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Roslyn Bostick Obituary


Family-Placed Death Notice

BOSTICK, Roslyn ROSLYN KIRBY BOSTICK A Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Roslyn Kirby Bostick, of Marietta, Georgia, will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM from the Turner Chapel A.M.E. Church, Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Marcus, Eulogist. The remains will lie instate in the main sanctuary for viewing from 9:30 AM until the hour of the service. Interment will follow in the Kennesaw Memorial Park. Viewing will be held at the funeral home on Friday, April 6, 2012, from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM and the family will receive friends from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM for a formal visitation. Those mourning her passing, yet rejoicing having shared her life, include a loving and devoted husband, Keith D. Bostick and daughters Kirbe D. and Kelli D. Bostick of Marietta, Ga., mother, Margaret Kirby, Newnan, Ga., six sisters, LaDoris (Leroy) James, Augusta, Ga., Barbara Kirby, Decatur, Ga., Alice Marie Robinson, Buffalo, NY., Jennifer Kirby, Decatur, Ga., Kathleen Kirby, Buffalo, NY., Cynthia (David) Drayton, College Park, Ga.; two brothers, Andrew Kirby, Newnan, Ga., Alton Kirby Jr., Decatur, Ga.; mother-in-law, Ruth Bostick-Owens, Savannah, Ga., father-in-law, Alfred Owens, Savannah, Ga., godchild, Naomi Smith, Silver Springs, MD. and a host of caring aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Roslyn was preceded in death by her father, Alton Kirby Sr. In Lieu of Flowers, please make donations in memory of Roslyn Kirby Bostick (Class of 87) to: Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane, SW, Institutional Advancement, Box 287, Atlanta, Ga. 30314. www.spelman.edu/giving Or American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Research www.cancer.org. Condolences may be expressed online at www.sellerssmithfh.com. Final arrangements have been entrusted to Sellers-Smith Funeral Home, Inc., 168 Greenville Street, Newnan, GA 770.253.1607.

Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Apr. 6, 2012.
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Roslyn, I am still remembering you. I miss you so much and I can't understand why you had to go. The spring is here again and I am missing you more. I miss your laughter, your smile. I miss our phone conversations, your jokes, your encouragement. You were so beautiful and young. I love you so much, Roslyn. My best friend, my confidant...my baby sister, I love you.

Cynthia Kirby-Drayton

March 14, 2013

My prayers are with you and the entire family. I remember when my mother... May the Lord comfort, keep and bless you all.

S. Taylor

April 9, 2012

I was so looking forward to seeing Roslyn at our Spelman Reunion only to return from Spring Break and see that she was laid to rest on my birthday. Roslyn was a wonderful sister and I thought of her often down through the years. I pray that God will sustain the family during this time.

Robbie Kendrick-Cole

April 9, 2012

May the Bostic family find comfort in the words at Ecc.7:1,2 A name is better than good oil and the day of death than the day of one's being born.

April 9, 2012

To the Bostick Family:
My deepest symthay for the lost of your loved one,May God's word comfort you thur this this time of grief 2 CORTH !:3,4.
WM

April 9, 2012

My condolences to the Bostick family God is for us a refuge and strength a help during distresses. Psalms 46:1

Tina King Atlanta, Ga.

April 9, 2012

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

G. Johnson

April 8, 2012

To family and my best friend Kirbe I am so sorry about ur mom If your tears could biuld a stairway and memories a lane I'd walk right up to heaven and bring your mom back home

Sarah Grace Crenshaw

April 7, 2012

Lay your burdens on our merciful God. (Psalm 119:76) . . .May your loving-kindness serve, please, to comfort me,. . .

FF

April 7, 2012

We would like to send our deepest conde lences for your loss. Just know that she is in Gods hands and is well taken care of. May God continue to bless your entire family!

Terri & Nicole Bradford-Sims

April 7, 2012

Keith, my prayers are with you and the family. God bless you all.

Don Johnson

April 7, 2012

To family and friends who are feeling this great loss, may God "become your arm every morning" to cling to during this time. (Isaiah 33:2)

Davis

April 7, 2012

In which seems thou darkest the Lord shall surely light thy path and guide your way showing you that he is always closer than you ever suspected. When you cannot go any futher he will carry you through. Hold on to that unchanging arm of God and it will be all right. Be bless and comforted.

Louvenia Bufford

April 7, 2012

To the Bostick Family: May God bless and keep you during your time of sorrow.

Teresa Collier

April 6, 2012

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

Willie mae Wright & Family

April 6, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. May God give you peace.

Rodney and Jerry Dority

April 6, 2012

My deep and sincere sympathy to the famiily during your time sorrow. May God wrap his loving arms around you during this time.

Jeanean

April 6, 2012

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

April 6, 2012

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

P Sharpe ( Isaiah 12:2 )

April 6, 2012

With deepest sympathy to the Bostick family during your time of grief...Psalm 46:1...God is for us a refuge and strength, A help that is readily to be found during difficult times...May God provide you with peace and comfort to endure the days ahead.

April 6, 2012

With deepest sympathy to the family. In the quiet times, may you stop to remember the hearts that were warmed, the smiles shared, and the lives that was touched.

Ann (Isaiah 25:8)

April 6, 2012

To the Bostick Family,

I am terribly sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers.

Carla Simms

April 3, 2012

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