The funeral service will be conducted at 12:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1619 Shiloh Road, Ellaville, Georgia, where Bishop Lem Wright is pastor. Elder James Montgomery, pastor of Buena Vista Prosperity Church, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell Road, Ellaville, Georgia.
Miss Solomon was born August 29, 1941 to the late Willie B. Solomon and Willie Bell Myrick Solomon Thornton. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Brenda Bryant; two brothers Johnnie B. Solomon and Robert L. Solomon; and one sister, Rosetta Blackshear. She acquired her education in the public school of Webster County where she acquired her elementary education and later attended Schley County public School system where she was a 1960 graduate of the historic John Lewis High School. She attended South Georgia Technical College in Americus, Georgia where she acquired her CNA Nursing Certification.
For a number of years she and her family lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she met and married the love of her life Zebb Barnes Jr. and to this union they were blessed with two children. She later moved back to Georgia where she settled in Ellaville, Georgia. During this time she became employed at Southern Frozen Food Inc. of Montezuma, Georgia where she retired as a line technician.
She grew up in a home where prayer prevailed. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined Buena Vista Prosperity Church under the leadership of Elder James Montgomery. She supported every facet of the church she loved so well.
She leaves a legacy of love and fond memories to her beloved family: three children, Zeb Solomon, Ellaville, Georgia, Sophia Boykin, Americus, Georgia and Joan Denise Solomon, Ellaville, Georgia; thirteen grandchildren, Jocinda B Blunt, Marquita N. Solomon, Laquita D, Moses, Zabia C. Solomon, Zeb T. Solomon Jr., DeShanti O'Neal, AKeemm O’Neal, Sharonda Payne, Ah’ Shaunti O’Neal, Allexis Solomon, Zavian Solomon, Joshua S. Rogers, and Jeremyah S. Rogers; 23 great grandchildren; six siblings, Mary Morrison, Oakland Park, Florida, Ruby Solomon, Ellaville, Georgia, Bobbie Gainey (Sylvester), Dublin, Georgia, Linda Murray, Ellaville, Georgia, Ellis Thornton, Jr. (Gwendolyn), Buena Vista, Georgia, Nathaniel Thornton, Sr. (Shearlean), Ellaville, Georgia; a brother-in-law, James Blackshear, Leesburg, Georgia.