Mae Bell Foster Robertson Passes

  Ms. Mae Robertson

Folk gathered on a sunny day for a graveside service at a Wood Mortuary tent erected in the Faith Temple Church, Taylors, SC, cemetery. The body of Ms. Mae Bell Foster Robertson, 94, widow of Mr. M. B. Robertson, rested in a coffin beneath the tent at 2:00 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 22, 2020.
 
A Pickens County native and daughter of the late Albert Foster (1879-1960) and the late Phoebe Hollingsworth Foster (1889-1974), Ms. Mae was a homemaker and longtime member of Faith Temple, born on May 14, 1926, and died on Sept. 19, 2020.
 
“Good afternoon, dear ones,” said the Rev. Raymond D. Burrows, Faith Temple’s pastor. Recently, sitting by Ms. Mae’s bedside, he said, “Sister Mae, do you recognize me?”
 
“You look familiar,” she said, though she had heard him preach for years.
 
Pastor Burrows read Psalm 23 and prayed.
 
Attendees listened to a recording of Ms. Mae singing on WGGS-TV 16. The song, “We Shall Behold The King,” includes these lyrics: “Even in death, he showed us His Glory … We shall see Him in all his splendor … we shall behold the King.”
 
The crowd clapped, and Pastor Burrows told of his first memories of Ms. Mae in “early 1995 or ’96” when she attended a Faith Temple ladies group that met to pray on Thursday nights. She often sang solos at church. He thanked nieces and nephews, especially Ms. Jo Ann Howell who helped “in sort of a daughter capacity,” in aiding Ms. Mae. He thanked Ms. Linda Campbell for three years of caregiving. “I’m personally grateful,” he said.
 
“In our culture, ‘hope’ means ‘wishful thinking,’” Pastor Burrows said. “But in the Bible, ‘hope’ is absolute … that which hangs on the horizon but we’ve not gotten there, yet. …Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God … ‘Only one life, t’will soon be past — only what’s done for Christ will last.”
 
He said Ms. Mae had accepted Christ (Romans 10:9-10) and that “precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints” (Psa. 116:15) (2 Cor. 5:8) (2 Tim 4:7-8).
 
“Paul saw things that could not be uttered,” he said. “Can you get a glimpse of it in your minds? She is rejoicing with parents and Brother M.B., one of the finest gentlemen in this part of the country. … We miss those who precede us in death … the chair is empty … Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live’ (John 11:25). … And that promise is applicable to everyone who believes.”
 
He said Ms. Mae and her husband were “both tall” and a beautiful couple, adding, “I’m glad our lives intersected.”
 
“I miss church,” Ms. Mae once told him.
 
“She is now united in Church,” he said. “I’m trusting you have made your commitment to the Lord. There is that day coming for all of us.”
 
He told of Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who died in 1899. Nearing death, Moody woke from unconsciousness and said, “If this is death, it is sweet.”
“How can death be sweet?” Pastor Burrows asked. “Because Jesus has created a bridge between this life and the next.”
 
Michael Gosnell, Ms. Mae’s nephew, stood and said he and “Mother Mae Bell” together often sang “Chances Are.” Singing a cappella, he intoned these lyrics:
 
“Meet me by the river or maybe at the Throne. I don’t know just where I’ll be once I make it home. Look for me, and if you can’t see me on the golden streets, chances are you’ll find me at the Savior’s feet. … For that’s where I’ll be most of the day. I may be in my mansion or by the Crystal Sea, but chances are you’ll find me at the Savior’s feet.”
 
Pastor Burrows prayed, saying that Christian loved ones “comfortably sit” in God’s presence.
 
Ms. Mae Robertson is survived by nieces and nephews, including Millard and Thelma Robertson, Michael Gosnell, Jo Ann Howell, Cathy Cudd (all of Greer) and Gail Tooley of Lyman. Linda Babb Campbell, a special caregiver for Ms. Mae, attended the service.
 
Ms. Mae’s late husband, Millard Baxter Robertson (M.B.) (Dec. 1, 1922—Aug. 22, 2007) (married on Aug. 26, 1947), was a WWII veteran (1938-1946) and a POW; his brother, Edward, was also a POW.
Ms. Mae was predeceased by four brothers and three sisters: T.C. Foster (1910-2009); Velma Foster (1912-1989); Bruce Foster (1914-1997); James Foster (1918-1977); Callie Foster Gosnell (1920-2004); Guy Foster (1923-2001); and Eula Foster (1930-1952).

 

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