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REQUIEM MASS FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD

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ENTRANCE HYMN All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name

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ANTHEM AND OPENING COLLECT PRAYER BOOK PAGE 469-470
LITURGY OF THE WORD The people are seated for the Lessons and Psalms

FIRST READING

ISAIAH 25:6-9

PSALM 121

PRAYER BOOK PAGE 477

SECOND READING

2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-5:9

PSALM 27

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THE GOSPEL

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THE APOSTLES' CREED

The Very Rev. Neal Phelps, Dean

Ms. Phoebe SouthwardAli

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Mr. Forrest English, Jr.

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

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THE HOLY COMMUNION

OFFERTORY SOLO

Ms. Phoebe Ali

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I

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SANCTUS

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PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS

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DURING COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

MUSICAL SELECTION

Mrs. Rosalyn Floyd Mr. Kenneth Sanders
Mr. Damion Sneed Mr. Booker T. Roberson

HYMN

Breathe on Me, Breath of God

HYMNAL 508

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

PRAYER BOOK PAGE 339

THE COMMENDATION

PRAYER BOOK PAGE 482

THE PROCESSIONAL Ye Watchers and Holy Ones

HYMNAL 618

The congregation is asked to participate in the singing of the Hymns, and in saying the psalms, Creed and the Lord's Prayer

The Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit, Jr., Bishop

The Very Rev. Neal Phelps, Dean

The Rev. Dr. Donald Fishburn, Rector St. Paul's Episcopal Church

The Rev. Billy Alford, Rector St. Alban's Episcopal Church

The Rev. Dr. Jacob Berlin

The Rev. Rosalyn Panton, Deacon St. Albans Episcopal Church

The Rev. E. Gale Shields Therifer, St. Albans Episcopal Church
Mr. Keith Shafer, Organist Acolytes, St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Death is not the enemy of life, But it's a friend for it is the
Knowledge that our years are Limited which makes them precious.

** OBESQUE **
Irma Mildred Floyd Southward was brought forth from two loving parents, the late Mr. Augustus Waldo Floyd and Mrs. Phoebe Ann Smalls Floyd, (Statesboro, Ga.) June 17, 1914.
Irma was one of two sets of twins. Irma was one of three sisters and six brothers. Gertude Floyd Riggs, Mariah Floyd, Augustus Waldo Floyd, Jr., J. Hernandez Floyd, Earl Marion Floyd, Cyrus Floyd, and John Lawton.
Irma married Alvin William Southward, Jr. December 17, 1946. Alvin preceed her in death April 1988. Today they are together once again. Alvin was the love of her life.
Irma was a first grade teacher for forty plus years. She was on the staff at Mays Mortuary and enjoyed her many community activities. She was an active member of Fort Valley State University National Alumni Association, Augusta Chapter, Fort Valley State University Alumni Association; Saint Stephen Ministry, Episcopal Church Women, Church Women United, National Council of Negro Women, Associate Member Order of St. Helena, and Vestry Saint Mary's Episcopal Church.

Those that will forever cherish her memory are one daughter whom she loved dearly and she will miss her immensely, Phoebe Southward Ali, Louisville, Kentucky; four step-grandchildren, Alecea Ali (Ned) Williams, Silver Spring, Maryland, Satina Ali, Columbia, Maryland, Iben Ali, and Racinda Ali, St. Louis, Mo.; step-great granddaughter, Alaiya Williams, Silver Spring, Maryland; Nephews (the late) eldest Robert Thomas Williams, Chicago, 111., the late Bernard M. Southward., Jr., the late Fredrick Henry (Bubba) Southward, Augusta, Ga., the late James Walker, Augusta, Ga., Hernan Augustus Floyd, Augusta, Ga., the late Lee More Sharp, Mt. Pleasant, New Jersey, the late Floyd Henry Riggs, Hartford, Conn.; Neices, Lois Williams, Chicago, 111., the late Deloris Wright Southward, Betty Shoemake Walker, Augusta, Ga., Rosalyn Wright Floyd, Augusta, Ga., the late Roxie Riggs and Grace Coleman, Hartford, Conn.; Great nephew, Brent (Angie) Walker, Augusta, Ga.; Great neices, Sangailia (Fred) Randolph, Tallahassee, Fla., and Quanda Southward, Augusta, Ga.; Cousin, Vernon (Evelyn) Colbert, Macon, Ga.; Brothers-in-law, the late J. Riggs, Hartford, Conn., the late Bernard M. Southward, Sr., Augusta, Ga.; Sisters-in-law, Marie Peterson, Lucille Thompkins Southward, Augusta, Ga., the late Rachell Floyd, Greenville, SC, the late Ann Lawton, Atlanta, Ga.; God children, Melton Alien, Columbus, Ga., Jackie Simpkins, Atlanta, Ga., Raoul Daggett, Washington, DC. George Alvin O'Neal, Augusta, Ga., Daryle Mayle, Augusta, Ga., Leonard Starks, Spartenburg, SC, Damion Sneed, Washington, DC, Marcus Reed, Augusta, Ga., Niki Reed, Augusta, Ga., Kim Thomas Johnson, Greenville, SC., Sonya Dunn, Columbia, SC.

Ah, friends! She had and loved and they sure will miss that smile of

Irma Mildred Floyd Southward.



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"Irma moved on butterfly wings though storms to touch hearts. "

This Life Is What We Make It
Let's oftener talk of noble deeds, And rarer of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days, And not about the sad ones,
We were not made to fret and sigh, And when grief sleeps to wake it, Bright happiness is standing by -
This life is what we make it.
Let's find the sunny side of men, Or be believers in it:
A light there is in every soul That takes the pains to win it. O! There's a slumbering good in all, And we perchance may wake it; Our hands contain the magic wand: This life is what we make it.
Then here's to those whose loving hearts Shed light and joy about them!
Thanks be to them for countless gems We ne 'er had known without them. O! This should be happy world To all who may partake it; The fault's our own if it is not This life is what we make it. Anonymous
The Peace of the Lord be always with you. The Family of the late Irma Mildred Floyd Southward

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