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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Claretha
Pettigrew
November 13, 1935 – December 4, 2012
Obituary
The funeral service of Claretha Pettigrew will be conducted Saturday, December 8, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., at Saint Mary Missionary Baptist Church, 6829 St. Mary Road, Baconton. Reverend Ananias Hopkins, III, pastor; Words of Comfort will be by Reverend Frizzell Byrd. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Recardo Brown, Jarvis Ross, Jimmy Ross, Brandon Willingham, Jarion Willingham, Jason Willingham.
Claretha Pettigrew, daughter of the late Lena Mack Ross and Louis Ross, was born November 13, 1935 in Mitchell County, Georgia.
She confessed Christ at an early age and united with the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church.
She departed this life on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla, Georgia.
Preceding her in death were four brothers, Willie Ross, Solomon Ross, Ulysses Ross, Louis Ross, and two sisters, Cora Mae Morgan and Ella Nell Jackson.
She leaves to cherish her memories a sister, Lucille Hicks of Miami, Florida; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Recardo Brown, Jarvis Ross, Jimmy Ross, Brandon Willingham, Jarion Willingham, Jason Willingham.
Claretha Pettigrew, daughter of the late Lena Mack Ross and Louis Ross, was born November 13, 1935 in Mitchell County, Georgia.
She confessed Christ at an early age and united with the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church.
She departed this life on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla, Georgia.
Preceding her in death were four brothers, Willie Ross, Solomon Ross, Ulysses Ross, Louis Ross, and two sisters, Cora Mae Morgan and Ella Nell Jackson.
She leaves to cherish her memories a sister, Lucille Hicks of Miami, Florida; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
MEMORIAL
"Each Soul Must Take Its Rest"
Within our finite minds
We try to fathom God's way.
We wonder why someone we loved
So quickly went away.
We think of the good they did while here
And the happenings of the past,
All precious moments we held so dear,
And regret they could not last.
But some things that happen have to be,
For we are but mortal clay.
Our going is part of GOD'S decree,
And one day --- we too must go this way.
Some must go in Springtime
When the world is fresh and new.
In Summer; the long caravan moves.
For others must go too.
Some must go when falling leaves
Come swirling to the ground
With many so tinged with brown.
Some must go in Winter's Blast
When Piercing Winds Will Blow
All years --- all deeds forever past.
As we rest beneath mounds of snow.
But whatever the time, one thing is sure---
And perhaps this thought is best:
Though we lay these mortal bodies down,
We Shall Find GOD's Peace and Rest.
Within our finite minds
We try to fathom God's way.
We wonder why someone we loved
So quickly went away.
We think of the good they did while here
And the happenings of the past,
All precious moments we held so dear,
And regret they could not last.
But some things that happen have to be,
For we are but mortal clay.
Our going is part of GOD'S decree,
And one day --- we too must go this way.
Some must go in Springtime
When the world is fresh and new.
In Summer; the long caravan moves.
For others must go too.
Some must go when falling leaves
Come swirling to the ground
With many so tinged with brown.
Some must go in Winter's Blast
When Piercing Winds Will Blow
All years --- all deeds forever past.
As we rest beneath mounds of snow.
But whatever the time, one thing is sure---
And perhaps this thought is best:
Though we lay these mortal bodies down,
We Shall Find GOD's Peace and Rest.
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