A Service of Christian Triumph Honoring the Life of Mrs. Mary Hollis Glenn, February 9, 2013, 1:00 P.M., Ebezezer Baptist Church, The Horizon Sanctuary, 400 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30312, Reverend Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, Ph.D., Senior Pastor

February g, 2013 1:oo P.M.
Ebenezer Baptist Church The Horizon Sanctuary 400 Auburn. Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30312

I have fought a good fight) I have finished my course)
I have kept the faith:
Henciforth there is laid up for me a crown cif righteousness)
which the Lord) the righteous judge) shall give me at that day: and not to me only) but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Order ofr Service
keverend kaphael Q. QVarnock, (}Jh.7J., (}JreoidinfJ
PRELUDE . . .... . .... . .. .. .... . .. ... .. . ........ . ..... .... ....... . .... . . . . . . . .......... . .... . .... . .... . .....DR. ToNY McNElLL
DlRECTOR OF WORSHlP & THE ARTS
THE PROCESSlONAL
HYMN OF CELEBRATlON #508 . . . . . . . .. .. ............. . .................................... . ...... . ...... "BLESSED AsSURANCE"
SCRlPTURES THE OLD TESTAMENT .. .. PSALM 23
REV. DR.jULE PATE BORDERS BENSON
AssoclATE MlNlSTER, WHEATSTREETBAPTISTCHURCH
THE NEW TESTAMENT .... 1 CORlNTHlANS 13:4-7, 13
SENlOR PASTOR FRANK C. BROWN, MT. 0UVE MlSSlONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
THE PRAYER OF COMFORT .................................. . .... . ...........................REV. DOCTORjOSEPH L. ROBERTS,JR.
PASTOR EMERlTUS, EBENEZER BAPTlST CHURCH
MUSlCAL SELECTION ...................................... . ... . . . .................................. "1F 1 CAN HELP SOMEBODY" MRS. MARY GURLEY
R EFLECTlONS (2 minutes please)
DR. CHRlSTlNE KlNG FARRlS TRUSTEE, EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH Ms. PATRlClA BRUCHlNl PROFESSl ONAL COLLEAGUE
REV. VlCKl E TURNER
DECATUR ALUMNAE CHAPTER, DELTA SlGMA THETA SORORlTY, lNC.
MR. JlM GLENN,JR. & MRS. MARYJENESE GLENN TURNER C HlLDREN & FAMlLY
DR. BRYAN LlNDSEY D EACON, EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH
REFLECTlONS OF LlFE (Read Silently)
MUSlCAL SELECTION ... . ................................................................. . ................ . "l'LL RlSE AGAlN" REV. TlMOTHY McDoNALD, 111
FlRST 1CON1UM BAPTlST CHURCH
WoRDS o F CoMFORT ...... . .... . .. . . .. ................................................R EVEREND RAPHAEL G . W ARN OCK, P H .D. SENlOR PASTOR, EBENEZER BAPTlST CHURCH
RECESSl ONAL

72efrlectiono ofr Lifre
"...This is what the Lord doth requtre ofyou: To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humb[ywtth thy God." MLcah 6:8
Mary NeU Hollis, the second ofthree sisters, was horn. Ln Preston, GeorgLa onJune 4 to Mr. Lemon HoUis and Mrs. MargLe SnellLng HoUis. She was reared by her maternal aunt and unde, Mrs. VLrgLnla (Nana) KLng and Mr. Robert KLng. At a young age, MaryjoLned the Mother Easter Baptist
Church Ln MoultrLe, GeorgLa under the leadershLp ofReverendJJ. StrLcldand and began a lifetlme offaLthful servLce. Her parents, unde and a sister,
Mrs. Vera HoUis Blackshear preceded her Ln death. Mary graduated wLth honors from the MoultrLe HLgh School for Negro Youth Ln MoultrLe, GeorgLa Ln 1958. She then enroUed at Savannah
State CoUege (now UnLversLty) Ln Savannah, GeorgLa. A hLghlLght of her coUege career was becomLng a member of the Delta Nu Chapter of Delta SLgma Theta SororLty, lncorporated Ln 1961. Mary ~ored Ln Food, NutrLtlon and lnstltutlon Management and graduated Ln 1963. FoUowLng graduatlon, she completed an Lntern.shLp at Howard UnLversLty Ln WashLngton, DistrLct of ColumhLa. lt was at Savannah State where she met the man who would become the love of her life; the taU, handsome and brlllLantJLm Frank Glenn, Sr. The two were marrLed Ln Atlanta, GeorgLa on September 19, 1964. The Glenn's home was always steeped Ln relLgLousfaLth, educatlonal excellence and a commLtment ofservLce to others. ln 1973, she became the first AfrLcan AmerLcan to he awarded the Master ofMedLcal Sdence Ln DLetetlcs degree from Emory UnLversLty, Atlanta, GeorgLa. TheLr steadfast, unwaverLng love was an LnspLratLon to everyone who knew and loved them.J Lm preceded Mary Ln death Ln August 2008.
Mrs. Glenn's professLonal career began as the ChLejDLetLcLanfor the Hughes SpaldLng PavllLon, a prLvate hospLtal that served AfrLcan AmerLcan patLents Ln Atlanta, GeorgLa, owned by the Grady Health System. Over the next twenty-dght years, Mrs. Glenn held several posLtLons LndudLng dLetltLan at the Rape Crisis Center at Grady MemorLal HospLtaL She completed her professLonal career as coordLnator ofthe Expanded Food and NutrLtlon Educatlon Program and Teenage Mothers NutrLtLon Educatlon Program wLth the UnLversLty ofGeorgLa DeKalh County ExtensLon ServLce, Decatur, GeorgLafrom whLch she retlred Ln 2005. Always Ln pursuLt ofand Ln support ofeducatlon, Mrs. Mary Glenn gladly loaned her tlme, talent and treasure to her beloved alma mater, Savannah State UnLversLty, as weU as other HistorLcaUy Black CoUeges and UnLversLtles. Mrs. Glenn was an accomplished leaderwLth exceptlonal skLUs Ln organl.zatlonal development. Her hLgh level ofcommLtment and partLdpatlon dLd not go unnotlced;
many awards and dtatlons were bestowed LndudLng; appoLntment to thefirst GeorgLa Board ofExamLnersfor Ucensed DLetLtLans by the Honorable
GovernorJoe Frank Harris, where she served as chaLrperson of the Board for two terms, presLdent of the GeorgLa DLetetLc AssocLatlon, and was named Most OutstandLng DLetltLan Ln GeorgLa Ln 1996 by the GeorgLa DLetetlc AssocLatlon. Mrs. Glenn served as presLdent ofthe GeorgLa NutrLtlon Cound[, the Morehouse School ofMedLdne Natlonal Black LeadershLp lnLtLatlve on Cancer and was also Project ChaLr ofThe CongressLonal Black Caucus Foundatlons' SpLrLt ofHealthy LlvLng Program.
Mary Glenn was dedLcated to her beloved Delta SLgma Theta SororLty, lncorporated for fifty-two years. She epLtoml.zed sisterhood and servLce. Mary was an early member and former presldent ofthe Decatur Alumnae Chapter where she and her sister, OzLeJackLe Adams, made history as the only two sisters to have served as presLdent ofthe Decatur Alumnae Chapter. Mary was a drLVLngforce hehLnd the creatlon ofthe Delta SLgma Theta- Kappa Alpha PsL CommunLty AchLevement Center Ln DeKalh County, GeorgLa. Mary Glenn also served as the DST State CoordLnator durLng the sororLty's HabLtat for HumanLty lnLtLatlve. Mary HoUis Glenn was afifty year member ofthe Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spLrLtu.al home ofDrs. MartLn Luther KLng, Sr. andJr. At Ebenezer, Mary could he depended on to support the entlre church program. She wlllLngly served as the Youth Usher Board advisor, WLth the LadLes Usher Board, the EstherJean Roberts MissLonary CLrde, the Women's MissLonary UnLon, theJune BLrthmonth Club, the MarrLage EnrLchment MLnistry and the MartLn Luther KLng, Sr. Blhle Class.
Mrs. Glenn was a role model to generatlons ofyoung people and was especLaUy commLtted to helpLng develop theLr mLnds by demonstratlng hLgh mora[ and ethLcal standards. Her thLrstfor knowledge, her sense ofhumor, and her hLgh regardfor excellence and honor are among her most prl.zed [egades. But more than anythLng else, Mary NeU Hollis Glenn wLU he remembered as a lady Ln the truest sense, as a VLrtuous woman who always knew, and sought to do what was rLght, and who, through her word and her deeds, served as an exemplar to her chL[dren, grandchLldren, nLeces and nephews and Lnnumerah[e others whose [Lves she touched. Mrs. Mary Glenn departed this life on Frlday, February 1, 2013, surrounded by thefamlly she loved, at Emory UnLversLty HospLta[, Atlanta, GeorgLa. Those left to carry on her legades Lndude her devoted chlldren, MaryJenese G[enn (Wa[ter)Turn.er, McDonough, GeorgLa andjlm Frank Glenn, Jr., Stone MountaLn, GeorgLa; grandchLldren,Joshua and Christopher Walter Glenn Turner, McDonough, GeorgLa; aunt, VLrgLnLa (Nana) KLng, Mou[trLe, GeorgLa; sister, OzLe JackLe Adams, Decatur, GeorgLa; sister Ln-law, Rosa Lee (Luis) Cacho, Decatur, GeorgLa; undes, Ernest (Leatha) Snelltng and lsaac Hogan, Moultrte, GeorgLa; nteces, Dr. HerscheUe Adams, Decatur, Georgla and MarcLa Murrell; nephews, WtULam Glenn, JlmmyWoods,Attorn.ey Herbert (Shelby) Adams,Jr.,Joneshoro, GeorgLa, Mtchael (Sherrte) Adams, MD andgreatnewphews MLchae[Adams,Jr. and Matthew Wll[Lam Adams ofStone Mountatn, Georgla and NathanLe[ Murrell; and many other lovLng relatlves and treasuredfrLends.

J,lower dlttendanfd
Delta SLgma Theta SororLty, lnc. Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's EstherJean Roberts Grde
Ebenezer Baptl.st Church'sJune BLrthmonth Club Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's LadLes & Youth Usher Boards Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's MarrLage EnrLchment MLnl.stry
Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's Women Ml.ssLonary UnLon
J.Jallbearerd
EHLott Bryant VLncent Bursey Duane Jackson KarL AhrahamJackson
Lamar Lake Bryan Llndsey
d-tonorary J.Jallbearerd
Kappa Alpha PsL fratern.Lty, lnc. Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's MarrLage EnrLchment MLnl.stry Ebenezer Baptl.st Church's Martln Luther KLng, Sr. BLble Class
Mother Easter Baptl.st Church, MoultrLe, GeorgLa Omega PsL PhL fratern.Lty, lnc.
dlcknowledgemenfd
The Jamlly acknowledges wLth sLncere apprecLatlon the many co-rrifortlng calls, cards, prayers, vl.sLts,jl.owers and other expressLons ofbndness and concern. dL.splayed. May the love ofour Heavenly father and Hl.s rLch b[essLngs beforever yours.
Jhe (}lenn J.amily
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Interment Lincoln Cemetery 2275 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard Adanta, Georgia
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