dotn0 Home CSelebration 
for 
Cforole SlouiBe &trtcfelatiii Mouicra 
Saturday, December 7, 2002 
11:00 a.m. 
St. John Missionary Baptist Church 
Claxton, Georgia 
Rev. Stanford L. Anderson, Eulogist 
Rev. L. Perry McNeal, Officiating 
Professional Services Entrusted to: 
Harpers Funeral Home 
Claxton, Georgia 
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Mrs. Carole Louise Strickland Flowers was born on April 
2, 1942 in Claxton, Georgia to the late Leamon Harold 
Strickland, Sr. and Mrs. Gwendolyn Henley Strickland. She 
departed this life suddenly in Hagan, Georgia on Sunday 
evening, December 1,2002. 
She married Melvin Perry Flowers in November 1974 in 
Los Angeles, California, and of the union, one son, Mitchell 
Perry Flowers was born. She attended school in Evans 
County, Georgia and advanced her studies at Franklin 
Institute of Arts and Sciences (medical technology), 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California State University 
(health and public safety) and Los Angeles Southwest 
College (general education) in Los Angeles, California. 
Her primary professional activities encompassed medical 
technology and office management in medical centers and 
clinics. 
She became a member of St. John Missionary Baptist 
Church at an early age and participated in many church 
activities until she moved to Los Angeles, California. She 
then became affiliated with Greater New Salem Baptist 
Church and later with Knox Presbyterian Church. After 
returning to Georgia in 1994, she reestablished her 
membership at St. John. 
She leaves to cherish her precious memories; a son, 
Mitchell Perry Flowers of Valdosta, GA; her mother, 
Gwendolyn Henley Strickland of Claxton, GA; four brothers, 
Leamon H. Strickland, Jr. of Kingstowne, VA, William E. 
Strickland, Sr. of Durham, NC, Anthony W. Strickland of 
Hampton, VA and R. Stanley Strickland of Claxton, GA; an 
uncle, Robert W. Henley, II of Louisville, GA; four aunts, 
Mrs. Bernice G. Macon of Claxton, GA, Mrs. Geneda 
Henley of Louisville, GA, Mrs. Margie Rumph of Fort Valley, 
GA and Mrs. Leona B. Henley-Williams of Savannah, GA; 
three nieces, two nephews, three sisters-in-law, several 
cousins, other relatives and friends. 
riler of Menifee 
Processional 
Invocation................ 
Hymn #355 - Verses 1 & 3... 
Scriptures 
Old Testament.......... 
New Testament.......... 
Solo...................... 
Remarks................... 
Acknowledgements/Obituary 
Poem Dedicated to Carole... 
Solo...................... 
Eulogy.................... 
Benediction............... 
Recessional 
.....Rev. L. Perry McNeal 
....Lead Me, Guide Me 
.....Min. Surrina Greene 
....Rev. Thomas Greene 
...Mrs. Sandra M. Collins 
........Dea. J. C. Banks 
....Mrs. Emma Jean Carr 
...Ms. Minnie Lee Moore 
...Mrs. Joyce S. Johnson 
Rev. Stanford L. Anderson 
....Rev. L. Perry McNeal 
Music provided by Victor Brewton 
Actiufi JpaUbearera 
Linelle Bailey Carleton Jones 
Ronald Bailey Chadwick Parker 
Donald Henley David Rumph 
David Strickland 
mpnararu JPaUbcarcra 
The Brothers of Carole Strickland Flowers 
JFlaral Attcnbanta 
Friends from Evans County High School 
Datcrment 
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 
AdauJuikbgm^nt 
The family wishes to acknowledge with deep 
appreciation, the many comforting messages, tributes, 
prayers and expressions of kindness and concerns in 
thought and deed. May God bless each of you. 
*****jhQ family will receive friends after the committal in the 
Fellowship Hall of St. John Missionary Baptist Church. 
S believe S can fly. 
S believe S can touch the sky. 
S think about it every niQht and day, 
S^pread my win^s and fly away. 
S believe S can soar. 
c/lnd see me running through and open door. 
S believe S can fly. 
Sxcerpt from IBelieve** by dGlly 
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