The Bay Gad Called You Home
God Cookedaround 3-Cisgarden a n d fo u n d an empty pCace 'Then fie Cookeddown upon tfie eartfi a n d saw your tiredface.
3-Ceput fits arms around you a n d Ciftedyou to rest. Gods garden
Must Be BeautifuCfor tffe onCy takes tfie Best. Jfe knew that you were suffering.
gfe knew that you were in pain. J-Ce knew that you wouCdnever get weCCupon this earth again.
TCe saw the road was getting rough, a n d the hiCCs were hard to cCimh,
so J-Ce cCosedyour weary eyes a n d whispered, "Teace he thine". It Broke our hearts to Cose you, But you didn't go aCone,fo r p a rt of us went w ith you on the day
God caCCedyou home.

O bituary
Odessa Lee Thompkins was bom December 10, 1923. She was the oldest child bom to Lenora Collins and Frank Lee of Harlem, GA. After moving to Augusta, GA she attended the public schools of Richmond County.
She was married to a wonderful and devoted husband, Herman Thompkins who preceded her in death. To this union, God blessed them with nine children.
During Odessa's earlier years, she ws employed for twenty years by the Frank Thornton Restaurant in Augusta, GA.
Odessa was a soldier for Christ. At an early age she joined the Beulah Grove Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Jennings. She served faithfully with the Ushers Ministry until her health failed. She enjoyed cooking for a lot o f people in the community, at church and especially at home for her family.
Odessa was a loving and giving person not only to her family, but also to her church members and friends.
Her life has definitely left a Legacy of Love and Giving.
She leaves to cherish her memories nine children: Lenora Thompkins, Faye (Jerome) Elmore, Sheryl Thompkins, Mary Alice Williams, Herman (Sheridda) Thompkins, Lobbock, TX, John (Anna) Thompkins, Leon (Victoria) Thompkins, Bobby Thompkins and Donald Thompkins; one sister, Louise Crane, Augusta, GA; two brothers, Jasper (Peggy) Lee, Atlanta, GA and LeRoy Evans; two goddaughters, Clemtine Bush, Atlanta, GA and Dora Green, Augusta, GA; fourteen grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; devoted friends, Shirley Samuels, Dr. and Mrs. Keith Sueling, Dr. and Mrs. Sam Davis, Milledge Kyler and other cousins and friends.

Order of W orship

Precessional

Selection................................ The Beulah Grove Combined Choir

Scripture................................ ...........................................Minister

Prayer ....................................

Poem .............. Sis. Clemtine BushSoloDea. Hawthorne Welcher

Remarks {three minutes, please) As A F rie n d ............ . ........................Sis. Shirley Samuels As A Church Member .................... Dea. William Howard As A Family Member .......................... Bro. Charles Tate

Solo ...................................... .............. Dea. Hawthorne Welcher

O bituary................................ ...................................Read Silently
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Acknowledgements..............

Selection................................ The Beulah Grove Combined Choir

Eulogy .................................. ...................... Rev. Dr. Sam Davis

Recessional

Interment

Southview Cemetery

Fm Free
Don't grieve fo r me, fo r now I'm free, I'm following the p a th (godhas [aidfor me.
I took Tds hand when I heard 3-Cim caCC, I turned m y hack a n d Ceft it aCC I could not stay another day, To Caugh, to Cove, to work orp Cay,
dzsks Ceft undone must stay that way, I fo u n d peace at the end o f the day. I f m y parting has Ceft a void, dhenfiCCit with
rememheredjoys. LAfriendship shared, a Caugh, a kiss, Oh yes, these things I too wiCCmiss. 'Be not burdened w ith times o f sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow, M y Cifes heenfuCC, I savored much, (goodfriends, good times, a Covedone's touch. Terhaps m y time seemed aCCtoo hrief, Don't Cengthen it now with undue grief, Lift up your hearts, a n d share with me, (godw anted me JTOCW, 3-Ce has set me free.

Troy Freeman Tray Bailey Jamal Tate

Pallbearers

Ray Tate Larry Thompkins Ronald Thompkins

M other QocCtook the fragrance o f a f Cower,..
'The m ajesty o f a tree... The gentdeness o f morning dew...
The caCm o f a quiet sea... The heauty o f the tw idght hour...
The souCof a starry night... The laughter o f a rippCing Brook...
The grace o f a Bird inflight... Then Q odfashionedfrom these things
A creation like no other,
A n d when his masterpiece was through 3ie caCCedit simjpCy - Mother.
Acknowledgements
The family o f Odessa Thompkins would like to thank everyone for your kindness, gestures o f love and words o f encouragement during our bereavement.