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Mr, Brian Keith Oatman, Sr.July 3, 1934 August 21, 1993

Wednesday, August 25, 1993 - 3:00 P.M.GREATER MT. CANAAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

2573 Wheeler Road Augusta, Georgia

Rev. Jerome Anderson, Officiating

Obituary"After the clouds, the sunshine, after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease; after life’s cares and sorrows; the comfort and sweetness of peace.”

On Saturday, August 21, 1993, at 8:45 p.m., Mr. Brian Keith Oatman, Sr., entered into peaceful rest at the Augusta Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Oatman was the son of Mrs. Susie Mae Oatman and the late Mr. Jetson Oatman. He was a native of Augusta, Georgia and a salesman at Rex Appliances.

He was a honor graduate of Lucy C. Laney High School. During the 1971-72 season, he was quarterback for the championship football team. He attended St. Paul College in Virginia, and was a graduate of Kerr Business College.

He was married to the former Patricia McGahee. To this union two children were born.

He was a member of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Augusta, Georgia.

"When my day is done, I would like the memory of me to be a happy one. I would like to leave an afterglow of smiles when my day is done. I would like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I would like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun, of happy memories I leave behind... when my day is done. ”

He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Patricia McGahee Oatman, Martinez, Ga.; a son, Brian Keith Oatman, Jr., Martinez, Ga.; two daughters, Ryan Nikia Oatman, Martinez, Ga. and Adrian Hankerson, New York; one granddaughter, Niesha Hankerson, New York; mother, Susie Mae Oatman, Augusta, Ga.; sister, Sharon L. Oatman, Augusta, Ga.; uncle, Rev. William Oatman, Sr., New Jersey; devoted niece, Lisa Frizzell, Boston, Mass.; devoted nephews, Stanley Wilcher, Boston, Mass., Gregory Wilbur, Atlanta, Ga. and Brandon J. Paschal, Martinez, Ga.; mother and father-in-law, Dea. and Mrs. Robert McGahee, Harlem, Ga.; sisters-in-law, Gloria A. McGahee, Augusta, Ga., Robbiestene McGahee, Harlem, Ga. and Gertrude M. Paschal, Martinez, Ga.; brother-in-law, James A. Paschal, Martinez, Ga.; devoted friend, Eddie Mackie, Augusta, Ga.; a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, great-nieces and nephews and friends.

Order O f ServicePRELUDE . . . .

PROCESSIONAL

SELECTION . . .

SCRIPTUREOld Testament ................................................. Rev. Walter Booker

New Hope Baptist Church Harlem, Georgia

New Testament ................................................. Rev. Roscoe PerryFirst Carmel Baptist Church

Winfield, Georgia

PRAYER ........................................................ Rev. Larry Hudson, Sr.Bethel A.M.E. Church

Mr. Milledge Kyler

Choir

SELECTION .................................................................................... Choir"Victory Is M ine”

TRIBUTEAs A Classmate - Mr. Milledge Kyler

As A Friend - Mr. Rufus Collins As A Teammate - Mr. Dock Bonner

SELECTION ..................................................................... Mrs. Fay Hall

POEM ........................................................................... Mrs. Belle ClarkBethel A.M.E. Church

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EULOGY ...........................

RECESSIONAL ................

INTERMENT ..................

........... Ms. Lurelia Moss

.. Rev. Jerome Anderson

............... "I’ll Fly Away”

Westover Memorial Park

— REPAST —

Greater Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS **Mr. Leon Maben Mr. John O’BryantMr. Keith Dorsey Mr. Darrell MayleMr. Olin Dorsey Mr. Stanley JohnsonMr. Wyatt Brown Mr. Bernard McCauleyMr. Harry Smith Mr. Leon Clay

** HONORARY PALLBEARERS **Class of 1972 Lucy C. Laney High School

** USHERS **Greater Mt. Canaan Misionary Baptist Church

Bethel A.M.E. Church

** FLOWER BEARERS **New Generation

When I Must Leave You"TO M Y MOTHER . . . Thank you for the love,forthe best upbringing, and for being there whenever I needed you.TO M Y SISTER . . . Thank you for the love, and for the good and bad times when were growing up.TO M Y WIFE . . . Thank you for being my friend, my lover, and for being you.TO M Y CHILDREN ... Be good. Take of your mother, love each other, and remember that I’ll always be with you.TO M Y NIECES AND NEPHEWS . . . Let my life be an example that through the good and bad times, you can still make your life one that anyone would love to follow.TO M Y FRIENDS . . . Enjoy life, but remember to live a good life, remembering that God and others will always be watching. ”

WITH ALL M Y LOVE,Brian Keith Oatman, Sr.

July 3, 1934 - August 21, 1993

** T H A N K YOU **We sincerely appreciate and thank you for the many gestures of

kindness you have extended to us. We thank you for your kind acts of giving, sharing, and for your tender and unforgettable love that has helped to ease the extent of our sorrow. May God bless each of you in a special way.

—The Family

W.H. MAYS MORTUARY