HOMECOINC SERVICE 
FOR 
Mr. Harry Donell Mattox 
Friday. July 9. 1993 
1:00 P. M. 
Green Cypress Missionary 
Baptist Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. H. W. MILLER - PASTOR 
OFFICIATING 
INTERMENT - CHURCH CEMETERY 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME 
IN CHARGi: OF PROFESSIONAL 
ARRANGEMENTS 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
OBITUARY 
Harry Donell Mattox, born March 1, 1956 in Hagan, 
Georgia, passed on into eternal rest on July 4,1993 after a long 
illness. He was the son of Elizebeth Mattox Carter and the late 
Lattimore Mattox. 
At an early age, Harry joined Green Cypress Baptist Church 
under the leadership of the late Rev. P. J. Lyde. His member- 
ship was greatly appreciated and will be sadly missed among 
the members, his family, and friends in the congregation. 
Upon graduation from Claxton High School, Harry attend- 
ed Savannah State College, In Savannah, Ga., where he ma- 
jored in History. 
He shall be saldly missed and mourned by his long loved 
companion, Patricia Williams; his four daughters. Misses 
Letreba, Tamiya, and Kalandra Mattox; and Miss Maquita Smith; 
his three sons, Terrence, Charles, and Keith Mattox; one step- 
son, Tay Williams; his mother, Elizebeth Mattox Carter and step- 
father, Henry Carter, all of Claxton, Ga.; two brothers, Marvin 
Mattox and Thomas Mattox, both of Denver, Colorado; two 
sister$, Nokaleta Cardriche of Anaheim, California, and Clara 
Williams of Savannah, Ga.; two brothers-in-law, Johnny Williams 
of Savannah, Ga., and James Cardriche of Long Beach, Califor- 
nia; one sister-in-law, Roberta Mattox; three uncles, J. C. Mikel 
and Charlie Blocker, both of Claxton, Ga., and Henry Michel 
of Savannah, Ga.; eight aunts, Annie Lee Bacon, Josie Bell 
Mickel, Bessie Blocker, Gertrude Scott, Elouise Nails and Ida 
Mae Littles, of Claxton, Ga., Marietta Berry of Glennville, Ga., 
and Ruby Mae Mattox of Brunswick, Ga.; two step-aunts, four- 
step uncles, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. 
They put my body in the ground, 
My soul went flying over the town, 
Went flying into the stars and moon 
Shouting, God I coming soon. 
And now Im sitting clean and bright 
In the sweet of my Lords sight  
Clean and bright. 
Clean and bright. 
LANGSTON HUGHES 
ORDER OF SERVICE 
Processional...... 
Presiding......... 
Selection......... 
Scripture......... 
Solo.............. 
Remarks........... 
As A Member. . . . 
As A Neighbor. . . 
As A Friend....... 
Acknowledgements 
Obituary.......... 
Eulogy............ 
A Parting Glance. . 
Selection......... 
Recessional 
..........Soft Music 
..........Rev. Miller 
..............Pianist 
Rev. James Benjamin 
..........Ornie Hines 
... .2 Mintues Please 
.........Felton Slater 
.......Carol Thomas 
. . . . Lee Author Blitch 
.......Theresa Minor 
.......Silently Read 
. . . ^Rev. H. W. Miller 
. . . . Harpers Director 
..............Pianist 
Tim Young 
Wendell McClain 
Wilson Burgress 
PALLBEARERS 
Richard Smalls 
Duddy Benjamin 
Daniel Johnson 
A CKNO WLEDGEMENTS 
The family of the late Harry D. Mattox acknow- 
ledges the kindness shown to us during our time of 
bereavement. May God bless each of you, is our prayer. 
THE FAMILY