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Bro. James R. Young Sunrise 01-31-1935.      Sunset 07-10-2022   James R. Young was born to the late Ellis and Nannie Young on January 31,1935 in Portal, Bulloch County, Georgia.  He was educated in Emanuel County.  He attended Swainsboro High and Industrial School on Gunlog Road with Professor N.F. Williams as Principal. He joined the Williams Grove Holiness Church of the Living God Pillar and Ground of the Truth.  He attended until he moved...

       

  Mrs. Maurice Leora Williams Heard passed away at her home in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 24, 2022. She was born to Professor Nathan F. Williams and Arsula Williams on June 2, 1928, in Swainsboro, Georgia.     Mrs. Heard graduated in 1944 from Swainsboro Industrial High School. She attended Tuskegee Institute where she earned a B.S. in Elementary Education in 1947. After graduating, she taught for the Georgia Public School System for two years and was inspired to further her...

  Margaret, affectionately known as “Mother Pig,” was born to the late Joe Ward and Julia Mitchell Ward on April 23, 1935; she was the last or “baby” of the 9 Ward children. She attended the Rosenwald school in Twin City where she was one of the select group known as the “Ward sisters because of their basketball skills. She also attended Swainsboro Industrial High school.  At an early age she joined St. James A.M.E. of Twin City, Ga.  and later...

Jerry Cecil Phillips born on June 8, 1962 to the late Rev. Rufus Phillips and Mary Phillips. He leaves a wife Tennie Phillips of Metter GA; five children, Margo Phillips, Metter GA, Dominique Phillips, Swainsboro GA, Jerri Robertson Davis, Statesboro GA, Fion Robertson, Swainsboro GA, Brianna Phillips, Statesboro GA. He had one brother to precede him in death Gary L Phillips; two sisters, Carolyn L Phillips of Twin City GA, and Tonya Phillips Foreman (Michael) of Portal GA. A devoted friend...