Order of Service Prelude……………………………….………………….…….….………….…...…..Soft Music

Processional…………………………………………...………......…....……...…Clergy & Family

Invocation……………………………………………….…………….…...Pastor Roderick Ware

Empowered Life Church

Scripture Reading

Old Testament………………………………………...,……………….….....Mr. Morris Bowman

Grace Fellowship Ministries

New Testament…………………………………………...…... Assoc. Pastor Robert Whitehead, Jr.

Grace Fellowship Ministries

Musical Selection…………………………...………………..…...Grace Fellowship Worship Team

Obituary Reading……………………...………………………...Assoc. Pastor Monica Whitehead

Grace Fellowship Ministries

Acknowledgements……………………….…………....................................Reverend Debra Baynes

New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Musical Selection………………………………………...…….………….....Mr. Trent Williams

Empowered Life Church

Reflections (2 Minutes Please)……………………………….……...………..Family and Friends

Musical Selection…………………………………….……………................Mr. Trent Williams

Empowered Life Church

Eulogy………………………………………….…………………...Sr. Pastor Garry Williams

Grace Fellowship Ministries

Recessional……………………………………………...……………...…….Clergy & Family

Obituary

Ilynnette Waldon Ross was born to Rev. James and Dorothy Waldon in Flint, Michigan on

August 31, 1978. She was the loving and devoted wife of Matthew Ross, Jr. and, mother to Matyia Jena’ Ross.

She departed this life on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Hiram, GA.

Ilynnette loved the Lord and at the tender age of 5, at True Light Missionary Baptist Church (Flint, MI), she

accepted the Gospel of Christ. While maturating through her early childhood and adolescent years in Flint, she

was an active member of the youth programs at both True Light and Gospel Temple Missionary Baptist Churches.

In 1996, Ilynnette graduated high school and relocated to Jackson, MS where she followed in her sisters’ footsteps,

by attending college at “Thee I Love” Jackson State University. Upon earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree in

English, she moved to Atlanta, GA to begin her stellar teaching career at Meadowcreek High School in Gwinnett

County. Throughout her career, she made teaching stops at Eagles Landing High School in Henry County and

lastly at Floyd Middle School in Cobb County. During that time, she furthered her secondary education with

course studies in English Education at Mercer University, Atlanta, GA earning certification in Gifted English

Education and obtained her Master’s Degree in Reading Curriculum and Instruction from Grand Canyon

University, Phoenix, AZ with which she served as a Reading Specialist.

Ilynnette met the love of her life Matthew in 2008. They were joined in holy matrimony on December 5, 2009.

They became faithful members of Grace Fellowship Ministries (Tucker, GA) where she served as Minister of Music

and Worship Leader. In October of 2019, she and Matthew were elevated and ordained as Associate Youth

Pastors.

In addition, Ilynnette demonstrated her heart for international missions work by accompanying her Senior Pastor

Garry Williams on mission trips abroad to include Montego Bay, Jamaica (World Leader Summit 2015), Accra,

Ghana (East Africa-Harvest International Ministries 2015) and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Asia- Global

Leadership Summit 2018) where she, along with other Worship Leaders, joined together and led Praise and

Worship.

Ilynnette was affectionately known and loved as a songbird, a powerful soulful singer and great songwriter. In

2011, she and her sister Iris wrote and recorded a brilliant remarkable Breast Cancer Inspirational Album entitled

“The BRCA37 Project.” She also would go on to write a Praise Anthem entitled “Hallelujah Yahweh.” Always a

creative, Ilynnette was recently writing lyrics, developing melodic ideas, harmonic pallets and voicings for her first

Solo EP. She was a great inspiration to so many and will be remembered as a Warrior for years to come.

Ilynnette leaves to cherish her memory: Her husband Matthew and daughter Matyia Ross of Smyrna, GA; Her

parents Reverend James and Dorothy Waldon of Powder Springs, GA; three sisters, Ila (James Collins) of Atlanta,

GA; Iris (Dwight Banks) of Powder Springs, GA; Felicia Hayes of Oklahoma City,OK; four nephews, Johnathan

Hayes, Dwight Banks, Jr. “DJ”, Brooks and Princeton Collins; two nieces Zelmarie Hayes and Darrian Blanchard

and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, coworkers and friends.

Celebration of Life

Ilynnette Waldon Ross

Saturday, March 14, 2020

11:00 AM

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

4192 Brownsville Rd.

Powder Springs, GA 30217

Sr. Pastor Garry Williams, Eulogist

Pallbearers Flower Ladies

Dwight Banks, Sr. Friends & Family

Dwight Banks, Jr.

Alterenzio Moore

Amos Moore

Glendale Burks, Jr.

Robert Lee Derricks, Jr.

Montrell Givens

Interment

Sunrise Memorial Gardens

11261 E. Veterans Memorial Hwy

Douglasville, GA 30134

Acknowledgments

The family of the late Ilynnette Waldon Ross would like to extend

our appreciation of all the heartfelt gestures of condolences of phones

calls, cards, flowers, visits, hugs, but most of all, prayers. Please

keep our family lifted in our hour of bereavement. May God

continue to bless each of you.

Final Arrangements Entrusted to:

Greener Pastures Funeral, Crematory and Insurance

4405 Marietta St.

Powder Springs, GA 30127

770-943-0222

Greenerpasturesfuneralhome.com

“He Maketh Me to Lie Down in Green Pastures”