EULOGISTIC SERVICES

1943

1982

FOR

MISS. DELLA MAE TOMPKINS

" EARTHLY EXPERIENCES VERSUS UNREVEALED BLESSINGS"
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."-- Romans 8:18
8 ERVICE
TUESDAY, DEC. 28, 1982 - 2:00 P.M.
NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH McCORMICK S.C.
Rev. Eddie Key, Pastor

OBITUARY
Miss D ella Mae Tompkins departed th is l i f e suddenly Dec. 24, 1982. She was bom July 26, 1943, in Plum Branch, S.C.
At an e a rly age she jo in ed the New Hope Baptist Church. She served f a it h f u lly in the Gospel Chorus and on theUshers Board u n til her health perm itted her to relinquish her participation.
D ella was a graduate o f Mims High School, Class o f 62. She attended Morris C o llege, Sumter, S.C ., and graduated from Wavery School o f Beauty Culture. She was a R egistered Cosmetologist by profession .
She leaves to mourn, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tompkins, Sr. o f the home, two daughters, S a llie Marie and Melinda Tompkins o f Plum Branch, S.C., three s is t e r s , Mrs.Derotha T. Holloway, Mrs. Jessie T. P rice o f Plum Branch, S .C ., Mrs. Maggie T. Brown o f Columbia, S.C., f i v e broth ers, Joseph J r . , James T . , Floyd E ., Larry D. Tompkins o f Plum Branch S.C. and P h illip Tompkins o f the U.S. Navy, stationed in C a lifo rn ia . Seven aunts, four uncles, three brothers-in-law, four sisters-in -law , eight n eices, s ix nephews, and a host o f other r e la t iv e s and frien d s.
So liv e , th a t when thy tummont come to jo in the innumerable caravan which movet to tha t myctextout siealm, whexe each thaJLl take h it chambext in the tiJient h a llt ofi death, thou go not lik e the quanxy tla v e at n igh t, tcouxged to h it dungeon, but tattained and toothed by an un^altexing t x u tt appaoache thy gnave tik e one who wmpt the cUiapesiy ofi hex couch about hen., and l i e t down to pleatent dneamt - - -

ORDER OF SERVICE
PRESIDING ... .......... .......REV R.C.HOLLOWAY PROCESSIONAL. "PASS ME NOT OH GENTLE SAVIOUR" SCRIPTURE .................. REV.E. L . CAIN
OLD TEST.......... PSALMS 23 NEW TEST........ JOHN 14: 1-4 PRAYER ...... ................... REV. EDDIE KEY
HYMN........ ... "JESUS KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS"
REMARKS.....
SELECTION .. ......... NEW HOPE GOSPEL CHORUS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........ MS. MARY L HARRISON SELECTION ............. NEW HOPE GOSPEL CHORUS
WORDS OF COMFORT.............. REV. ANDREW ADAMS RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT ................... CHURCH CEMETERY
"Tk&Ad i& always tomoAAow, with. i t * pAomiie. ofi b e X te Ji thing*, Let u* thejn think ofi de.aih a* but one. mono. tomoAAow, fiitte,d with in fin ite . pAom^e. and fiutfiitm e .n t .....

PARTICIPATING IN THE SERVICE Poll Bearers

EDDIE TALBERT JOHN R. BLAND EARL ANDERSON

GEORGE C. FRANKLIN WILLIAM ANDERSON DONALD MORTON

Flower Bearers

MRS. NELLIE W.GARDNER MRS. THELMA CHRISTOPHER MRS. RUTH P. DRENNON

MRS ALBERTA COLTER MISS SUFFIE L. JENNINGS MISS CERRIE LOU ADAMS

Acknow ledgm ent
W ords are inadequate to express the humbleness and gratefulness we feel toward all of our friends who have consoled us during our bereavement. Your prayers, your love, your presence and service has sustained us. Your cards, telegrams, flowers and gifts of food were warmly appreciated. We saw all of these as God*s love expressed through you. W hatever you did to console our hearts we thank you very much.