Helen B. Maddox
SPARTANBURG, SC-- Helen Brant Maddox, 72, of 2479 Country Club Road, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at her home. Born May 5, 1934 in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of the late Perry Martin and Sophia Perrit Brant. She was a graduate of Gallaudet University and received her Masters from the Catholic University of America. She retired as a teacher and librarian from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg where she was a leader in the Church Deaf Ministry, Director of the Deaf Sunday School Class, past president and a board member of the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention of the Deaf.
Survivors include her husband of fifty one years, Craig Miller Maddox; two sons, Sonny Timothy Maddox of Spartanburg and Craig Lethony Maddox and his wife Bakisha of Orlando, FL; and three grandchildren, Melinda, Martin and Alisha Maddox.
The viewing of Helen Maddox start at 7:30 pm Monday, March 12, 2007 and was continue Tuesday, March 12, 2007, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at Floyd’s Funeral Home. The Funeral service was held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Spartanburg First Baptist Church's Davis Chapel conducted by the Rev. Sal Barone, the Rev. Bill Adams, and the Rev. Larry Barnes.
Memorials may be made to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, Walker Foundation, 355 Cedar Springs Road, Spartanburg, SC 29302.
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o'er-shaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! 'Tis the voice of angels, Borne in a song to me,
Over the fields of Glory, Over the jasper sea.
Chorus—
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o'er-shaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world's temptations, Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow, Free from its doubts and fears,
Only a few more trials, Only a few more tears.
Chorus—
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o'er-shaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Jesus, my heart's dear refuge, Jesus has died for me,
Firm on the rock of ages Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience, Wait till the night is o'er,
Wait till I see the morning Break on the golden shore.
Chorus—
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o'er-shaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest.
by Fanny J. Crosby