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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 14,2019, Page 5B
Joyce Elaine Boshoff
Our Savior Jesus
Christ has destroyed
death and brought life
and immortality to light
through the Gospel.
Let us remember with
thanksgiving what God
has done through His
servant, Joyce.
Joyce Elaine Boshoff
was born on Janu
ary 16, 1935 in North
Adams, MA to Grace
Lee and Monroe Lee.
She was reborn a child
of God in the waters
of Holy Baptism. She
was confirmed in the
Christian faith and fed
the life-giving body
and blood of Jesus.
She was united in holy
matrimony to Albert
Boshoff on September
25, 1953 and they were
blessed with 46 years
of life together. God
also blessed them with a
child, Charles Boshoff.
God blessed Joyce’s
life with many special
people as she served
in her many vocations.
She was a member of
Trinity Lutheran Church
in Albany, GA and loved
NASCAR, especially
her favorite driver, Kyle
Bush, along with ice
hockey and baseball.
On August 12, 2019,
God called Joyce home
to heaven. She is
survived by her Son,
Charles Boshoff of
Leesburg, GA, as well
as several nieces, neph
ews and great-nieces
and great-nephews.
A memorial service
will be held at Trinity
Lutheran Church, 1508
Whispering Pines Rd.,
Albany, GA, on Mon
day, August 19, 2019 at
11:00 a.m. A luncheon
will be held immediately
following the service in
the church parish hall.
The Lord gives and
the Lord takes away;
blessed be the name
of the Lord. We give
thanks to God our
Father through Jesus
Christ, our Lord, for our
sister Joyce.
Marshall Raymond
“Ray” Wall, Jr.
Marshall Raymond
“Ray” Wall, Jr., 76, of
Lee County, GA died
August 5, 2019 at his
residence. No services
will be held. His cre-
mains will be interred
on the family plot in
Evergreen Cemetery in
Fitzgerald, GA.
Mr. Wall was born
on August 11, 1942 in
Fitzgerald, GA to the
late Raymond and Elsie
Wall, Sr. He graduated
from Fitzgerald High
School and South Geor
gia Technical College
and moved to Albany,
GA in 1963. Mr. Wall
was employed with The
Carlton Company for
thirty six years. He
moved to Lee County,
GA in 1996 and in his
earlier years enjoyed
camping, hunting and
still enjoyed telling ev
erybody what to do. For
ten years, Mr. Wall was
the caregiver of his late
wife, Jenell Tucker Wall
who died in 2017.
Survivors include his
children, Sheila (Roy)
Bruner of Baker County,
GA and Raymond Wall,
III of Lee County, GA,
a sister, Ann (Carroll)
McMillan of Ocilla, GA
and three grandchildren,
Lauralee Bruner of
Newton, Joshua Wall of
Golden, CO and Jacob
Wall of Lee County,
GA.
The family will be at
Mr. Wall’s residence on
Old Leslie Road in Lee
County, GA.
Those desiring may
make contributions in
memory of Mr. Wall
to The Sheriff’s Boys
Ranch, 5671 GA High
way 122, Hahira, GA
31632 or to The Shri-
ner’s Hospitals for Chil
dren c/o Hasan Shriners
Transportation Fund,
1822 Palmyra Road,
Albany, GA, 31701.
To sign our online
registry, or to send con
dolences to the family,
you may visit Mathews’
website at www.
mathewsfuneralhome.
com.
Angie N. (Trotter)
Bailey
Angie N. (Trotter)
Bailey, 86, went to be
with Jesus on Thurs
day, August 8, 2019.
Funeral services will
be held on Wednesday,
August 14th at 10am at
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral
Home, 1503 Dawson
Road in Albany, GA;
immediately followed
by internment at Crown
Hill Cemetery.
She is survived by two
sons: Pastor Bill Bailey
(and Sally), and Mike
Trotter (and Mona); five
grandchildren: Caleb
Bailey (Lauren), Chelsea
King (Jamar), Caitlyn
Bailey, Michael Trotter
(Alison), and Matthew
Trotter (Aubrie); six
great grandchildren:
Rowan King, Jeremiah
King, Cade Bailey,
Lauren Trotter, Collins
Trotter, Blake Trotter;
and one step-daughter:
Diane Banks and her
daughter, Tonyia Veloso.
Angie was born on
July 1, 1933 in Thomp
son, GA as the baby of
the family. She was the
last surviving sibling of
5 children. She mar
ried Lee Roy Trotter and
had one child, Mike.
Following her first
husband’s death, she
married William (Bill)
Bailey in 1968. They
were married for 27
years, and had one child,
Bill Bailey (Jr.).
Angie worked at
the Gordon Hotel in
downtown Albany,
GA; Camelot Restau
rant (Ramada Inn) in
Asheville, NC; and had
an in-home daycare in
Bradenton, FL. It was
common for her to take
in family members who
were in a difficult stage
of life, and she served as
an emergency shelter for
Manatee Children’s Ser
vices when their main
home was full. She
loved Gospel Music and
enjoyed attending her
son’s concert promotions
throughout the country.
After retiring in
Albany, GA, she moved
back to Bradenton, FL in
her late 70’s. Her church
home was Happy Gospel
Church, where she loved
hearing her son sing
and preach. She spent
the last five years of her
life on dialysis, three
times per week. Special
thanks to Caitlyn Bailey,
Sally Bailey, and Valary
Woods as her primary
caregivers.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial gifts may be sent
to http://www.happy-
gospelchurch.com/give.
You may sign the on
line guestbook at www.
kimbrellstern.com.
Pedro Luis (Roscoe)
Rodriguez
Pedro Luis (Ros
coe) Rodriguez, 69, of
Leesburg, GA, died
Sunday, August 11, 2019
at his residence. Funeral
services will be conduct
ed Wednesday, August
14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at
Mathews Funeral Home
with military honors.
Dr. William E. “Butch”
Knight will officiate.
Born in Puerto Rico,
Mr. Rodriguez had
resided in Leesburg,
GA since 2013 moving
there from Albany, GA.
He was a veteran of the
Vietnam War serving in
the Marine Corps and
was retired from Burl
ington Motor Carriers.
He was a member of the
First Baptist Church of
Albany and was pre
ceded in death by his
father, Frank Santiago, a
brother, Stanley Castel
lano and a granddaugh
ter, Madysen Fischer.
Pedro, also well known
as Rod, loved to spend
time with family and
friends. He always had
an open door policy with
anyone he encountered.
Receiving many nick
names in his life, Rod
was also well known as
“Pops” to all of his chil
dren, their friends and
has continued on to his
grandchildren. He had
a deep love for life and
having fun. Rod was an
avid golfer and enjoyed
spending time with his
buddies.
Karaoke was some
thing he grew to love
and thoroughly enjoyed
doing. Family and
friends loved listening
to his unique voice and
affectionately, he ended
up with the name knew
him by, “Roscoe”. Not
only could he sing, but
he and his wife, Teddi
loved to dance as well.
Rod was also a member
of the VFW Post #2785
in Albany, GA.
Survivors include his
wife, Theodora Lewis
Rodriguez, Leesburg,
GA, two sons, Robert
Rodriguez (Melanie),
Richmond Hills, GA,
Brian Rodriguez,
Leesburg, GA, a daugh
ter, Christina Fischer
(Martin), Leesburg, GA,
his mother, Maria Rivera
Santiagio, Miramar, FL,
two brothers, Gil Rodri
guez (Ruthie), Hercules,
CA and Felix Castellano,
Miramar, FL., grand
children, Brooke Arm
strong, Erich Fischer,
John W. Dreschel, Olivia
G. Higgins, Megan A.
Rodriguez and Andrew
T. Rodriguez.
The family will receive
friends at Mathews
Funeral Home following
the services.
To sign our online
registry, or to send con
dolences to the family,
you may visit Mathews’
website at www.
mathewsfuneralhome.
com.
Look At Me!
By Charles Harris
Pastor, Beattie Road
Church of Christ
Have you ever met
someone
who loved
to receive
attention?
Loved to
be in the
spotlight?
Loved to
receive
accolades
for work
that had
been done?
Loved for everyone to
notice him, especially if
he was doing something
noteworthy or com
mendable? Do you know
anyone like that?
Jesus knew a whole
host of individuals, who
met that description, and
had many “run-ins” with
them. The Pharisees
were a Jewish sect that
was truly “full of them
selves.” They were “so
full,” that they lacked
room for the actual
law of God or for God
Himself. They were only
interested in following
their own traditions and
making sure that others
saw how “holy” they
were in following their
own traditions.
Notice how Jesus not
only saw the external
deeds that
they were
doing but
how He
also saw the
heart that
was behind
the deeds.
“Therefore,
when you do
a charitable
deed, do
not sound a
trumpet before you as
the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the
streets, that they may
have glory from men”
(Matthew 6:2). Why did
they give to the needy?
“And when you pray,
you shall not be like the
hypocrites. For they love
to pray standing in the
synagogues and on the
corners of the streets,
that they may be seen
by men” (Matthew 6:5).
Why did they pray?
“Moreover, when you
fast, do not be like the
hypocrites, with a sad
countenance. For they
disfigure their faces that
they may appear to men
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he fell down dead. ...
So let all thine enemies
perish, O LORD: but let
them that love him be as
the sun when he goeth
forth in his might. And
the land had rest forty
years.
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to be fasting” (Matthew
6:16). Why did they
fast? To summarize their
deeds, Jesus later said,
“But all their works they
do to be seen by men”
(Matthew 23:5).
All of these activities
(in and of themselves)
were good, proper,
righteous deeds: giving
to the needy, praying,
fasting. But, when those
deeds were accompa
nied by a trumpet, or by
standing in a crowded
place, or by noticeably
altering one’s appear
ance, the good deeds
left the station of “good,
proper and righteous,”
and set out to gain the
spotlight of, “Me, me,
look at me!”
There is much for us
to learn from Jesus’
denunciations of these
“religious folks” and
much we need to apply.
First question: Are you
engaging in righteous
deeds? Second question:
If so, what’s your moti
vation? Third question:
If no one ever witnessed
or ever became aware of
a certain righteous deed,
would that fact cause
you to hesitate at all in
carrying it out anyway?
Consider these two
final thoughts. First,
Scripture expressly
says, “Do nothing from
selfish ambition or con
ceit” (Philippians 2:3).
Nothing! Second, Jesus
affirmed with each act
of vainglory, “They have
their reward” (Matthew
6:2, 5, 16). The reward
of man’s spotlight and
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How Does Jesus Give
Light To Everyone?
“Jesus gives light to
everyone by letting you
buy it from the grocery
store,” says Omar, 5.
The Apostle John had
a different kind of light
in mind when he referred
to Jesus as “the true light
which gives light to ev
ery man coming into the
world” (John 1:9).
“Jesus came into the
world to tell people the
truth,” says Shelby, 10.
“He was the light that
took away those dark
beliefs.”
Dark beliefs? Yes, lies
about God will keep
you from knowing the
truth that will set you
free. The Bible presents
a picture where most
people live in bondage
to lies and deception.
They saunter through
life totally unaware of
the angelic battles being
fought in spiritual realms
over their very souls.
“Jesus gives light to the
world because he is the
light,” says Shoshanna,
6. “He is the way, the
truth and the light.”
Jesus is light personi
fied. Just as the sun gives
light freely to everyone
in the world, Jesus gives
spiritual light to anyone
who looks to him. The
Apostle Matthew calls
Jesus a great light that
shines upon a people
sitting in darkness (Mat
thew 4:16).
“Jesus gives light to
everyone by giving them
the choice to accept him
and not forcing them
to receive him,” says
Jonathan, 8. “If they do
receive him, they will be
rewarded with light in
their souls, and they will
have hope.”
Imagine the absurdity
of people blaming God
for not providing sun
light while choosing
to live in caves below
ground. That’s what hap
pens when people say,
“What about the people
who have never heard of
Jesus Christ?” They may
have never heard the
name of Jesus, but they
have seen his work in
creation. Also, they have
a conscience or a sense
of right and wrong.
Have you ever been to
American national parks
such Yellowstone, Grand
Teton, Grand Canyon,
Zion and Bryce Canyon?
Beauty on such an im
mense scale should leave
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