Eula Ernestine Revels

Obituary

Eula E. Revels was born on April 1, 1919, at 49 Carolina Street in Waycross, Georgia, and was the sixth of eight children born to Willie and Phaddie Revels.

Eula accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of the Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Thomasville, Georgia. She faithfully served for years in various capacities, including church secretary and Sunday school superintendent, until her health would not permit her to do so. She introduced her faith in the Lord to many of her nieces and nephews, while escorting them to Sunday school and church each Sunday morning. She described a time when as a teenager she petitioned the neighborhood for money to help renovate the Beulah Hill Baptist Missionary Church from a wood frame structure to brick.

Eula was known for her “green thumb.” Her yard was always kept with beautiful roses, shrubs, and other plants. She worked in the yard daily, well into her early 90s. She shared her skills with neighbors by planting grass and flowers in some of their yards. She performed domestic work in many private homes including that of former Thomas County Schools Superintendent Mr. McDaniel. She concluded her work experience as an office cleaner at the office of the Altman Law Firm. Eula did not have any birth children but was mother to many of her nieces and nephews. An indication that her loving kindness was remembered by others was when family, friends, and children of friends came from near and far to celebrate her 98th birthday and then returned for her 100th. She lived to be over 103 years of age, just three months shy of her 104th birthday. She was preceded in death by her parents and seven siblings, Annie Lou Jones, Willie Mae Carter, Susie Ree Davis, Henry Revels, Rosa Lee Green, Gertrude Monroe, and Beulah Mae (a.k.a. “Peewee”) Revels. She leaves to mourn her passing and cherished memories of love: eleven nieces, five nephews, many grandnieces and grandnephews, and a host of other family and friends.

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