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October 6, 2005 - June 5, 2015
Friday,June 12, 2015 12:00 P.M.
MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
1829 W rights boro Road Augusta, Georgia
Reverend Bruce Hickson, Officiating
Pastor, U nited Missionary B \ n '- ! Cm rc ii Jacksowii i f, F iorjda
Reverend J. L. Stokes, Eulogist
Pastor, Second Simi oh Mquinary Baptist Cm roi

C E L E B R A T I O N OF LI FE FOR E RI C J'AMAL S I M O N S M A L L S
THE OBITUARY
ERIC JA M A L SIM ON SMALLS w as born October 6, 2005 in Augusta, Georgia to Frankie Mechelle Simon and Eric Donell Smalls. Eric w as an energetic, vibrate and happy nine year old. He never met a stranger. Eric loved basketball, playing outside, Xbox 360 and his Nintendo 3DS XL.
He attended Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church where he sang on the Choir, prayed, recited poems, scriptures and welcomes on numerous program s since the age of nine.
Eric w as a rising fourth grader at C.T. W alker Magnet School where he received several honors School Year 2014-2015. Eric's early education started at Hall's Learning Center.
Eric's biggest love w as Basketball and he w as called EJ, Easy "E" and "E." He w as a member of the Boys & Girls Club of the CSRA E. W . Hagler Center and played on the clubs basketball team. He w as a proud member of the AAU Traveling Basketball Team United Elite "W arriors" and w as a Senior Leader of the third grade team. Eric w as a "Leader."
Eric w as also an Organ Donor, and four to five more people will live because of him.
He w as preceded in death by his grandmother, Dorothy (Grandma "Dot") Jones and grandfather, Deacon Frank Simon, Jr. (Grand Daddy).
Eric leaves to cherish his memories: his mother, Frankie Simon (hewas ha'only child) and his father, Eric D. Smalls (hisfather's babyboy"DaddyMan"); siblings, Tony (Bo jangles), Marcus, Erica, Crystal, Dominque, Eric Deion, Shaunte and Trevon; grandmother, Lessie M. Simon (Na Na); aunts and uncles, Anthony "Uncle Amp" (Doris) Jones of Evans, Georgia, Rosalind (Julius) Turnipseed of Nashville, Tennessee, Christine Gibson of Augusta, Georgia, Judith (Tyrone) Butler of Augusta, Georgia, Shelia Taylor of Columbia South Carolina and Marla (Qunicy) Jones of Atlanta, Georgia; a very special godfather, Deacon W illie (Pinecone) Bowdry; godmother, Earnestine Rhoney and goddaddy, "Truck"; his buddy's, Darryl Crooms, Derek Cooper,Justin Meyers, C.J. and Braylon Bussey, Khalon Hudson, Camari Warren, DeMarco Middleton, Jamarian Johnson, John (Jaye) Powell, Nolan Parzella and Laithen Mitchell; and a host of cousins from Augusta, Arizona, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee that he loved, and "The Village" that helped raise this "Child."
C E L E B R A T I O N OF L I F E FOR E R I C J A MA L S I M O N S M A L L S

C E L E B R A T I O N OF LI FE FOR E R I C J A M A L S I MO N S M A L L S
THE ORDER OF SERVICE Reverend Bruce Hickson, Officiating
U nited M issionary Baptist C hurch J acksonville, F lorida
Processional Opening Selection.........................................................................................Altina Menefee and Ensemble Prayer.......................................................................................................................... DeaconJames Johnson
Chairman Board Of Deacons
S econd S hiloh Baptist C hurch
Scriptures Old Testament - Psalm 23............................................................................. Pastor Yolanda Bouyer
Life T ransition C hristian C enter T hompson, G eorgia
New Testament -John 3:16-17.......................................................... Evangelist Lesia Pollard Beale
V ision of L ife M inistries
Selection..........................................................................................................Altina Menefee and Ensemble Reflections
Second Shiloh Baptist Church Youth Department..................................................... Erik Prentice Principal C. T. Walker Traditional Magnet School...................................Dr. Aletha Snowberger Director Boys and Girls Club of the CSRA E. W. Hagler Center...................... Ms. Terri Wright Director Of United Elite Basketball...............................................................Coach Corey Warren
Selection..........................................................................................................Altina Menefee and Ensemble Eulogy............................................................................................................................ReverendJ. L. Stokes
Pastor, Second S hiloh M issionary Baptist C hurch
Recessional Interment...................................................................................................................Walker Memorial Park
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Little one, little one where haveyou gone? Yourgoing has darkened the brightest dawn.
Why did you leave us so soon, so soon ? Where can we lookfo r you, over the moon? On butterfly wings, in the heart o f a rose? Who knows, who knows where a little one goes?
Where have Igone? I am not so small. My soul is as wide as the world is tall I've gone to answer the call, the call Of the one who watches and takes care o f us all.
Whereveryou look, you willfind me there In the heart o f a rose, in the heart o f a prayer.
On butterfly wings, on wings o f my own, Toyou, I'm gone, but I'm never alone -
I'm over the moon; I am home!

ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
United Elite Basketball Coaches
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Deacon and Trustee Board of Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church C. T. Walker rising 4th graders United Elite Basketball Teams
Boys and Girls O f The CSRA Hagler Center
FLOWER BEARERS
C. T. Walker Staff Reverend J. L. Inspirational Youth Choir
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The family o f Eric Jamal Simon Sm?.H$ sincerely appreciates every act of kindness and comforting expressions o f love. Special thanks to: the doctors and staff o f Childrens Hospital of Georgia; Life Link staff, Dr. John Lue, Dr. Newhall and Dr. Deborah Moore; Richmond County DFCS; and First Responders on site June 1st on Riverwatch Parkway.
W. H. Mays M ortuary
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