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The Sylvania Times
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SARAH H. WILSON
Mrs. Sarah Hurst Wilson, 90, died Monday, October 10, 2022.
She was born in Jenkins County, retired from Jockey International and an active
member of Oak Hill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson, Sr.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 am at Oak Hill Baptist Church with the Rev.
Joshua Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her two sons, Woodrow Wilson Jr. (Rhonda Haire) and Lindy
Wilson (Jessica) both of Millen; two grandsons, Jason Wilson (Alanna) and Blake
Aaron of Millen; four granddaughters, Christina Jenkins Harrell (Doug) and
Nicole Wilson Meeks (Matthew) both of Statesboro, Brooke Aaron and Macey
Aaron of Millen; and a brother, Mike Hurst of Millen; two
sisters, Betty Ford of Sylvania and Jean Mobley of Rincon.
Active Pallbearers were Deacons of Oak Hill Baptist Church '" *" w
BETTY MCDOWELL MOCK
Betty Elizabeth McDowell Mock, 89 of Sylvania passed at her residence Wednesday evening, October 12,
2022.
She was born in Newington, GA to Harold and Janie Best McDowell. She was the eldest living member and
a charter member of the Farmdale Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting and was a homemaker
and seamstress, having retired from Warner's, formerly White Stag. She was preceded in death by her parents,
husband of 62 years, Walter Harvey Mock, sons-in-law, Wayne Williams, Jack Walker, and Thomas Bashlor,
siblings, Mary McDowell Polk, Lenward McDowell, Frances McDowell, and William McDowell.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Kim Mock of Leesburg, FL; daughters, Wanda
Walker of Martinez, Bonnie Bashlor of Sylvania, and Nancy Williams of Grovetown; sister, Dorothy McDowell
Waters of Sylvania; grandchildren, Kevin Frey, Stephen Walker, Laura M. and Andrew Crews, Christopher
Williams, Rachel W. and Jonathan Edenfield, Sally Bashlor and fiance, Justin Posey, and Thomas and Payton
Bashlor; a great-grandson, Walter Wren Bashlor,; great-granddaughter Addalyn Posey, and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 2:00pm in the Farmdale Baptist Church with
Rev. Kevin Rountree and Rev. Cade Bazemore officiating.
Interment will follow in the Farmdale Baptist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Bashlor, Harold Royal, Raymond Colson, Allen Mock, Levi Colson, and Norman
Royal.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Farmdale Baptist Church.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com
Joiner Anderson Funeral Home Screven Chapel is in charge of all arrangements.
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JUDY ANN MORRIS MOCK
Judy Ann Morris Mock, age 75, of Sylvania, passed away on Sunday afternoon,
October 16, 2022, at East Georgia Regional Hospital in Statesboro.
Judy was born in Kildaire, Georgia, on November 7,1946, to the late couple, Paul
W. Morris, and Alice Elise Coker Morris. She worked as a seamstress and was a
member of the Farmdale Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, Judy was preceded in death by her husband, C. Tracy
Mock; her daughter, Rebecca Friese; brothers, Charlie Morris, John Morris,
Wayne Morris, Walter Morris; and grandchildren, Kristen Lynn Owens, and
Matthew Wayne Friese.
Her hugs will be greatly missed by her daughters, Angela Sydow and Robin
L (Troy) Mock; son, Georgia Clifford Mock; sister, Sharon Waters; brothers, Mike
Morris, and Don Morris; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
The family would like to give a special thank you to the ICU and supporting staff at East Georgia Medical
Center in Statesboro, GA.
A graveside service will be officiated by Rev. David McLendon on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 2:30 P.M.
in the Buck Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Adam Anderson, Michael Pritchard, Justin Mock, Ben Anderson, Tanner Henry, IjMl/'
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Please share your thoughts and memories about Judy and her life at www.thompsonstricklandwaters.com.
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“Now Thank We All Our God”
Sam Eades
Martin Rinkart
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As we enter the time of Fall and
Thanksgiving I am reminded of a
story of a young boy who was a part of the Children's Choir at
one of my Churches.
It was October and I was pre-planning a Thanksgiving childrens
concert (which, by the way I have never done before) and I
decided to ask all of the children, what was their favorite thing
about Thanksgiving. Of course they stated the normal, "thankful
for my parents", thankful for my Church, etc. However this one
young boy, in a choir of 35 children, spoke out with a soft voice,
"I am thankful for my illness". Everything went quiet. Even I
took a step back and was wondering what he was speaking of.
You see, this little boy at the age of 6 was diagnosed with cancer.
At this time he was 12 years old. This young man never gave
signs of an issue, he never complained, he just simply lived life
to its fulliest. I proceeded to ask him, why he was thankful, and
he explained to all of us. "You see, I am not cancer, cancer is a
not me, it is a disease. I believe that cancer was placed inside me
to be more of a witness for Jesus". He went on to say.."no matter
how long I live, I know
that I will be thankful
for what Jesus has given
me".
Now, talk about bringing
you down a peg, I was
in shock. It was at that
moment I realized, my
life was not so bad after
all. I should just stop
and thank the Lord for
everything and stop
complaining.
Scripture says, "and a
child shall lead them",
Isaiah 11:6. If we would
simply have a child like faith and see Jesus through a child's
eyes, and live life and stop complaining, we would all be better
off.
This young boy sadly died a few years later at the age of 15.
On his grave stone was engraved, "Always thankful for the time
Jesus gave me."
The hymn this week is "Now Thank we all our God". It
was written in 1636 by Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor in
Eilenburg, Germany. The son of a poor coppersmith, Rinkart
was bom April 23, 1586, in Eilenberg, Saxony, Germany. As a
child he was a member of the choir in the famous St. Thomas
Church of Leipzig, Germany, where J.S. Bach later served as
musical director. After attending the Latin School at Eilenburg,
Rinkart became a foundation scholar and chorister of the St.
Thomas School in Leipzig in November 1601. This scholarship
also let him proceed to the University of Leipzig, where he
enrolled for the summer session of 1602 as a theology student.
He made his way at the university through the efforts of industry
and his musical gifts, and was ordained to the Lutheran Church
ministry and became a precentor, director of choral services, at
the church at Eiselben.
Rinkart became deacon of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
in Neustadt of Eisleben, and then in 1613 became Priest at
Erdebom and Ltitjendorf, near Eisleben. In 1617, at the age of
31, Rinkart became Archdeacon in his native town of Eilenburg,
just as the Thirty Years’ War broke out. The residents of this
walled town endured many horrors during this time, and Rinkart
stood by his flock while he himself endured the hardship of
quartering soldiers in his home and frequent plunderings of his
meager stock of grain and household goods. He was a faithful,
caring pastor who attended to the needs of the sick and the
hungry during extreme circumstances.
Rinkart wrote seven dramas on the Reformation for the
centenary in 1617 and of the more than 60 hymns he wrote,
“Now Thank We All Our God” is his best known. It is a testament
to his faith that, after such misery, he was able to write a hymn
of abiding trust and gratitude toward God. He died in December
1649 in the place he loved most — Eilenburg.
Sing with me....
Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things hath done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mother's arms
hath blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
0 may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever-joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.
All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son, and Holy Ghost,
supreme in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore;
for this it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.
