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Sunrise: December 27,1943 - Sunset: June 23, 2019
Saturday, June 29,2019 1:00 P.M.
Southeastern Technical College
3001 East First Street, Building A
Vidalia, Georgia 30474
Presiding - Rev. Alvin Alexander
Pastor/lsle of Hope Baptist Church Uvalda, GA
Eulogist - Rev. Brendolyn Boseman
Hudson Memorial CME, Augusta GA
Oiden Sendee
Processional/Viewing
Invocation..................... Ministar William P. Sunkett
Selection............Hudson Memorial C.M.E. Mass Choir
Scripture
Old Testament...................Rev. Janice Braddy
New Testament..............Evangelist Tamela Bland
Selection............Hudson Memorial C.M.E. Mass Choir
Apostles Creed (Back of Program) - All Standing..........
Selection........................Uvalda Community Choir
.......................................Sis Bettye Crawley
Reflections
As A Church Member............. Bro. John Kelley, Sr.
As A Friend.......................Sis Annie Rodgers
As a Sorority Sister...............Soro Kim Gaines
Selection........................Uvalda Community Choir
Acknowledgements.............Staff of Vidalia Funeral Home
Obituary ..................................Read Si,entlV
30l0.................................Sis. Auriyan Tillman
Eulogy.........................Pastor Brendolyn Boseman
Hudson Memorial C.M.E./Augusta, Georgia
Recessional
Obituary
On June 23, 2019, the Lord picked the prettiest rose in the garden
and called our beloved, Gwendolyn Rountree home.
Gwendolyn Anita Coleman Rountree was born on December 27,
1943 to Elijah Joseph Coleman and Pleasant Davis Coleman in
Montgomery County (Uvalda), Georgia. She never experienced the joy of
being in kindergarten, first or second grade. She started her first day of
school in 3rd grade and later received her high school diploma as an honor
graduate from the Montgomery County High School in Mt. Vernon,
Georgia. She prepared herself to offer service to the education profession
by completing requirements for the following: a B. S. degree from Fort
Valley State College in the field of elementary education; certification in
administration and supervision from the University of Georgia; a Master's
(M. Ed.) degree in Middle Grades and a Specialist's (Ed. S.) degree in
administration and supervision from Augusta College; and she completed
coursework leading to a doctoral degree in educational administration
from South Carolina State University.
Her teaching experience included elementary, middle and
secondary grade levels in the Columbia County and Richmond County
school districts. She served as an instructional lead teacher and
elementary school principal in Richmond and McDuffie County school
systems, respectively. She served as assistant superintendent for Human
Resources in the McDuffie County School District.
Ms. Rountree was a 1992 finalist for the Georgia Association of
Educators Outstanding Administrators Award; Augusta College's 1982
Outstanding Graduate Student for the School of Education; selected as the
1979 Woman of the Year and 1978 Citizen of the Year by the Augusta
Branch of the National Association of University Women. She was elected
Chairperson of the Georgia Teacher Education Council in 1981-82 and
President of the Georgia Staff Development Council in 1996-97. In 1981
she was appointed by the Governor of Georgia to the Consolidation of
Education Programs Advisory Committee and in 1981-85 the Georgia
Board of education appointed her to the Georgia Professional Practices
Commission. She served on numerous local, state and national
committees, commissions and boards of directors. She served as a
member of the Board of Directors for the Delta House, Inc. and was an
original incorporator of the Delta House, Inc. In December 2001, she was
recognized in New Orleans, LA for completing two three-year terms on the
Elementary Commission for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- an accrediting agency for 11 southern states. While serving on the
Commission, she represented the state of Georgia on the Central
Reviewing Committee. Ms. Rountree is listed among the 2002
International Who's Who of Public Service.
In 1987, as president, she led the Augusta Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to purchase the home of Mrs. Lucy Craft
Laney for the purpose of establishing a Museum of Black History and
Conference Center
Obituary Cont
As a member of the Augusta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., she served as president, 2nd vice president,
parliamentarian and chairperson the Founders Day Committee. She also
was active in the Thomson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. She has been very active over the years holding offices on
the local, state and national levels.
Additionally, she completed the training of trainers for
Membership Intake and Collegiate Advisor. Ms. Rountree was a member
of the Georgia School Superintendents Association where she was
accepted into the Superintendent's Professional Development Program
which is a training program for school superintendents.
Ms. Rountree served on the board for Central Savannah River
Area Economic Opportunity Authority (CSRA). She enjoyed reading and
was the fastest reader imaginable. Therefore, it is not surprising to know
that she was a board member for Augusta-Richmond County Public
Library.
After all is said and done, only what you do for Christ will last. Ms.
Rountree was a devout Christian, the epitome of a true servant for Jesus
Christ, who enjoyed bible study, Sunday school and being active in church.
She joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Uvalda, Georgia at age 10. There she
was very active in the Sunday School and B.T.U. until she moved away.
She was a member of the Hudson Memorial C.M.E. Church in Augusta,
Georgia. At Hudson Memorial CME, she served as church secretary,
church musician and choir director, member of the Board of Trustees,
superintendent of Sunday School, and director of Christian Education. She
enjoyed being a missionary and was humble and ecstatic to receive the
title as International Missionary for the CME churches.
She was preceded in death by her father, Elijah Joseph Coleman;
mother, Pleasant Davis Coleman; brothers, James Myrdic Coleman,
Dolphus Coleman and Cephus R. Coleman; sisters Juanita Coleman,
Eudene James and Hazel Coleman; uncles, P.J Coleman, Rev. C.B Coleman;
aunt, Manoner Coleman; nephew Silas Dean James, niece Alfreda James
and a beloved great nephew, Deriko Savalas Coleman.
She leaves to cherish her memories, two sisters Faleda C. Brantley,
Uvalda, Loise Alexander, Washington D.C.; six nieces, Denise Siau
(Rodney), Albany, Ga, Linda Brantley and Brenda Hill of Uvalda, Myra
Bentley (John), Vidalia, Gloria Jackson (Larry), Valdosta, Loise Brinson,
Statesboro, Tamela Bland (Tracey), Hazlehurst; four nephews, Dolphus
Coleman, Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Richard Brantley, Uvalda, Rev. Alvin
Alexander, Atlanta, Austin Alexander, Washington, DC and a special
friend, Dr. Garner Hobbs, Augusta; a devoted friend since 1965, Ms. Sue
Jackson, Augusta; a beloved Pastor, Rev. Brendolyn Boseman; a host of
great nephews, great nieces, cousins, and many devoted friends.
Menume#
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in
Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified,
dead, and buried: On The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended
into heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the
Holy Spirit; The holy catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The
Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And Life everlasting.
Amen