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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Emma L.
Silas Grissom
October 18, 1930 – December 3, 2010
Obituary
The funeral service of Emma L. Grissom will be conducted
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
, at
11:00 a.m.
, at
Bethel
Missionary
Baptist
Church, 8825 River Road, Camilla
.
Dr. Joe R. Thomas will officiate.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Charles Grissom, Jerry Grissom, Preston Grissom, Jeramie Thomas, Rick Thomas, Corey Williams, Jerondis Wilson.
Emma L. Silas Grissom was born
October 18, 1930
.
She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Ivey Silas.
Emma married the late Duke Grissom Jr. of
Camilla
,
Georgia
.
Emma attended the public schools of
Mitchell
County
.
She joined
Bethel
Baptist
Church
at a young age where she served until her death.
She was a devoted member of the usher board where she served as president for numerous years until her health failed.
Emma was also co-founder and co-director of the first junior choir at
Bethel
Baptist
Church
.
Emma answered The MASTER'S Call and peacefully departed this life
December 3, 2010
.
Emma was an exceptional mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, aunt and person.
She always encouraged others with love and patience.
She will be sadly missed.
Emma was preceded in death by one child Duke (Bro) Grissom
III
, two sisters Catherine (Dot) Washington and Mary L. Jester, one brother John L. Silas.
Those left to cherish her fondest memories are her children: Carrie Silas Thompson (Morris) of Youngstown, Ohio, Dorothy Grissom Callaway of Camilla, Georgia, Elizabeth Grissom Williams (Ernest), Emma Jean Grissom Laster (Kenneth) of Atlanta, Georgia, Jerry L. Grissom (Alice) of Cairo, Georgia, and Tamaira Cunningham of Leesburg, GA; a devoted sister, Annie Will Thomas of Camilla, Georgia; fifteen grandchildren, Shane Johnson, James Johnson, Jr., Marnie Johnson of Youngstown, Ohio, Charles Grissom, Tonya Callaway of Camilla, Georgia, Karen Grissom, Corey Williams, Karmen Williams, Kenneth Laster, Jr., all of Atlanta, Georgia, Kendra Wilson of Thomasville, Georgia, Jerrondis Wilson of Langley AFB, Virginia, Jasmine Grissom of San Diego, California, Tye Grissom and Justin Grissom of St. Louis, Missouri, Nia Cunningham of Leesburg, Georgia; sixteen great grandchildren; one great-great grandson and a multitude of nieces, nephews, other loved ones and friends.
To know her was to love her; No one has the opportunity to choose their own mother but we are so thankful to God that he chose you to be our mother. You, not only were our mother, but you became our very best friend.
We could tell you all our secrets, things we dared not to share elsewhere, because we knew that it would always remain "our" secret. Only a mother like you could be that kind of friend.
Many times we called, just to hear your sweet, loving voice, and to hear you say, Momma loves you.
All that is gone now, but we have all the memories of our times together.
We shall treasure them until we meet again in heaven, never again to part.
Today, we grieve for your presence, but God is giving strength.
And mother, dear Mother, we are so grateful that we could be your children.
Mother, You were just another name for "Love".
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