Homegoing Celebration
           For

  Mother Mary Ann Calhoun
"Nanny"
    Sunrise                  Sunset
October 9, 1928    March 18, 2016
 

                                                  
            Wednesday, March 23, 2016
                       Two O'clock P.M.
             Pleasant View Baptist Church
                  10201 Flat Shoals Road
                 Covington, Georgia 30014
             Rev. Camile Holmes, Eulogist
                       Assisted By Others

Legacy of Life for Mother Mary Ann Calhoun
*Mother Mary Ann Scofield Rooks Calhoun, who was affectionately known as "Nanny" was born to the late Mr. & Mrs. Will (Fannie Brewer) Scofield in Covington, Georgia on October 9, 1928. On Friday morning March 18, 2016.  Nanny received her "wings" to go home to be with the Lord. Her siblings: Mrs. Ollie Mae Roseberry, Ms. Inez Scofield, Mr. Willie Tom Scofield and Mr. James Lewis Scofield preceded her in death. Three sons: Mr. Pearl H. King, Mr. Harold E. Rooks and Mr. Willie L. Rooks; a grandchild: Ms. Mary Elizabeth King and a great grandchild: Little Miss Kenwanna Williams preceded her in death.

*She attended school at the Pleasant View Baptist Church on Fincher Road. At an early age, she joined this church and continued to serve faithfully on the Mothers Board and the Culinary Ministry until her health failed. She lived most of her life in the Starrsville and Covington area where she met and married Mr. Willie "Bill" Rooks. To this union, five children were born. She later met and married Mr. J.T. Calhoun of Jackson, Georgia both of whom preceded her in death.

*Nanny worked for many years for the FFA-FHA Camp, Bert Adams Boy Scout Reservation, Bibb & Osprey Mills, Newton County Schools System, Various private duty assignments and Newton General Hospital from where she retired in 2003. Nanny loved to work and did not complain about going to work and always did what she could to help others. She was a good mother, neighbor and friend.

*Mother Mary Ann Calhoun leaves to cherish her memories: a son, Mr. & Mrs. Joe (Marie) Rooks, Enterprise, Alabama; and two daughters, Ms. Martha Rooks Alexander, Oxford, Georgia, Ms. Linda Jennings, Covington,Georgia; grandchildren: Ms. Melinda Rooks and son, Mr. & Mrs. Joe (Sonya) Rooks and children, Ms. Annette Rooks and children, Ms. Demetria Jennings and children, Ms. DeMia Grier, Ms. Whitney King and children, Ms. Erica Daniel and children, Ms. Tammy King, Mr. Dexter King, Mr. Kedric Lane, Ms. Janie King and Mr. Harold Rooks, III and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to name.

Honorary Flower Ladies
The Mothers Ministry of
Pleasant View Baptist Church

Flower Bearers
Family & Friends

Pallbearers
Marcus Cook         DeMia Grier
Family and Friends