In All Things Give Thanks 
Blessings come in many guises That God alone in love devises, 
And sickness which we dread so much Can bring a very "healing touch"- 
For often on the "wings of pain" The peace we sought before in vain 
Will come to us with "sweet surprise" For God is merciful and wise- 
And through long hours of tribulation God gives us time for meditation, 
And no sickness can be counted loss That teaches us to "bear our cross." 
Helen Steiner Rice 
 
Funeral Services for 
Charles (C.D.) Douglas Appling 
 
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Tuesday, September 12, 1995 3:30p.m. 
Mount Moriah Baptist Church 2789 Millerfield Road Macon, Georgia 31211 
Dr. Lonzy F. Edwards, Sr., Officiating 
''fJfutcliings Services" 
 
 OBITUARY 
 
"Death is the golden key thn.t opens the palace ofetemlty." 
 
Evening comes in the life of evecy human being, then after the 
 
evening, night falls. They that love beyond the world cannot be 
 
separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies, nor can spirits 
 
ever be divided that love and live In the same divine principle. Death 
 
is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas. They live in one 
 
another still. 
 
Charles Douglas Appling, age 79, died Thursday, September 
 
7, 1995 at the Medical Center of Macon, Georgia. 
 
The son of Peter George Appling and Nettle Pritchett Appling 
 
was born January 17, 1916 in Milledgeville, Georgia. 
 
Mr. Appling was educated in the Jackson County School 
 
System. He attended the Georgia Baptist College and later served in 
 
the United States Army in World War II. He was a member of the King 
 
Solomon's Lodge #42 and Eastside Coope.rative Christian Savings 
 
Club. He retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base after many years 
 
of service. 
 
Charles grew up in the church and believed that with GOD 
 
as the head of your life, you could not go wrong. Charles was a 
 
dedicated member of Mt. Moriah Baptlst Church where he served in 
 
many capacities and for many years was the Vice Chairman of the 
 
Deacon Board. He worked faithfully in the church community 
 
helping others in need. 
 
Known affectionately as ",C.D.," he was united in Holy 
 
matrimony to Daisy Pearl Irvin on August 16, 1941 and to this union 
 
three children were born. 
 
 
 
C. D. is survived by his devoted wife; three children, Nettle 
 
[Alphonso) Smith, Richard (Jeannie) Appling, and Fannie (Larry) 
 
Jackson, all of Macon, Georgia; a devoted brother, Wanm (Catherine) 
 
Appling of Macon, Georgia; two sisters, Nettle Slaughter of Cleveland, 
 
Ohio and Gladys (William) Turner of Warner Robins, Georgia; 
 
godson, James Wimes of Chicago, IL; five brothers-In law, Herman 
 
(Mary) Irvin of Macon, Georgia, John Irvin, Early Burch, Shelton 
 
Irvin of Detroit, Michigan, and Leva Irvin of Dublin, Georgia ; one 
 
sister-in-law, Mattie (Calloway) Boddie of Detroit, Michigan; devoted: 
 
grandchild, I.allta Appling; cousins, David (Lynette) Chapman; and 
 
daughter-in-law, Dorothy L. Appling of Macon, Georgia; nine 
 
grandchildren, Tania (Kenny) Whisby, Marcus Smith, Wanzina 
 
Jackson, Jada Jackson, Marnise Smith, Larry "Doug" Jackson, 
 
Crystal Chapman, and Betsy Appling; and a host of relatives and 
 
friends. 
 
Program 
Processional Selection .......................................... VSW Senior Choir 
"The Lord Is My Light" Scripture ........................................ Rev. C. L. Holliman Prayer ............................................ Rev. C. L. Holliman Solo ..................................................Ms. Ruby Canady Remarks (2 minutes) ............................ Bro. Alton Neal 
Rev. James Hart Mr. Robert Pryor Obituary .................................................. Read Silently 
Mrs. Ingrid Evans-Clark - "Give Us This Day" 
Eulogy .................................Dr. Lonzy F. Edwards, Sr. Recessional ............. .... ..... ...... ......... .VSW Senior Choir 
"I'U Fly Away" 
Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park 
Pallbearers Deacons of Mount Moriah Baptist Church 
Flower Bearers Deaconesses of Mount Moriah Baptist Church