Rosamond Harden

Rosamond Mitchell Harden, Macon Georgia, July 7, 1927 went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Memorial services will be held graveside at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, College Park, Georgia on Friday, February 28 at 2:30 PM, (visitation 12-1:30 PM at funeral home) officiated by Reverend David Hunter. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Baptist Village, (Waycross, Georgia) 2650 Carswell Avenue, Waycross, GA 31503. Rosamond was born in Bethany, Missouri but grew up in Barnesville, Georgia where her father, the late Dr. Harvey Raymond Mitchell was pastor of the First Baptist Church. She graduated from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, and taught school in Griffin, Georgia. She later taught school in Piscataway, New Jersey while her husband Bill was on the engineering school faculty at Rutgers University. They returned to Jonesboro, Georgia where she and Bill were members of Jonesboro First Baptist Church. Rosamond was a regular Sunday School teacher at First Baptist and very involved in the life of the church. Over the years she and her husband were highly involved in the life of Baptist Village in Waycross, Georgia, where her father, Dr. Harvey Mitchell was the founding organizer and administrator of Baptist Village. Rosamond and Bill moved to Macon from their Lake Spivey home in Jonesboro, Georgia in 2009 to be close to family and joined Tabernacle Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Harvey Raymond Mitchell and Beatrice Parman Mitchell and her brother, John T. Mitchell, Sr. (Johnny). She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, William George Harden, Macon, Georgia and a sister in law, Mary T. Mitchell, Macon, Georgia. Two nephews, John T. Mitchell, Jr. (Lisa), Macon, Georgia, Render (Tee) Terrell Mitchell (Kea) Gainesville, Georgia, and a niece, Mary Eva Mitchell Tredway (Craig), Johns Creek, Georgia. Eight great nieces and nephews; John T. Mitchell III, James Sidney Lanier Mitchell, Mary Elaine Mitchell of Macon; Mary Janell Tredway and Madison Tandy Tredway (Johns Creek, Georgia); Render Terrell (Tee) Mitchell, Jr. Lillian Kea Mitchell and Anna Claire Mitchell, (Gainesville, Georgia); a brother in law, John I. Harden (Lynnell), (Griffin, Georgia), a sister in law Jacquelin Harden (Atlanta, Georgia); two nieces in law Maxine Parrish and Linda Harden (Atlanta, Georgia) and a nephew in law, David Harden (Atlanta, Georgia). Ford Stewart Funeral Home (2047 Highway 138, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236) has charge of arrangements. The family is grateful for the love and Christian care she received at her home from Lisa Lingo, Shan Marshall, Kimberly Thomas, Doris Prater, and Lisa Williams.

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Rosamond Harden

July 7, 1927 - February 26, 2014