Homegoing Services 
FOR 
SISTER MATTIE PEARL WOODY 
SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1989 
4:00 P.M. 
ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. ISAAC CULBRETH, JR., PASTOR 
PAYTONS MORTUARY OF STATESBORO, GEORGIA 
IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS 
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O, raise up thine eyes to eternal sky 
In thy bondage strike out to be free 
Hush the whispering voice of the infinite why 
With I am and I was and I ever will be.  
Sis. Mattie Pearl Woody departed this life at Memorial Medical 
Center in Savannah, Georgia on Sunday, July 16, 1989. 
Sis. Mattie Pearl Woody was born the fifth of thirteen children 
to the union of Mrs. Hattie Rutledge Graham and Mr. Samual 
Graham, Sr. 
A native of Five Points, Alabama, she was married to John 
Wesley Woody who preceded her in death. She also was preceded 
in death by a son Willie H. Woody, both her parents, seven 
brothers and one sister. 
After graduating from the Polaroe School of Cosmetology in 
Birmingham, Alabama, she worked for a time as a beautician in 
her hometown of West Point, Georgia. 
Sis. Woody moved to Claxton, Georgia in 1951 and resided here 
for thirty-eight years. Active in the community, she owned and 
operated a beauty parlor until she became disabled. 
She united with the St. John Missionary Baptist Church in 
Claxton, Georgia and she attended regularly until she began to 
suffer ill health. 
She leaves to mourn her passing three loving children, Jerome 
Woody of Claxton, Georgia, Curtis Woody of Atlanta, Georgia 
and Dorothy Woody of Statesboro, Georgia. Six loving sisters, 
Essie Byrd of Hagan, Georgia, Ruth Hall and Sunette Parker of 
West Point, Georgia, Irene Bell and Annette Gross of Dayton, 
Ohio, Jewel Bryne of Fairfax, Alabama and a brother Frankie 
Parker of Atlanta, Georgia. Two brothers-in-law, Robert Bell and 
Diamus Hall. A daughter-in-law, Charlotte Woody and a son-in- 
law Don Jones. Many nieces and nephews and a host of other 
relatives and friends. 
In Celebration 
Presiding - Rev. Isaac Culbreth, Jr. 
PROCESSIONAL 
SELECTION.....................Soon and Very Soon 
St. John Church Choir 
OLD TESTAMENT READING...........Rev. Larry Lawton 
NEW TESTAMENT READING...........Rev. John Whitfield 
INVOCATION......................Rev. William Hayes 
SELECTION..................Give Me A Clean Heart 
St. John Church Choir 
MEMORIAL TRIBUTES...............Sis. Annie Primous 
(Limit 3 min.) Sis. Elease Freeman 
Dea. J. C. Banks 
Sis. Mae Helen Timmons 
Rev. James Benjamin, Sr. 
Sis. Wanda Oglesby 
SOLO (Deceaseds request)........Precious Lord 
Bro. Anthony Collins 
RESOLUTION...................Bro. Charles L. Bailey 
OBITUARY TO BE READ SILENTLY 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............Sis. Bernice Macon 
SELECTION........................Paytons Choir 
EULOGY.........................Rev. L. P. McNeal 
VIEWING OF REMAINS AND 
SELECTION........ Sign Me Up for the Christian Jubilee   
Combined Choirs 
RECESSIONAL 
INTERNMENT AT HAGAN CEMETERY.....Hagan, Georgia 
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS 
Willie James Hall Roscoe Smith 
Adolphus Oglesby Freddie Geiger 
Gary Holland Ronald Mikel 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Dea. J. C. Banks Dea. Charlie Geiger 
Dea. Edgar Freeman, Jr. Dea. Charlie Blocker 
Reno Jones Dea. Ronnie Geiger 
Dea. Joseph Nails 
FLOWER ATTENDANTS 
Friends of the Family 
MINISTERS OF MUSIC 
Bro. Alton West 
Rev. Clarence Williams