Pallbearers Flower Bearers Acknowledgement Repast
The Lord has taken me to a place where I can rest. Don’t waste your hours grieving, there is no need to feel distress. Tears are for the sad. I left to be with Jesus and this should make you glad. Life here for me has ended. My time has come to say “Goodbye”. Don’t lose the love I gave you. Spread it everywhere by and by. Don’t fret because my leaving came in such a way. Have faith, we’ll have another meeting in God’s Eternal Day.
Pallbearers
Nephews and Family
Celebration of Life for
Flower Bearers Family and Friends
Acknowledgement
The family wishes to thank each of you for your caring and sharing. Your prayers, visits, calls and all other acts of kindness are deeply appreciated. Special thanks to the staff at Magnolia Haven Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Unknown Author
Please, please don’t fight! Keep in touch with each other. Live and love one another as I have always taught you. (Lovingly, even in death, she is giving instructions to the family)
Repast
Damascus MBC Fellowship Hall Hardaway, Alabama
Juanita K. Upshaw Sunrise: April 1, 1929 - Sunset: January 10, 2018
Saturday, January 20, 2018 11:00 a.m. Damascus Missionary Baptist Church
Professional Care and Arrangements Entrusted To:
Burton’s Funeral Home
607 East MLK Hwy • Tuskegee, Alabama 36083 Email: [email protected] Website: www.burtonsfuneralhome.com Phone: (334) 727-2120 · Fax: (334) 727-1330
4407 County Road 19 Hardaway, Alabama 36039
Rev. Leon Baker, Pastor Officiating
Obituary Juanita Key Upshaw was born on April 1, 1929, the oldest of fifteen children to the late Carolyn (Doll) and Algie Key, Sr. in Hardaway, Alabama. In 1940, Juanita confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and joined Damascus Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized by Rev. Robert O. Johnson. She was always faithful in Sunday school and enjoyed church attendance. She was a lead singer in the junior choir, served on the usher board, and was willing to help out in whatever capacity she could. Juanita loved singing. Her favorite hobby was listening to compact discs. She enjoyed the Dixie Hummingbirds, Five Trumpets, Five Blind Boys and many others. Juanita was educated in the Macon County School System, attending Chambliss Children House and Tuskegee Institute High School. Juanita led a long, full life of compassion, love and laughter to which she added beauty with a vibrant, colorful, sheer, sharp wit. She will be sincerely missed by all. After 88 years, Juanita Key Upshaw transitioned on January 10, 2018. Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Mitchell Upshaw, daughter Cynthia Phillips, and two siblings, Algie Key, Jr. and William Key. She leaves to cherish her memories: two loving sons, Rudolph J. (Janett) Phillips, Tuskegee, AL and Alvin B. (Muriel) Phillips, Waco, TX; eight grandchildren, Derek (Vania) Phillips, Tuskegee, AL, Tina Dacus, Montgomery, AL, Godfrey Phillips, Bloomfield, NJ, Marlon Phillips, Dallas, TX, Jonathan Phillips, Tuskegee, AL, Kimberly Phillips, UAE, Marla (Damion) Moore, Hewitt, TX, and Ashley Phillips, Leander, TX; eight greatgrandchildren; 12 siblings, Ethel Davis, West Orange, NJ, Helen Bradford, Neptune, NJ, John (Annette) Key, Dover, DE, Jean Key, Neptune, NJ, Janice Lawrence, Stone Mountain, GA, Ireice Walker, Spartanburg, SC, Muhasibi (Ludell) Khayyam, Decatur, GA, Thelma Olivia Townsend, Union City, CA, Rubye (Burl) Malone, Newman, CA, Ronald (Lolar) Key, Decatur, GA, Deloris Key, Newman, CA, and Eldridge Key, Decatur, GA; a host of nieces, nephews, and many other relatives and friends. :
Precious Memories
Order of Service Processional………………“God’s Throne” Song……...…………….......Dea. Alvin Key “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross” Scripture…………………………..….Pulpit Old Testament New Testament Selection……..……..Damascus MBC Choir Prayer of Comfort..….………………..Pulpit Selection…………...…........................Choir Reflections…………….....Family & Friends (Limit two minutes please) Solo………………………Sis. Ruth Perkins Eulogy………………...…..Rev. Leon Baker Recessional………………“I Shall Be Free”
Interment
Damascus Churchyard Cemetery
Pallbearers
Nephews and Family
Celebration of Life for
Flower Bearers Family and Friends
Acknowledgement
The family wishes to thank each of you for your caring and sharing. Your prayers, visits, calls and all other acts of kindness are deeply appreciated. Special thanks to the staff at Magnolia Haven Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Unknown Author
Please, please don’t fight! Keep in touch with each other. Live and love one another as I have always taught you. (Lovingly, even in death, she is giving instructions to the family)
Repast
Damascus MBC Fellowship Hall Hardaway, Alabama
Juanita K. Upshaw Sunrise: April 1, 1929 - Sunset: January 10, 2018
Saturday, January 20, 2018 11:00 a.m. Damascus Missionary Baptist Church
Professional Care and Arrangements Entrusted To:
Burton’s Funeral Home
607 East MLK Hwy • Tuskegee, Alabama 36083 Email: [email protected] Website: www.burtonsfuneralhome.com Phone: (334) 727-2120 · Fax: (334) 727-1330
4407 County Road 19 Hardaway, Alabama 36039
Rev. Leon Baker, Pastor Officiating
Obituary Juanita Key Upshaw was born on April 1, 1929, the oldest of fifteen children to the late Carolyn (Doll) and Algie Key, Sr. in Hardaway, Alabama. In 1940, Juanita confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and joined Damascus Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized by Rev. Robert O. Johnson. She was always faithful in Sunday school and enjoyed church attendance. She was a lead singer in the junior choir, served on the usher board, and was willing to help out in whatever capacity she could. Juanita loved singing. Her favorite hobby was listening to compact discs. She enjoyed the Dixie Hummingbirds, Five Trumpets, Five Blind Boys and many others. Juanita was educated in the Macon County School System, attending Chambliss Children House and Tuskegee Institute High School. Juanita led a long, full life of compassion, love and laughter to which she added beauty with a vibrant, colorful, sheer, sharp wit. She will be sincerely missed by all. After 88 years, Juanita Key Upshaw transitioned on January 10, 2018. Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Mitchell Upshaw, daughter Cynthia Phillips, and two siblings, Algie Key, Jr. and William Key. She leaves to cherish her memories: two loving sons, Rudolph J. (Janett) Phillips, Tuskegee, AL and Alvin B. (Muriel) Phillips, Waco, TX; eight grandchildren, Derek (Vania) Phillips, Tuskegee, AL, Tina Dacus, Montgomery, AL, Godfrey Phillips, Bloomfield, NJ, Marlon Phillips, Dallas, TX, Jonathan Phillips, Tuskegee, AL, Kimberly Phillips, UAE, Marla (Damion) Moore, Hewitt, TX, and Ashley Phillips, Leander, TX; eight greatgrandchildren; 12 siblings, Ethel Davis, West Orange, NJ, Helen Bradford, Neptune, NJ, John (Annette) Key, Dover, DE, Jean Key, Neptune, NJ, Janice Lawrence, Stone Mountain, GA, Ireice Walker, Spartanburg, SC, Muhasibi (Ludell) Khayyam, Decatur, GA, Thelma Olivia Townsend, Union City, CA, Rubye (Burl) Malone, Newman, CA, Ronald (Lolar) Key, Decatur, GA, Deloris Key, Newman, CA, and Eldridge Key, Decatur, GA; a host of nieces, nephews, and many other relatives and friends. :
Precious Memories
Order of Service Processional………………“God’s Throne” Song……...…………….......Dea. Alvin Key “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross” Scripture…………………………..….Pulpit Old Testament New Testament Selection……..……..Damascus MBC Choir Prayer of Comfort..….………………..Pulpit Selection…………...…........................Choir Reflections…………….....Family & Friends (Limit two minutes please) Solo………………………Sis. Ruth Perkins Eulogy………………...…..Rev. Leon Baker Recessional………………“I Shall Be Free”
Interment
Damascus Churchyard Cemetery
