All Obituaries

There's nothing quite so agonizing as the death of a child. As someone said, "The death of a child is like a period placed before the end of a sentence." As a society, we often wonder why God calls back his precious one, as soon as they are born. This question is answered in Luke 18:16. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God". It is with profound sadness to announce the...

  To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.  Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Today, we gather in the spirit of thanksgiving to celebrate the life and legacy of Rosa Thompson Randolph Tyson. Rosa was born May 30, 1941 to the late Dave and Gladys Thompson in Waverly, GA. She was educated in the Camden County public school system. She was employed for...

Psalm 23:4 states that, "Even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Wherever we go, from our birth throughout our life and into the passage of death, the Lord is always and ever with us. When the time comes to bid this life farewell, we should find comfort in knowing that a loving God will be there with us to guide us to our new home.   Time well-spent...

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.  Romans 14:8.  When we lose a loved one, it may feel as if a part of ourselves has been taken with them. We grieve the moments we’ll no longer be able to share and the dreams or desires that may never be realized. Though this pain is real and deep, if our loved ones belong to Jesus, our sorrow is always tinged with the certainty that...

"The Lord Giveth and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). Sometimes, God lends the world His children only for a little while. No parent plans to bury his or her child but when God sends His Angels to bring His child home; much sooner than we planned, we'll brave the grief that comes and try to understand.  “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A...

Simply put, the Bible says that the dead are in the grave, awaiting the resurrection. (John 5:28, 29) They are not suffering or in any kind of pain, for “the dead know nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) In his teachings, Jesus likened death to a deep sleep. (John 11:11-14) Thus, we have no need to fear those who have fallen asleep in death or to appease them by making offerings to them.  Sometimes, God only lends the world his children only for a little...

God originally created the world free of sin and death. When mankind rebelled against Him (Gen. 3), we broke our relationship with God the Father and the curse of death and sin began to rule. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He broke the power of both, and “since we have been united with Him in His death” through faith, “we will also be raised to life as He was” (Rom. 6:5). During this most difficult time in our nation, it's hard to see our loved ones...

In the kingdom of God brought to fruition through Jesus Christ, the world is transformed into a place free of death and the anguish that goes with it.  "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:4.  We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians...

John 10:27–29 sums up the life of the saints who have chosen to follow God Almighty. God's holy words explicitly explain his plans for the saints of God , "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."  We are the flock of...

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.  Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Dorothy (Ingram) Oakes embarked on her earthly journey on January 13th, 1953. She was the second of seven children born to the late Deacon Norman Ingram Sr., and Sister Mae Dell Ingram. Being born in Beaufort but raised in Martin, South Carolina, she deeply loved her family and God....