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MEMORIES
Pall Bearers
Grandsons
In Loving Memory
of
Mrs. Alice C. Howard
Acknowledgement from the Culpepper/Howard Family
MEMORIES
That will
Forever last
The family of the late Mrs. Alice Culpepper Howard
would like to thank each and everyone for their
acts of love & kindness extended to them.
May you be richly and exceedingly blessed by God.
The day God took you home
in tears we saw you sinking &
watched you pass away.
Our hearts were broken,
we wanted you to stay,
but when we saw you sleeping
so peacefully free from pain
how could we wish you back with us,
to suffer that again.
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you did not go alone,
a part of us went with you,
the day God took you home.
Your Grand Children,
Great Grandchildren
Great Great Grandchildren
Date of Birth
Date of Death
November 11, 1928
June 11, 2015
Funeral Service
Wednesday June 17, 2015
11:00AM.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO:
Armour’s
Memorial Services
1465 N. Central Avenue/P.O. Box 241—Alexander City, Alabama 35011
256.234.2776 phone / 256.234.0259 fax
www.armourfuneralhome.com / Email: [email protected]
Darrell Armour, Manager
Demetrius Armour, Director
Mrs. Hattye M. Armour, Director/Owner
Armour’s Memorial Chapel
1465 N. Central Avenue ~ Alexander City, AL 35010
Officiating
Rev. Jimmy Brooks
Corinth Baptist Church, Kellyton, Alabama 35089
Armour’s Memorial Staff, Directing
~Order of Service~
Mrs. Alice Mae Culpepper Howard
Prelude………………………………………….....Soft Music
Processional………………………………….Clergy/Family
Song……………………………...Minister Lebron Spradley
Scripture….Old Testament…..Rev. Dr. Roderick Williams, Sr.
New Testament….......... Minister Denise Jones
Prayer of Comfort…………………...Bishop Jewel Thomas
Song.……………………………..Minister Lebron Spradley
Obituary ………………………………………..Read Silently
Acknowledgement………………...Minister Trecia Harkins
Eulogy…………………………………....Rev. Jimmy Brooks
Recessional..……………………………Sweet Beulah Land
Interment………………..Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery
Alexander City, Alabama
~Reflections~
Mrs. Alice C. Howard was born to the late Mr. Odell
and Mrs. Mattie Barnes Culpepper on November 11,
1928 in Tallapoosa County Alabama.
She confessed Christ at an early age at Rocky Mount
Baptist Church and she later united at Great Bethel
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Howard retired from Chapman’s Nursing Home
after 20 years of dedicated service. Flowering, yard
work, fishing and cooking were just a few of her hobbies. She loved to do them all.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Charles
Culpepper. Six sisters, Susie Huntley, Annie Ruth
Anderson, Sallie Derozen, Mattie Allen, Hattie Lambert and Clara Vines. Six brothers: Rev. Herman, Rev.
Walter, Rev. Luther, Calvin, James and Aaron
Culpepper., .
Repast………………………….Armour’s Memorial Dining Hall
Mom
Thanks mom for your helping hand
Thanks mom for taking a stand,
when I was wrong and you were right
Thanks mom for being strong in your plight.
Thanks for loving me when I had no love to give
Thanks for showing me how to live.
Thanks for being you, my mom.
Thanks for when I needed you you did come
to my aid and my rescue.
Thanks mom, That mom is YOU.
Your loving children
She departed this life Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Russell Medical Center, Alexander City, Alabama.
Mrs. Howard leaves a host of love ones to cherish
her memories: one brother, Minister Bobbie Joe
(Annie) Culpepper of Detroit, MI. Six daughters:
Anita Flournoy, Sharon Brown, Gwendolyn (Sam)
Milliner, Angela Howard, Yolanda Thomas and Estelle
(John) Lewis. One Son, Clyde (Genell) Culpepper.
17 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 3 great
great grandchildren. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
I'm Free
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free, I'm following the
path God laid for me.
I took his hand when I heard his call, I turned my back
and left it all.
I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work,
to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I've found that peace at the end of the day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah, yes, these things
too I will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the
sunshine of tomorrow.
My Life's been full, I savored much, good friends, good
times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don't lengthen it
now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now,
He set me free.
A Beautiful Angel
A beautiful angel is all that is here
Saying O Lord please leave me here
Not ready to leave but has to go
Want to go back but God say no
Children, Grandchildren, and friends
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
An angel is what she was meant to be
Now think of all that she can see
Watching over her family night and day
Saying I love you in her own special way
In the night we sleep in the day we cry
While she watches over us from the sky.