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Wesley Theadore "Ted” Godbee
Ted Godbee
Wesley Theadore “Ted”
Godbee, 76, died Sunday, May
28, 2023, at his residence
Ted was a lifelong resident
of Jenkins County, was an
insurance underwriter and
a member of Elam Baptist
Church.
He is preceded in death by
his father, Wesley Theadore
Godbee, Sr.
Memorial Service was held
at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 1,
2023 at Crowe-Fields Funeral
Home.
Survivors include his
wife, Marcia Doyle Godbee;
daughter, Kimbralee Leader
(Derek) of Wake Forest, NC;
brother, Dewey Lane (Pam)
of Statesboro; mother, Helen
Boone Spence of Millen;
grandchildren, Jacqueline
Leader, Kelsey Amerson, Wes
Birdwell, and Kollin Allen;
and his God children, Niki
Chance and Tara Allen.
Madilyn Brooke Willingham
Madilyn Willingham
Jackson, SC - A
Celebration of Life
for Madilyn Brooke
Willingham, 10, who
entered into rest May 26,
2023, was held at Jackson
Youth Sports Football Field
(located behind Jackson
Middle School) Tuesday
evening at 5 o’clock. Rev.
Brad Jay and Rev. Brian
Henderson officiating.
Private interment took
place in Jackson Memorial
Park. To honor Madilyn’s
life, the family asks you to
wear attire suitable for a ten-
year-olds birthday party.
The casket layed in state at
the Jackson Youth Sports
Football Field Tuesday
beginning at 4:00 PM until
4:45 PM for children and
friends of Madilyn to paint
and decorate her casket to
celebrate her artistic and
crafty nature.
Madilyn was bom May
23, 2013, in Augusta,
GA. She just completed
the fourth grade at South
Aiken Baptist School.
Madilyn was one of a kind,
witty, never met a stranger;
everyone who met her
loved her. She loved
rainbows and unicorns and
all things crafty including
making her own lip balm,
slime and hair dye.
Survivors include
her parents, Jordan and
Crissy Willingham; sister,
Alana Kate Henderson;
brother, Tres Henderson;
grandparents, Teresa and
Ray Morris, Keith and
Michele Willingham, Lynn
and Daniel Linder, Tracy
and Karen Johnson; great-
grandparents, Rock and
Tonya Willingham and
Miriam Johnson; aunts and
uncles, Haley and Chad
Freeman, Morgan and Matt
Blackburn and a host of
cousins.
Pallbearers were JC
Greene, Adam Sullivan,
Josh Stephens, Speedy
Baughman, Tyler Rowe,
Bradley Frye, Jeffrey Goff
and Rhett Widener
Memorials may be made
to BRICKMISSIONS.com
Faye Sanders Martin
Honorable Faye Martin
Honorable Faye
Sanders Martin, retired
Superior Court Judge for
the Ogeechee Judicial
Circuit, passed away on
Saturday, May 27, 2023,
at the Ogeechee Area
Hospice Inpatient Facility.
She was bom on February
6, 1934, in Brooklet,
Georgia. She is preceded
in death by her husband,
John Hollis Martin; her
mother and father, Addie
Louise Prosser Sanders
and Elder C.E. Sanders;
seven brothers, John Willie
Sanders, Lehman Sanders,
Sidney Sanders, Aubrey
Sanders, Theo Sanders,
L.E. Sanders, Benjamin
Sanders; two sisters, Addie
Jean Driggers and Tommie
Mort; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
She is survived by two
daughters, Janna Martin
(Stan Friedman) and
Jenny Lynn Anderson
and Mark Anderson;
two granddaughters,
Morgan Sonnier (Tyler)
and Allison Anderson;
two step grandchildren.
Brad Friedman (Nhu-
Mai) and Laura Crane
(Judson); great-grandchild,
Kensie Sonnier; step
great-grandchildren,
Stella and Claire Crane,
and Balin, Sullivan and
Milo Friedman; sister-
in-law, Carolyn Sanders;
and numerous nieces and
nephews, all of whom she
loved dearly.
Faith was foremost in
Faye’s life, and during her
childhood attended and
was a member of Lanes
Primitive Baptist Church in
Stilson, Georgia, baptized
by her father. Elder Carol
Eugene Sanders at age
fourteen. After moving to
Statesboro, she transferred
her membership to
Statesboro Primitive
Baptist Church, where she
was a lifelong member.
She was bom and
reared in Bulloch County,
graduated from Stilson
High School in 1952,
attended Georgia Teachers
College (now Georgia
Southern University), and
Woodrow Wilson College
of Law. She was awarded
an honorary Juris Doctorate
degree from Woodrow
Wilson School of Law in
October 1981. She was
admitted to the Georgia Bar
Association in 1956, and
practiced law in Statesboro
with the firm Anderson
& Sanders until 1978,
when she was appointed
as Superior Court Judge
for the Ogeechee Judicial
Circuit by Governor
George Busbee to fill a
newly created judgeship
for the Ogeechee Circuit.
She was elected and served
five consecutive four-year
terms until her retirement
and was appointed as a
Senior Judge in 2000. She
served as Chief Judge of
the Ogeechee Circuit for
many years from 1984 to
2000.
Admitted to the Georgia
Bar Association at the age
of 22, she was the first
woman attorney in Bulloch
County, the first woman
appointed to the Georgia
Superior Court bench, the
first woman chief superior
court judge in Georgia, and
the first mother to swear in
her daughter as an attorney
in Georgia.
A biography of her life,
“Judge Faye Sanders: Head
Full of Sense, Heart Full of
Gold,” was written by Drs.
Rebecca Davis and Sandra
Peacock and published in
2004 by Mercer University
Press.
She received numerous
honors and awards during
her lifetime, the Amicus
Curae award from the
Supreme Court of Georgia
for distinguished service
and contribution to the
administration of justice;
Tradition of Excellence
Award from the State Bar
of Georgia for service to
the public and bar; Woman
of Achievement by the
Statesboro Business and
Professional Women’s
Club; Certificate of
Merit from the National
Organization of Black
Law Enforcement
Executives, Georgia
Chapter for service to Law
Enforcement and Criminal
Justice; Distinguished
Alumni Award from
Georgia Southern
College; “Famous Bulloch
Countian” in celebration of
Georgia’s 250th Birthday;
Who’s Who of Women of
the World, of American
Women, of the South and
Southeast, of American
Law, America and Georgia.
She served on the Bulloch
County Committee for
construction of the Judicial
Complex in Statesboro;
served as Justice of the
Supreme Court of Georgia
in absence of Justice
Charles L. Weltner;
served on the Superior
Court Sentence Review
Panel; appointed to the
Commission on Certainty
in Sentencing by Governor
Roy Barnes. She served
as Judge Pro-Tern for the
Office of Justice of the
Peace in Bulloch County
during the late 1950s and
early 1960s.
She was a member of
the State Bar of Georgia,
Bulloch County Bar
Association, Georgia
Council of Superior
Court Judges, Statesboro
Business & Professional
Women’s Club, Georgia
Southern University
Alumni Association,
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Here I Am, Lord
I have to say that I love
a good hymn. I am sure you
know that by now. I love
the way the lyrics make me
feel when I remember what
a wonderful God we serve.
It can lift and revive the
most empty spirit.
I was raised in the Baptist
Church and in the last 10
years found the Episcopal
Church. The hymns are
different, but give the same
message. It was once said,
that "we all worship in
different ways, but our goal
is the same." One of my
favorite Episcopal hymns
is "Here I Am, Lord".
"Here I Am, Lord", also
known as "I, the Lord of Sea
and Sky" is a hymn written
by the American composer
of liturgical music, Dan
Daniel Schutte
Schutte in 1979. Its words
are based on Isaiah 6:8 and
1 Samuel 3:4.
Schutte wrote the song
at age 31 when he was
studying theology at the
Jesuit School of Theology
at Berkeley.
Schutte's hymn is also sung
in many Protestant worship
services and is found in
multiple hymnals around
the world.
In 2004 "Here I Am,
Lord" was voted by readers
Georgia Association of
Women Lawyers.
Beyond the bench, Faye
was an excellent cook,
and often prepared her
famous roasted goat for
the Bulloch County Bar
Association. She loved to
fish in the Ogeechee River,
the intracoastal waterways
and St. Catherines Island
Sound. She and her
family enjoyed weekends
at Yellow Bluff Fishing
Camp and Colonels Island
in Liberty County, Ga.
Her pride and joy were
her brothers and sisters,
husband, children and
grandchildren, nieces,
nephews and extended
family. Once asked
if rearing children or
practicing law was harder,
she replied, “both,” which
she did equally well. She
had a love of nature, all of
God’s creatures and was
generous of spirit.
Funeral services were
held on Monday May
29, 2023, at 11:00 am at
the Statesboro Primitive
Baptist Church with Elder
Randy Waters officiating.
A graveside service and
burial were held at 2:00
pm in Eastside Cemetery in
Statesboro.
The family has requested
that memorial contributions
be made to Lanes Primitive
Baptist Church, 1022 Lanes
Church Rd„ Brooklet,
GA 30415, Statesboro
Primitive Baptist Church,
4 South Zetterower Ave,
Statesboro, GA 30458 or
to Ogeechee Area Hospice,
PO. Box 531, Statesboro,
GA 30459. The family
would like to thank the
many caregivers at The
Lodge at Bethany and
Ogeechee Area Hospice.
Friends may sign the
online register book at
www.joineranderson.com
Joiner-Anderson Funeral
Home & Crematory of
Statesboro is in charge of
the arrangements.
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Mi/md FO The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
as the second most favorite
in the Episcopal Church. A
survey conducted by the
National Association of
Pastoral Musicians found
among members that it
was among the"songs
that make a difference".
Daniel L. Schutte was
bom in Neenah, Wisconsin
in the year 1947. He is a
composer of American
origin and of liturgical
music. Daniel was brought
up in a small village named
Elm Grove in Wisconsin.
He received his bachelor’s
degree in 1973 from St.
Louis University. He
also obtained a master
of divinity degree at the
Jesuit School of Theology
and a master’s degree at
the Graduate Theological
Union. Both at Berkeley in
1979 and 1980.
Daniel gained his
music experience through
his grandparents that were
accomplished musicians
themselves. He would
love listening to them play
the piano and would sit
for a longer periods at the
piano himself to make up
melodies.
When Daniel was a
young theological student
in Berkeley, one of his
friends walk up to him and
asked for a favor. He had
asked him to compose a
piece of music that would
go along with the text
of Isaiah chapter 6 for
his diaconate ordination
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ceremony.
Schutte was shocked
and his friend could see it.
He was shocked because
of his awareness that the
ceremony was only three
days away. He went on to
tell his friend that he was
sick with flu and would
not promise to compose
suitable music within that
short time.
However, Daniel's
friend encouraged him. He
finally gave in and stated,
" I will try my best to put
something together for the
ordination."
Daniel has always
adored that particular
Scripture passage (Isaiah
6). This is a passage where
God calls Isaiah to be his
servant and messenger to
the people. In which Isaiah
not only responded with
both doubt and hesitation
but also with a humble
willingness to surrender to
God’s wishes. Daniel knew
that if the composition is
going to work, it would
be by the power and grace
of God that will make it
happen.
But to Schutte's surprise,
people loved it from the
onset. The hymn obviously
established the dialogue
between God and mankind,
which the bottom line of
the hymn.
Daniel concluded that the
story behind the hymn
“Here I am. Lord” revealed
of the Lord who is above
all, giving strength to our
faltering words and the
easy labours of our hands,
and forging them into a
substance that can be a
grace for people.
And in conclustion he said:
“The power that God gives is
far beyond what we could
have planned or created.”
Please reflect on the lyrics
I, the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save
I who made the stars of night
I will make their darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord, if You lead me
I will hold your people in my heart
I, the Lord of snow and rain
I have bom my peoples pain
I have wept for love of them, they turn away
I will break their hearts of stone
Give them hearts for love alone
I will speak my word to them
Whom shall I send? (Choms)
I, the Lord of wind and rain
I will tend the poor and lame
I will set a feast for them
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide
Till their hearts be satisfied
I will give my life to them
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord, if you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart
I will hold your people in my heart
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