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JWrs. JSlmmha W. JenningsSeptember 21, 1920 - September 19, 1995

Saturday, September 23, 1995 Eleven oxlock in the morning

Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Trenton, South Carolina

Rev. George L. Brightharp, Pastor

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Life’s race well run, life’s work well done, and now rest for Shineida Williams Jennings, who was bom September 21, 1920, in Edgefield County to the late Mr. Joshua and Lucinda Carter Simpkins.

She attended Bettis Academy and was a graduate of Bettis Junior College. She was a retired teacher and teacher’s aide in Aiken and Edgefield counties. Mrs. Jennings was a member of Tau Gamma Delta Sorority, Zeta Omega Chapter, and the Bettis Senior Citizens Group.

At an early age she was baptized at Old Macedonia Baptist Church. She later joined Mount Canaan Baptist Church where she served with the Willing Workers and on the Deaconess Board. She was chief of the Usher Board for 35 years.

In September of 1984, she was united in holy matrimony to Rufus Jennings, Sr. To this union was blended a family of her four children and his four children. One daughter pre-deceased her.

Neet lived a consistent Christian life and was loved and respected by all who knew her.

She leaves to cherish her memory a loving husband, Rufus Jennings, Sr. of Graniteville S.C.; four sons—Henry (Annie Ruth) Williams, Jr. and Joshua (Mattie) Williams of Trenton, S.C., Rufus (Lois) Jennings, Jr. of Newark, N.J. and Wendell (Lynne) Jennings of Decatur, Ga.; three daughters—Brenda (Lindsay) Sims of Hephzibah, Ga., Beryl (Michael) Garrett of Trenton, S.C. and Rubena Myers of Rockville Centre, N.Y.; two brothers—Joshua (Carolyn) Simpkins, Jr. of Freeport, N.Y. and Dr. Roosevelt (Alice) Simpkins of Trenton, S.C.; a sister—Thelma S. (Oliver) Lewis of Bronx, N.Y; 18 grandchildren; three (3) great­grandchildren; one uncle—Willie W. (Willoughby) Simpkins of Augusta, Ga.; one aunt—Margaret Murray of St. Augustine, Fla.; two Goddaughters—Patricia Knight and Delores McKie; 12 additional sisters-in-law; 9 other brothers-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

(Kje (©rfrer of ^erliiceRev. Limuer Myers, Presiding

Prelude........................................... Mr. Lionel Williams, Organist

Processional

Hymn.......................................... What a Friend We Have in JesusNo. 340

S cr ip tu re ......................................................Rev. Edward LloydPsalms 121

Prayer.............................

S e lec tio n ......................

Expressions

Deaconesses...............

Willing Workers........

Usher Board...............

Teacher (Bettis Academy)

Community................

S o lo .................................

Acknowledgments.......

Obituary........................

The Eulogy...................

Recessional

Interment.......................

................ Rev. John Brightharp

... Mt Canaan Combined Choirs

Mrs. Mildred Goodwin, President

........ Mrs. Billie Carter, President

........Ms. Shirley Tillman, Chief

..................Mrs. Patria Brayboy

..........Mr. Arthur McKie, Deacon

......................Mrs. Jean Mosley

...........Mrs. Dorothy Brightharp

..............................Read Silently

...............Rev. G. L. Brightharp

....................... Church Cemetery

Repast

M t Canaan Baptist Church Educational Building

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Zeta Omega Chapter

Sflnfer HearersDeaconesses and Trustee W ives

£A Sure rWay to a [Happy D̂ayHelen Steiner Rice

ZHappiness is something we create in our minds, Dt s not something we search fo r and so seldom fin d —

Dt's just waking up and beginning the day % counting our blessings and kneeling to pray—

J t ' s giving up thoughts that breed discontent ■Sdnd accepting what comes as a "gift heaven-sent"—

D t1 s giving up wishing for things we have not Sdnd making the best o f whatever we've got—

J t ' s knowing that life is determined fo r us JDnd pursuing our tasks without fret, fum e or fu ss—

f fo r it's by completing what fjod gives us to do UuU we fin d real contentment and happiness, too.

AdmoftilebgmEnlThe family of the late Shineida W . Jennings acknowledges with heartfelt

appreciation, the comforting messages, floral tributes, food, and many acts of kindness and deeds o f sympathy extended to them during their bereavement. May God’s blessings be with you.

The Family

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