CGome^om^ Celebration for Qfbister Qfbhirlep fWoodlep Date of Death May 25, 2017 Date of Birth December 21, Thursday, June 1,2017 11:00 am Tabernacle Baptist Church 1223 Laney Walker Boulevard August GA 30901 Reverend Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr. ~ Pastor/Teacher Officiating 0bituarp Ms. Shirley Ann Williams Nixon Woodley (affectionately known as Shirley) passed peacefully at home in her sleep. She was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and bom to the late Bessie Mae and James Williams on December 21, 1946. She departed this life on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Ms. Woodley was raised in Philadelphia, PA and was educated in the Pennsylvania School System. Upon graduating from High School she moved to Augusta, Georgia. Ms. Woodley was a long-time faithful and loyal member of the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church. She was involved in numerous ministries and was dedicated to singing in the Sanctuary and Mass Choirs. She was an avid Sunday School participate and fervent Prayer Warrior. She volunteered her gifts and talents each year during Vacation Bible School. She would exhaust all efforts each year to rally donations from community resources for the C.S. Hamilton Scholarship Morehouse Concert Fundraiser, Back 2 School, and Annual Christmas Toyland events. Ms. Woodley also worked as a compassionate Caregiver and for years provided excellent and dependable care to numerous patients and their families. Ms. Woodley was a trailblazer who changed the trajectory of so many peoples lives not just locally but throughout the United States. A community activist, she will be noted and remembered for her decades of campaigning for many politicians to include impactful voter registration drives and has been the supportive catalyst for ensuring that thousands of voters were signed up and registered in order to meet their civic obligations. The most recent focused registration drive and chartered bus excursion was during former President Barack Obamas election. As results for her tireless efforts, she was invited to attend his initial inauguration ceremony in January 2009. Ms. Woodley was preceded in death by her parents; one grandson; a brother, James Williams; adopted mama, Mrs. Nora Pope. Survivors are two sons, Sammie Dorsey and Vernon Dorsey; one sister, Mary Winfield, all of Augusta, GA; five grandchildren; one great granddaughter; and a host of cousins and friends. Reverend Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr. - Officiating / Presiding Processional.......................... Call to Worship....................... Scriptures Old Testament: Psalm 23.............. New Testament: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 ...........Tabernacle Music Ministry .Reverend Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr. ............Reverend Norman Kelley ............Reverend Zebra Jefferson Prayer of Comfort...........................................Reverend Dr. Wanda Richardson Selection..........................................................Tabernacle Music Ministry Reflections..............................................................(2 Minutes - Please) Miss Shania Dorsey (Granddaughter) Deacon Robert Flash' Gordon (Church Member) Ms. Lucy Patina (Friend) Ms. Debbie Miller (Friend) Obituary..................................................................Read Silently Acknowledgements...............................................Ms. Charlene Patterson Selection......................................................Tabernacle Music Ministry Eulogy..............................................Reverend Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr. Committal...........................................Reverend Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr. Recessional....................................................Tabernacle Music Ministry Repast Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center 1230 Laney Walker Boulevard Augusta, GA 30901 IM FREE Dont grieve for me, for now Im free, Im following the path God laid for me. I took his hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that place at the close of the day. If parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things I, too, will miss. Be not burdened with time of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My lifes been full, 1 savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Dont lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your hearts and share with me. God wanted me now, He set me free. - Author Unknown - ACTIVE PALLBEARERS Deacons Ministry of Tabernacle Baptist Church FLOWER BEARERS Usher Ministry of Tabernacle Baptist Church ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Dorsey/Woodley Family deeply appreciates the many expressions of love, concern, and kindness shown to us during this time of bereavement. My God bless you and keep you. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO: W.H. Mays Mortuary 1221 James Brown Boulevard Augusta, GA 30901 706.722.6401