forward to my journey with Him. Take your rest for your job here has been completed.
Until we meet again . . .

Obituary

Sharion Serice Johnson Rabb, age 48, was born August 4, 1955 in Aiken County, South Carolina, daughter of Leonard Johnson and the late Bettie Lou Turner Johnson. She departed this life on Monday, August 25, 2003, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

At an early age, Serice accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Sav

ior and was baptized at the Runs Missionary Baptist Church in Beech

Island, SC. Later in life, Serice moved her letter to the Tabernacle Bap

tist Church of Augusta, Georgia. After being relocated, she affiliated

herself with First Baptist Church in Kennewick, WA. Serice attended

South Carolina State College of Orangeburg, SC where she received a R

BS in Accounting. She was employed by Washington Group Interna

tional, as EEO, Affirmative Action and Leadership Development Lead ,

and she served as the Washington Group Community Outreach liaison.

Serice was previously employed by Westinghouse Savannah River Com-

pany for over 21 years in the Human Resources Division. Serice en

joyed working with Augusta-Aiken Society for Human Resource Man- ,.

agement, Founding Board of Directors for Central Savannah River Area

Classic, Leadership Aiken County Forum, LINKS Aiken and Tri-Cities

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Washington Chapters Incorporated and National Chapter and Tri-Cit

ies Chaplaincy in Kennewick, WA.,

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She leaves to cherish her memory: a devoted husband, Casper I. Rabb, Augusta, GA; one devoted son, Savelas A. Rabb, Columbus, OH; her father, Leonard (Audrey) Johnson, Aiken, SC; her maternal grand mother, Katherine Turner, Aiken, SC; one brother, Leonard Bernard Johnson, New Ellenton, SC; six sisters-in-law, Willie Belle Rabb, Walterboro, SC; Mattie Rabb Williams, Columbia, SC, Margaret Eldridge, Severn, MD; Kathy Barnes, Jenkinsville, SC; Michele Rabb, Jenkinsville, SC; Catherine Johnson, Holt, AL; five brothers-in-law, James Rabb, Walterboro, SC; Nathan Rabb, Jr., Los Angeles, CA; Sylvester Rabb, Carson, CA; Morris Eldridge, Severn, MD; Nathaniel Barnes, Jenkinsville, SC; one aunt and uncle, Mary Ellen (Ted) Danforth, New Ellenton, SC; five Godchildren, Jason Price, Aiken, SC; Susan Henry, Severn, MD; Stephanie, Britney and Ashley Johnson, New Ellenton, SC; a devoted friend and sister, Lessie Price; and a host of great aunts, great uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and sorrowing friends.

^Active Pafffaearers
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Words of thanks

We wish to express our deepest appreciation for the many acts of kindness shown to us during the loss of our loved one. We are especially thankful for those who have cheered and inspired us and have helped us bear our sor rows. May God bless each of you. Again we thank you.

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The RABB- JOHNSON FAMILY

Services Entrusted To
j. L. Brigfitfiarp & Sons Mortuary North Augusta ~ South Carolina (803) 279-0026