JnllbcnrerG Friends And Family lflnfuer IhlenrerG Friends And Family God gives me time to love the right, Though crowded are my days, He gives me time to find delight In quiet thoughts of praise. God gives me time to rise above All little, petty things And feel the comfort of His love, The joy His presence brings. God gives me time to share the load Of those less blest than I, Then walks beside me on the road With grace to satisfy. God gives me time-oh, I would spend Each precious moment well, For when God's gift of time shall end, I must bid earth farewell! " TO DADDY " OUR BLESSING WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU YOUR REMEMBRANCE WILL LINGER IN OUR HEARTS TilE LOVE YOU SHARED WITH US-WILL NEVER LET US PART. ---THE CIIILDRF.N- - ~c luto(u1cbgcnt ent THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING SYMPATHETIC DURING OUR TIME OF GRIEF. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU IN HIS LOVING CARE. THE FAMILY W.D. LEMON AND SON'S Mc/DONOUGH, GEORGIA "And I heard a voice from heaven saying, write: Blessed are those who die in the Lord ... that they may rest from their labors, because their good works do follow them." Revelation 14:13 !Jn Celeb'lation o/ the Li/e o/ DEACON GEORGE HENDERSON GRANT TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990 2:00 p.m. FARGUSON CHAPEL 1466 EAST LAKE ROAD Mc/DONOUGH, GEORGIA REVEREND CARMICHEAL GIPSON,PASTOR OFFICIATING (ll}hituu ru "LORD WI~L STfiENGTHEN HIM UPON THE BED OF LANGUISHING; THOU WILT MAKE ALL HIS BED IN HIS SICKNESS." PSALM 41:3 GEORGE HENDERSON GRANT WAS BORN MAY 29, 1926 TO THE LATE MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GRANT IN Mc/DONOUGH GEORGIA HENRY COUNTY, HE WAS THE THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN HE WAS REARED AND EDUCATED IN Mc/DONOUGH, AT AN EARLY AGE HE WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED FARGUSON CHAPEL WHERE HE LATER SERVED AS AN ACTIVE DEACON AND A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL. ON DECEMBER 15, 1951 GEORGE AND LOUISE HUGHEY WERE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY AND TO THIS UNION THEY WERE BLESSED WITH FOUR SONS, THREE DAUGHTER AND FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN. GEORGE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY. UPON RELOCATING IN ATLANTA GEORGIA HE WORKED AS A FAITIIFUL ENPLOYEE OF FRITO LAY FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA SANITATION DEPARTMENT WHERE HE RETIRED WITH 32YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE. GEORGE WAS ALSO A BROTHER IN THE NASONICS. liE WAS A MAN THAT STOOD FIRMLY BY HIS BELIEFS, A VERY LOVING, DEVOTED, FAITHFUL.AND PROUD HUSBAND AND FATHEH. A VERY WELL RESPECTED NEMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY- ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND. GEORGE WAS ~NOWN AS, "DADDY" BY NANY. GEORGE RECEIVED HIS CALLING ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 04, 1990 AT 7:00 p.m. GEORGE LEAVES TO REJOICE IN HIS MEMORY A LOVING WIFE, MRS. LOUISE GRANT; FOUR SONS, ROBERT, WILLIAM, CALVIN, AND LARRY; THREE DAUGHTERS, LINDA HOPGOOD, CHARLOTTE CLARKE AND PHYLLIS; FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, MR.& 'MRS. EARNEST GRANT, SR. OF ATLANTA, GA. THREE SISTER-IN-LAWS. FOUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS; TWO SON- IN-LAWS; A HOST OF COUSINS, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. r~cr of ~er\licc PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SOLOIST ------------------------ OLIVIA HOUSTON SCRIPTURE ---------------------- OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT PRAYER ------------------------- McARTHUR WILLINGHAM SOLOIST ------------------------ OLIVIA HOUSTON OOhituuru ----------------------- (READ siLENTLY) REMARKS ------------------------ THREE MINUTES REVERAND GORDON EAST LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ATLANTA, GEORGIA. EULOGY ----------REV. CARMICHEAL GIPSON FARGUSON CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH RECESSIONAL ~lntertneut FARGUSON CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETARY 1466 EAST LAKE ROAD McDONOUGH, GEORGIA