Funeral program for Mrs. Jeanette Baker Martin

A Celebratton of ffitfe
for
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Wednesday, May 26,1999
2:00 PM
Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
Claxton, GA
Dr. L. Perry McNeal
Eulogist
Order of Service
Obituary
t'oem
(jprier of ^cruice
Rev. Floyd Darby, Presiding
Prelude/Melody of Songs
Processional
Hymn.....................................................Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Invocation.........................................................Rev. Albert Jackson
Pastor, Zion Baptist Church, Brunswick, GA
Scriptures
Old Testament
New Testament
Solo.............................................................Sis. Vamado Brewton
Resolutions
Reflections and Remarks
Tribute
Acknowledgments........................................
Obituary...............................................
Solo...........May The Work Tve Done Speak For Me
Eulogy.................................................
Selection..............................................
Parting Glance.........................................
Recessional...........................Tll Fly Away...
Interment
Jerusalem Cemetery
Groveland, GA
.....Sis. Louise Wilkerson
...Read Silently-Soft Music
....Sis. Vamado Brewton
Rev. Dr. L. Perry McNeal
Pastor
...................Choir
..............Soft Music
Choir
Order of Service
Obituary
Poem
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Lord give me the strength, my body is weak, my soul needs resting. That is all I need.
Lord give me strength.
Sister Jeannette Mariam Hines Martin, the daughter of the late Mr. Reginald Hines and
Mrs. Veleria Baker Pankey, was bom in Evans County, Georgia. She was the oldest of four
children.
She was educated in the schools of Evans County. She was an honors graduate, in the
Class of 1956 from Evans County High School. Also, she was an honors graduate from
Savannah State College, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics-Foods and
Nutrition, and she did advance study at University of Georgia. She worked in Chicago,
Illinois as a Nutritionist at Cook County General Hospital, for several years. Later she
moved to Bmnswick, Georgia and worked with the Coastal Georgia Regional Development
Center.
She was a lifelong member of Jemsalem Missionary Baptist Church, Groveland,
Georgia. Upon moving to Bmnswick, she joined Zion Baptist Church and served both
churches, faithful as a choir member, workshop leader and doing many other Christian
duties, as she served God and mankind.
Her demise on Friday, May 21, 1999, has left a pall of sorrow upon her family, her
many friends and her associates.
She was preceded in death by one son, Byron Martin. She leaves to cherish her
memories, one daughter, Ms. Valinda Mathis of Bmnswick, GA; her mother, Mrs. Veleria
Baker Pankey of Aberdeen, MD; two sisters, Ms. Donna McDonald of Passaic, NJ and Ms.
Althamesa Pankey of Aberdeen, MD; two brothers, Mr. Edmund Pankey of Aberdeen, MD,
Mr. Irvin Pankey of Visalia, CA; four aunts, Mrs. Mary Brown of Waycross, GA, Mrs.
Evelyn Kirkland of Claxton, GA, Mrs. Theresa Swinson of Claxton, GA and Mrs. Effie
Dell Simpson of Passaic, NJ; one uncle, Mr. Winton Baker of Sanford, FL; two aunts-in-
law, Mrs. Mae Baker of Sanford, FL and Mrs. Mary Hines of Pembroke, GA; several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Obituary
Poem

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Poem
Dea. Ulysses Bacon
Mr. Jimmy Hines
Garrison
PaUbearcra
Mr. Stanley Hines
Mr. Harold Jones
Dea. Barry Baker
Dea. Larry
Maral Attenbanta
Cousins and Friends
Acknauilebgment
The family of the late Mrs. Jeannette Martin are thankful to God and grateful for the many acts of
kindness expressed by their relatives andjriends shown during their time of bereavement. May Gods
richest blessings be bestowed upon each of you.
The family will receive visitors and friends at the home of Sis. Theresa Swinson immediately following
the interment.
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