Funeral program for Mrs. Corene Everette Mercer

Going Home Services
Of Love
FOR
Mrs, Corene Everett Mercer
Arrival Departure
January 7, 1924 June 29, 1998
Friday, July 3, 1998
3:00 P.M.
Charlton Grove
Baptist Church
COLLINS, GEORGIA
REV. ALVIN PETTY, PASTOR
REV DR. L. PERRY McNEAL
SERVICES ENTRUSTED TO:
MOODYS FUNERAL HOME
201 CHURCH STREET
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
PHONE: (912) 739-4932
OBITUARY
A Precious One from us is gone, a voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home, the world can never fill,
Corene Mercer departed this life on Monday, June 29, 1998 at
St. Josephs Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. She was 74 years old.
She was born January 7, 1924 to the late Jasper and Truemilla
Rivers Everett in Collins, Georgia where she attended school. She was
employed at the Claxton Manufacturing Company for over 20 years.
At an early age she joined Charlton Grove Baptist Church. She
was a member of the senior choir and finance secretary of the Home
Burial Society.
In 1940, she was united in Holy Matrimony to T.J. Mercer in
Tattnall County. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daugh-
ter, Irene Mercer Hunter (Willie) of Claxton, Ga., four sisters, Robertha
Byrd, Catherine Bacon, Ruby Dell Baker, all of Claxton, Ga., and
Maggie Brewton of Mt. Vernon, NY, five sisters-in-law, Marie
Holloway, Cobbtown, Ga., Elizabeth Harper and Mattie Lee Miles, both
of Chicago, IL, Sadie Ruth Everett, Metter, Ga., and Ella Everett, New
Rochelle, NY, four brothers-in-law, Ulyssess Bacon, McKenzie Baker,
both of Claxton, Ga., Charles Horton, Metter, Ga., and J.D. Brewton,
Mt. Vernon, NY, eight deceased siblings, four grandchildren, Harold
Mercer (Benita) of Greensboro, NC, Tony Mosley (Rashawn), Raleigh,
NC, Yvette Hampton and Dorene Mosley, both of Claxton, Ga., seven
great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other
relatives and friends.
Don^t
Dont spend much time in morning.
Dont lose the love I gave you.
ant this should make you glad.
Dont waste your hours grieving.
tears are for the sad.
I left to be with Jesus,
feed it with your care.
Grow it with devotion,
and spread it everywhere.
Dont fret because my leaving
no need to feel distress.
Im tried of lifes frustrations,
I had to get some rest.
came in such a way
We will have another meeting.
in Gods eternal day.
Dont vex yourself with questions.
or try to reason or guess.
Earthly life has ended,
it came my time to rest.
Sadly submitted by:
The Family
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional
Presiding............Rev. Dr. L. Perry McNeal
Hymn....................................Choir
Scripture...............Rev. Winfield Johnson
Old Testament
New Testament
Prayer
Solo ..........................Sis. Kim Smith
Remarks ...................(3 minutes please)
As A Member...........Sis. Hilda Holloway
Burial Society
As A Church Member.....Dea. James Conyers
Acknowledgements ..........Sis. Nita Bell Baker
Poem.....................Sis. Lucille Edwards
Obituary...............Sis. Lillie Bell Hayes
Solo
Eulogy...............Rev. Dr. L. Perry McNeal
A Parting Glance.....Moodys Directors & Staff
Recessional
Interment..................Churchs Cemetery
Family and Friends will be received at the home
of Ms. Yvette Hampton, East Long Street, Claxton,
Ga., immediately following
the committal.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Marvin Everett
Jerry Baker
Charles Horton, Jr.
William McCoy
Robert Horton
Clarence Holland
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Deacons of Charlton Grove Baptist Church
FLORAL ATTENDANTS
Ushers And Friends of the Family
Acknowledgement
The family of the late Mrs. Corene Everett Mercer wish-
es to thank our many relatives and friends for the kindness
shown to us during the loss of over loved one. May God
bless each of you is our prayer.
On behalf of the Staff of Moodys Funeral Home, we
would like to offer our sympathy on your loss. We would
like to thank you for entrusting to us the final disposition of
your loved one. We hope our services has been a comfort to
you, and if we helped to lighten your burden, then our aim
was accomplished. Thank you.
The Family
Acknowledgement To The Family
The Management