Brother Frank A. Roundtree SUNRISE: October 18, 1941 • SUNSET: July 13, 2020
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Memorial Service
10:00 AM
Gaines Chapel A.M.E. Church
1008 S. Coffee Ave.
Douglas, GA 31533
Rev. Lewis E. Logan, II, Eulogist
Graveside Service
2:00 PM
Hadley CME Church
244 Steward Road
Hadley, GA 31792
Rev. Joseph David Davis, Eulogist
Acknowledgments from the family Special thanks to his niece Vanesia Calhoun for her daily checks
on her uncle. To Rev. Edward Glover for all the transports to
appointments, fishing, and other ways of concern. To Cynthia
Brockington for her care and Bro. Gary Moore for his caregiving.
To Terry Parker for his lengthy travel and caregiving of Mr. Frank
Roundtree. Also, to “L.B.” for checking on him every day.
Active Pallbearers Brother Tommy Hudson Brother Michael Johnson
Brother Lonnie Campbell Brother Franklin “Pete” McNeair
Brother Jarvis White Brother Quantavious Williamson
Honorary Pallbearers Dr. Jimmy L. Veal Dr. James Dean
Minister Miles Newton Brother Robert Smith
Brother Gervin Robertson Mr. Kim Sasser
Flower Attendants Mary Garmon Missionary Society
Gaines Chapel Ushers/Hospitality Committee, family & friends
Interment Hadley CME Church Cemetery
244 Steward Road
Hadley, GA 31792
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ORDER OF SERVICE
Gaines Chapel A.M.E. Church
1008 S. Coffee Ave.
Douglas, GA 31533
(Ringing of the Bell 7 Times)
The Hymn………………………………………………………………Sister Nikki Knox
Mt. Pleasant AME Church
Palmetto, GA
The Prayer…………………………………………………………. Rev. T. H. Braswell
Everett Chapel CME
Douglas, GA
The Scripture ……………………………………………………….Rev. Willie L. Carter
Move of God Deliverance Center
Douglas, GA
The Obituary (Read Silently)
The Solo . . . …………………………………………………… Minister Tekema S. Hobb
FaithOneSeventeen
Douglas, GA
The Eulogy ……………………………………………………... Rev. Dr. Lewis E. Logan
The Closing Prayer
Graveside Service
Hadley CME Church
244 Steward Road
Hadley, GA 31792
The Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …….. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Nikki Knox
Mt. Pleasant AME Church
Palmetto, GA
The Prayer ………………………………………………...……….. Rev. Jennifer Garlin
Christ Church & Bethlehem Midway CME
The Scripture …………………………………………………………. Pastor Virgil Scott
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Pearson, GA
The Obituary (Read Silently)
The Solo………………….……………………………………………..Sister Nikki Knox
The Eulogy ……………………………………………………. Rev. Joseph David Davis
Hadley CME Church
Hadley, GA
Committal Service
The Closing Prayer
OBITUARY
Frank Andrew Roundtree was born on October 18, 1941, to Rev.
and Mrs. Frank (Willie Mae) Roundtree, Sr. He was the first born
of his parents four (4) children. At the age of seven, Frank and his
family transition from Jacksonville, Florida to Douglas, Georgia
after his father’s death. The family came to Douglas to live with
his maternal grandmother. His parents, grandmother, and two of
his siblings preceded him in death.
As a youth, Frank became an active member of Gaines Chapel
AME Church and remained a committed and dedicated member
until his health failed recently. Frank developed some very strong
work ethics at an early age. He cut grass, cleaned offices, cropped
tobacco, and picked lots of cotton as a teenager contributing his
wages for the welfare of the family. He became a certified
lifeguard and worked during the summer months for the Douglas
City Recreation under his mother's supervision.
He attended Carver High & Elementary School and graduated at
the age of sixteen (16). He received his undergraduate degree from
Morris Brown College at age 20 and began his teaching career
immediately. He taught at Carver High School and was later
transferred to Coffee High School, where he taught for 31 years
totally before his retirement. He loved teaching and loved to teach
2nd and 3rd generation students. Early in his career as an
educator, he met the love of his life, Juanita Garland. After dating
for six years, they married and remained married for 49 years until
her death.
Precious Memories OBITUARY
They were such good parents to their students but were even better
parents to their nieces and nephews. Both made their family members
a high priority. The two spent most of their time being good stewards
of what God blessed them with. They gardened, harvested pecans,
groomed, and landscaped their property.
They were caregivers to their parents and each other, and they loved
shopping and short term traveling. They went fishing together.
Whatever the two did, they enjoyed doing it together. Frank would
only golf without her.
Frank enjoyed being an educator so much he continued after
retirement, working as an educator at the RYDC in Ocilla, Georgia,
and later at the adult prison in Nicholls, Georgia, graduating a
historical number of students from the prison population. He spent
time as a jailor for a brief period also as a limousine driver, loving
interaction with his clientele during trips to various venues.
Frank, while he never played sports in high school nor his collegiate
years, he was an avid sports fan. He coached for many years for the
Douglas Recreation League having winning seasons; won two state
championships in baseball and basketball in his role as head coach.
His players honor his role as a character builder, utilizing sports as
the conduit, even at present. Whatever his employment entailed,
Frank was an excellent provider for any and all of his family. He
gave freely to his family, friends, church, and community, where he is
faithfully known as “Tree.”
Frank is survived by one (1) sister, Rev. Viola Roundtree (Terry)
Parker, her daughter, Joann M Ross, Joann’s five children, nieces,
nephews, grandnieces and nephews, cousins, and a host of other
family and friends.
Precious Memories
Precious Memories