Funeral program for Lillian Ophelia Bradley Morgan Mattox

Obsequies
FOR
Lillian Ophelia Bradley
Morgan Mattox
Thomas Grove AME Church
LONG AND GRADY STREETS NORTH
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
INTERMENT: THE WILKERSON CEMETERY
Saturday, January 14,1984
12:00 NOON
REVEREND CALVIN L OXENDINE, PASTOR
OFFICIATING
Her home was the house by the side of the road
she was a friend to all mankind.
OBITUARY
Sister Lillian Ophelia Bradley Morgan Mattox died
Friday, January 6, 1984, following a brief illness, at the
Claxton - Evans Memorial Hospital.
A native of Tattnall County, Georgia, Sister Mattox was
one of six children born to the late Mary Ann Kennedy
Bradley and Isreal Bradley, Sr., September 30, 1897.
Sister Mattox was joined in Holy Matrimony to Brother
Margrio Riley Morgan in Savannah, Georgia, on June 11,
1917. Four children two daughters, Thelma, Margarette
Paulyne, and two sons Therman and Herman, were born
to this union.
Sister Mattox attended Tattnall County Public Schools
and taught primary grades for many years.
At an early age. Sister Mattox joined the Oak Grove
AME Church where she served faithfully as secretary of the
Sunday School, as a Sunday School teacher, served on several
boards as well as a Steward for many, many years. She later
affiliated with Thomas Grove AME Church and lived
unselfishly throughout her life, loving, caring for others and
sharing.
In 1942, she was wed to Willie Mattox and to this union,
one daughter, Altamesa LaVerne Mattox, was born.
Those who survive and mourn her death are: a husband,
Willie L. Mattox, Claxton; two daughters, Altamesa LaVerne
M. Welch, Savannah, Georgia, and M. Paulyne Morgan
White, Atlanta, Georgia: two sons-in-law, Lawrence Welch,
Jr., and Frank White, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia; one aunt, Nettie
Morgan Lofton, Savannah, Georgia: sisters-in-law, Frankie
Mae Conner and Inez Mattox, both of Trenton, N.J., Olivia
Morgan, Stuart, Florida, and Emma Morgan Smith,
Savannah, Ga.; one brother-in-law, Elmer Mattox, Trenton,
N. J.; nephews, James Morgan, West Palm Beach, Florida,
Robert C. Morgan, Sr., Collins, Georgia, and Curtis Booker,
N.J.; nieces, Ethel Morgan, Collins, Georgia, Laira
Josephine Morgan Mitchell, Miami, Florida, Marietta
Booker, the Kennedy, Bradley, Jackson, Mincey and Smiley
families, and a host of other family and friends.
ORDER OFSERVICE
Reverend Calvin L. Oxendine, Presiding
The Processional
The Hymn ..................Reverend William Eason, Pastor
Oak Grove AM E Church
Selection..................By Thomas Grove A.M.E. Choir
The Scripture
Old Testament.........Reverend Moses Carter, Pastor
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
New Testament.........Reverend Joe N. Rough, Pastor
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Solo, May The Works Outdone............Sis. Leola Stanley
The Invocation.....Reverend A. W. Rawls, Assistant Pastor
New Beth Haven P.B. Church
A Special Prayer of Comfort......Rev. Martin Bacon, Pastor
First African Baptist Church
Glennville Georgia
The Acknowledgements
A Medley ......................Sister Josephine Murphy
New Bethel Baptist Church
Manassas, Georgia
The Eulogy .................Reverend Calvin L. Oxendine
The Favorite Hymns
Processional
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Stewards and Trustees of
Oak Grove and Thomas Grove A.M.E. Churches
and Deacons of Piney Grove Baptist Church
Fred Allen
John L. Butler
Thomas Hayes
Delmus Mincey
PALLBEARERS
Charles L. Bailey
Wilbur Eugene Harris
Artis Mincey
Sylvester Timmons
FLOWER BEARERS
Ushers and Friends of the Family
USHERS
Community Churches
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The family of the late Mrs. Lillian Ophelia Bradley
Morgan Mattox wishes to thank everyone with deep
appreciation for the many kind expressions of sympathy
shown throughout their dark hours of the death of their most
precious leader and dearly beloved.
Harpers Funeral Home
Claxton, Georgia