Annie Pearl Grant

Passed 12/28/2023

On Tuesday, January 1, 1935, the very first day of the year, a blessing came to the household of Willie James Cunningham and Sallie Mae Bracelet Ramsey. They named her Annie Pearl.

On Thursday, December 28, 2023, after toiling for 88 years in the sunshine and the rain, she took her eternal flight to be with the Lord. She joins her parents, her daughter, Mattie Pearl Tarver, one son, Robert Lee Houston, two grandchildren; Yolonda and James Houston, III, who preceded her in death.

Homegoing Celebration will be held Saturday, January 6, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at the Eden Baptist Church Cemetery, 3525 Highway 17 South, Louisville, GA. Interment will be held in the church cemetery.

Public viewing will be held Friday, January 5, 2023 from 3:00 to 6:00 P.M.

Annie Pearl joined the Eden Baptist Church at a very early age. As long as she was able, she served as a Doorkeeper in her Father's House. She loved serving the Lord and just loved listening to gospel music.

For over 15 years she worked and enjoyed the pitter-pat of the little feet at Louisville Academy lunchroom.

Her absence will be profoundly missed by her loving husband: Robert L. Grant, Louisville, GA; two sons: Willie Albert Brown, Jr. Louisville, GA and James Houston, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; siblings: Louise Holloway, Julia Scott, Willie Ramsey, Edith Ramsey, Louisville, GA, Shorlet (Eugene) Hadden, Wadley, GA, Allen (Jennie) Ramsey, Dorothy Wilson, Augusta, GA, Theresa (Ronald, Sr.) Phillip, Waynesboro, GA; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law: Mary Culp, Victor Culp, North Carolina, Katy Portal, Irene Grant, Louisville, GA, Mary Francis Cram, Shafford Battle, Miami, FL: grandchildren: Leandra Jackson, Yolonda Hudson Williams, Felicia Tarver, Tommie Tarver, Cassandra (Rev. Vinson) Miller, James Houston, III; great-grandchildren: Jeffrey Williams, Jr., Quentrell Williams, Melvin Grant, Matthew Grant, Tavares Tarver, Marlon Tarver, Charity Anderson and Elijah Tarver; great-great-grandchildren: Jaymeir Williams, Ayden Davis, Da'Veah Williams, La'Quen Williams and Aliya Williams; Goddaughter: Vickie Gail Culp; nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.