See you later, Mama - Deaconess Annette Marie Brickle McGauley (July 16, 1942 - July 15, 2019)

A life well lived came to a close Monday, July 15, 2019 at Memorial Satilla Health, Waycross, Georgia. Annette Marie Brickle McGauley was born to the union of the late Deacon Aaron Brickle and Frances Chance Brickle in Tampa, Florida on July 16, 1942. She was the youngest of two children. After the passing of her mother when she was six months old, her father married Mae Frances Ruth of Millwood, Georgia, who raised Annette as her own. In 1957, she met the love of her life, James Donell McGauley, at the Paradise Café on Oak Street in Waycross, Georgia. The song playing on the jukebox the moment they met is the song that became their anthem. The name of that song was ‘Darling, You Send Me’ by Sam Cooke. On March 13, 1964, she married James and to this union, four children were born: James, Jr., Renae, Steven, and Delano. She received her education from the Waycross School System and graduated from Center High School in 1962. She played basketball on the Center High School Girls Basketball team and was a majorette in the Center High Tiger marching band. She became a Christian at an early age and joined Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia. She served in the Junior and Senior Choir and was a faithful member of Carter’s Interdenominational Mass Choir which was founded by Rev. Roosevelt Carter. She later joined Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia, where she served as Deaconess. She also served on the senior usher board, the senior mission, and as president of the kitchen committee. She served as president of the McGauley Family Choir which was established in 1996. She was a member of the Ida Mae Chapter 229, Order of the Easter Star, Prince Hall Jurisdiction of Georgia, where she served as treasurer. She was an employee of King Edward Cigar Factory for twenty plus years where she remained until retirement. She loved to travel and support her children and grandchildren in various school activities. She was a faithful supporter of the Pierce County High School Sound of Silver Marching Band and Pierce County Basketball teams. She loved to play softball and was a member of the Blackshear Recreation Softball League where she played for Blackshear Apparel. She loved watching westerns and her favorite television show was Walker Texas Ranger. And most importantly, she loved and cherished her husband, children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She would give her last to make sure her family had the best. Everything she did was done in the spirit of excellence. She was fun loving and will be greatly missed. She never like goodbyes. She would always say, “It’s not goodbye. I’ll see you later.” She was preceded in death by her parents. On the morning of July 15, 2019, God, who is infinite in wisdom and mercy, received Annette home. She leaves to cherish fond memories, her husband of fifty-five years, Deacon James Donell McGauley, Sr. Children: James Donell (Pamela) McGauley, Jr., Waycross, GA and Elder Steven Terrell (Evangelist Sophia) McGauley, Pastor Renae (Pastor Samuel) Sellers and Delano Tayana (Willie) Mobley, Blackshear, GA Siblings: James Chance of New York, New York and special brother, Billy Ruth of Augusta, Georgia Brother and Sister In-laws: Marion (Terrie) McGauley, Sr., Jimmy (Lisa) McGauley, Sr., Belinda (Cecil) Jones and Edmund T. McGauley, all of Blackshear, Ms. Bobbie Jean Pope of Goulds, Florida and Mrs. Debra (Leonard) Gallashaw, of Waycross, GA. Fifteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and several very dear friends.