Pa{{bearers. 
 
Trent Forts 
 
Derrick Harris 
 
Sanford Walker Jamal Johnson 
 
Rodney Forts 
 
Cory Callahan 
 
!FlOwer Ladies 
 
Valerie Jordan 
 
Sandi Walker 
 
Trina Forts 
 
Tyra Lillard 
 
Chaneta Forts 
 
Toyika Lillard 
 
9lonora6fe ![lOwer Ladies 
Stewardess 
 
Y'lck._nowfetfgement 
Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair, 
Perhaps you sent some flowers, 
ifso, we saw them there. 
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say, 
Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought ofus that day. 
Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much, whatever the p art. 
 
e 
 
1876 SecowiJll.venm Vecatur, (ieor81i1 
I404-371 0772 
 
darryl allen's quality printing & graph ics 404. 755.0965 
 
Cefe6ration ofLife for 
Mr. fJ3enjamin Ca{fafian 
Friday, July 23 , 2004 12:00 pm 
Turner Monumental A.M.E. Church 66 Howard Street Atlanta, Georgia 
Reverend Hayward White, Jr. Officiating 
 
 06ituarg 
Mr. Benjamin Luther Callahan was born June 10, 1937 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Lois Callahan in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Howard High School in 1956. He served in the United States Army. He was united in holy matrimony to Miss Elizabeth Louise Forts on April 10, 1958. To this union three children were born Darrell, twins Sharon and Shira. 
Benjamin accepted Christ at an early age. He was a member of Turner Monumental A.M.E. Church, where he served faithfully on the Usher Board until his health failed. Ben was loving, kind, vibrant, joyful, and had a beautiful sense of humor. 
He leaves to cherish his wonderful memories, his devoted wife Elizabeth; sons, Darrell and Shira; daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Sharon) Lillard; granddaughters, Tanesha, Dysharion, Toyika, and Tyra; grandson, Shelldrick; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Ms. Emma Jean Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. Benny (Dorothy) Evans and Ms. Loretta Albritton; one brother, Mr. and Mrs. Larry (Vera) Callahan; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Betty Callahan, Ms. Joyce Forts, Ms. Carolyn Harris and Ms. Linda Chapman; brothers-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin (Minnie) Forts, Mr. Edwards Forts and a host of devoted nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends, and the many, many others whose lives he touched along his life's journey. 
He was preceded in death by his mother Lois Craig Callahan; father Phil Callahan; brothers, Gerald and Charles Callahan. 
~ rP//;m !!'~ 
Tell me not mournful number, life is but an empty dream 
And the soul is dead that slumbers and things are not what they seem. 
Life is real, Life is earnest and the grave is not its goal. 
Dust thou art, to dust returnest was not spoken ofthe soul. 
Not enjoyment and nor sorrow is our destined end or way. 
But to act that each tomorrow finds us further than today. 
Lives ofgreat men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. 
And departing leaves behind us, footprints on the sands oftime. 
Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er lives solumn main, 
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing may take heart again. 
So let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate. 
Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. 
~ Longfellow 
 
Ortfer ofService 
 
Prelude 
 
Processional 
 
Song 
 
" His Eye Is On The Sparrow" 
 
Jeffrey Jackson 
 
Prayer 
 
Reverend C.S. Hardeman 
 
Scripture 
Selectio~ 6~~ 1JJJ 
 
Revered Melvin J. Edmonds Turner Monumental A.M.E. 
 
Remarks Obituary (Read Silently) 
 
Larry Callahan (Brother) Sharon Callah n (Lillard) 
~ . -~v 
 
Eulogy 
 
The Reverend Hayward White 
 
Acknowledgement 
c:pk //' :21 
Recessional 
 
Toyika Lillard Granddaughter 
 
Postlude 
 
Interment 
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery 2275 Simpson Road N.W. 
Atlanta, GA 30314