The homegoing celebration for Vesta Mildred Sutton Robinson, May 11, 1994, 2:00 p.m., Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1260 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Georgia, the Reverend Clyde Hill, Sr., pastor, officiating

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"I care not what her creed; Enough that never yielded her to greed,
But served a sister in her daily needs; Plucked many a thorn and planted many o f flowers
Glorified the service o f each hour; Had faith in God, herself, andfellow heingsPerchance she never thought in terms o f creed,
I only know she lived a life, in deed."
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Today we gather to commemorate the love, joy, and happiness that God Almighty has placed in our midst in the personality of Vesta Mildred Sutton Robinson. As surely as the seasons make their transition from one to the other, so did Vesta on May 8, 1994. She was bom on May 6, 1909 in Dooly County, Georgia to the late George and Annie L. Sutton.

She attended the public schools of Dooly County and graduated from Gillespie High School. She entered the Lamar School of Nursing at the University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia and graduated as a registered nurse. She did further studies at McHany Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.
On December 11,1929, she was united in Holy Wedlock to the late Dea. Grover Cleveland Robinson. They lived happily together for 51 years.

Vesta was converted at an early age and was baptized at New Hope Baptist Church, Macon County, Georgia. In 1929, she joined Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia. At Mount Calvary she has served as assistant church clerk (to her husband), president of the Deaconess Board, Treasurer of the Senior Citizens Ministry, Chairpersons for Special Events Day for Women, and as a member of the Medical Ministry, and the May__
Birthmonth Club.

Civic organizations of which she had an active part included: The League of Democratic

Women, The Railroad Retirees Group, and the Lamar Nurses Association. She was a poll

worker at the Dyes Park Voting Center during elections.

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Her employment included: The Aiken County Health Services, Richmond County Board of Health, University Hospital 1946-1972, School Nurse at A.R. Johnson and T.W. Josey High Schools. She retired in 1976.

Sharing the days of life have been: two nieces, Mrs. Zelma S. Barnett and Mrs. Bernice S. Brown of Akron, Ohio; a devoted great-niece, Ms. Pamela B. Idohosa of Akron, Ohio, two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Matilda L. Sutton of Fayetteville, NC and Mrs. Reba Sutton of Atlanta, Georgia; a foster son and daughter, James and Gussie Conner, foster grandchildren, Velyna (Conner) and Frank Johnson of Roswell, Georgia, and Weyta (Conner) and Michael Malone of New Orleans, LA; foster great-grandchildren, Michael, Jr. and Joya, god-children, Mrs. Aundra G. Clark and Christopher Handy. She also says farewell to many relatives, devoted friends, and two personal care companions, Mrs. Margaret C. Kelsey and Martha C. Lambert.
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God in His goodness has prom ised that the cross He gave us to wear will never exceed our

endurance or be more than our strength can bear. . . And secure in that blessed assurance

we can smile as we face tomorrow fo r God holds the key to the future and no sorrow or

care need we borrow.

HELEN STEINER RICE

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & RESOLUTIONS .........
MUSICAL TRIBUTE . . .

............................. "I,IsW ellWithKtySout"BlessedAssurance" Ml Ca,vaiy Church Choir
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................... Antonio Smith ......................... .... n'vao Church Choir
............. ...................Ms. Lula W. Williams
............... Mrs. Elizabeth Brown

WORDS OF COMFORT .....................
THE RECESSIONAL . . .

............... Rev. Clyde Hill, Sr. "When We All Get To Heaven"

- INTERMENTSouthview Cemetery 15th Street Extension
Augusta, Georgia

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Dea. Freddie Handy Bro. Marshall Holmes Dea. Charlie Jenkins

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Dea. Horace McGahee Dea. Henry Myles
Dea. Samuel Smith

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May Birthmonth Group, Deaconess Ministry, Medical Ministry, and

Senior Citizens Ministry of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church

League of Democratic Women

Railroad Retirees Group

Lamar Nurses Association

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For all of the prayers, visits, love, and concern shown to me during my illness by former co-workers, friends, and neighbors, I was gratefiil, for each brought to me great joy and delight. These same expressions of love, and the many prayers and acts of sympathy you have shown to those I loved at my homegoing, have strengthened and comforted them. Thank you, and may God's richest blessings be with you, and yours always, is our prayer, v e s t a m . r o b in s o n a n d f a m il y

WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC. M L. King, Jr. Boulevard - Augusta, Georgia
In Charge O fServices