Mattie Lee Rosier Kinard

Mrs. Mattie Lee Rosier Kinard, 89, of Garden City, Georgia, passed away Saturday morning, July 28, 2018, at the Effingham Care Center in Springfield, Georgia.

She was born April 3, 1929, in the Jackson Community of Screven County, Georgia to the late William Henry and Mattie Williams Rosier and was a member of the Jackson Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed being with her family and was a great blue grass music fan during her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband , George Owen Kinard who died on September 11, 2004, her siblings, Thelma R. Lee, Mary R. Hatcher, Ethel R. Lee, Corrie R. Whitehead, John Henry Rosier, Joseph Virgil Rosier and Clem Teston.

Surviving her are: Her Daughters and Sons-in-Law, Anne R. and Hubert Bazemore of Douglasville, Georgia and Terrie and Jobbie Williamson of Rincon, Georgia, Sons and Daughter-in-Law, Greg and April Kinard of Rincon and Jody Kinard of Garden City, Georgia, A Sister and Brother-in-Law, Helen R. and Jack Sowell of Prattville, Alabama, 8 Grandchildren, 4 Great-Grandchildren, and a number of Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Mrs. Kinard will be held Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 2:00 P.M. in the Jackson Baptist Church, 5554 Newington Highway, Sylvania, with the Dr. Rusty Sowell and the Rev. Ralph Dixon, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be: A. J. Williams, Ricky Williams, Jerald Lee, William Barrs, Tommy Waddell and Chris Kinard.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Olin and Laurice Boyd, John H. and Betsy Brunson, Max and Lora Burns, John and Ada Teston, Jimmy and Ginger Johnson and members of the Jackson Baptist Church Adult Sunday School Class.

Visitation will be held Monday evening, July 30, 2018, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home of Sylvania is in charge of all arrangements. (912-564-2331).