F-JiII 1Ao11d }n nws Roncl \'\?ll y11 e Si IH UWil S 
 
Pallbearers 
 
()s lcll \\?ttre 
().T \\?iIb1tr11 
l'?.Hy [-Je11e ~Tiur/uiiH 
 
flndre 'f3oud 
.J)(I ri 011 Roue/ 
f~orey ~JJurhmn 
I'llan i11 /leiso11 
 
Honorary Pallbearers 
 
Slru11 C.Jrwi11Ler 
}olnlllY 1Bo11d J11e/ pj II \\)/, ile 
'Jf3e II II le c~n/110 IllI 
 
:After blow 
I'd lil~e tlw memory of me to belt happy (me I'd lil?e to /em e tm (lfterglou of s1niles wlwu life is done. 
I'd lile to leaPe llll echo whispering softly dow11 the wny 
()f lwppy times mullnughiHg ti111es mil,/ brig/it mul SltllllY dnys. I'd like the tenrs of those u ho yriePe to dry before the sttn (){ lwppy memories thnt fleaPe u11wu life is doue. 
- Rcknowledgments - 
The {nmily o{ Lire /(lie '1Jeaco11 Timid /lelso11 , Sr. u ish Lo Llwlll'< 
their mtmy friends {or all expressio11s o{ l'<illclness lllrcl co11cer11 shown Lhe1n duri119 their Lime o{ berenPeiiWIIl. '];>ltr nels o{ loPe lws helped Lo 
Sltslain ltS i11 our Lime o{ sorrow. 111lly Fjod bless ttl/ of yoLt. 17w nltrlwm lii!Cl /lei S011 Fa JH; I; es 
Ci)one&~?J~ 
Eastlawn Memorial Chapel Funeral Home 
Macon, Georgia 31217 (912) 743-3331 
 
megoing Seroices 
for 
(])eacon CDavid Ylelson, Sr. 
'monday, 'YYlarch 22, 1999 
2:oo v.tn. 
:Antioch Baptist C9hurch 
~eorgia Kaolin 'Road 'YYlacon, ~eorgia 31020 
 
 Obituary 
CDeacon <David Ylelson, Sr. wns ct soil of the lnte l le11ry Ilelsoll 
w~cl l[nLLie Felcl llelsoll. /lis enrthly pilyrimnye beyc111 ill Twiyys (~ounty, F-Jil oil flp_ril 16, IC)/1, allcl his life cmne to em ellcl quietly cmd pe((ce{ally ou \\Jednesclay, /llnrch 17, IC)C)C), nt the J11edicnl C~ell ter of t :elltntl <CJeorgi(/. 
'1)e((COil J lelson receiPed his educcttion ill Twiyys C~o1tnty 1fJublic Schools. l[e wets joined into l[oly 111ntrimony with the lnte Ressie Hlne ()weHs llelson, c1 mnrringe which would lnst {or oPer '"52 __yenrs 
producin~ three children, two, 1[(/LLie 1Bell I lelsoll q)lLrlutln nne/ 1Jcwid llelson, Jr., whom preceded him in f)(lssiuy i11to F-Jod's l[eciPellly f{i"y- 
dom. 
~Tiectcon llelson wc1s ct retired ert~ployee of oPer twellty-set>ell yenrs {rom /11land (~outainer (~ompwzy nnd wc1s c1 priPate {c1n~wr {or 
over fifty ye((rS. IlL WI early nye, he nccepted C~hrisL illLo his life, 
joi11ed flutioch 'RaptisL (~hurch cmd sen eel ns the p(/st clwinnnll of Lhe 1Jectcoll 'Ronrd {or over LhirLy-eiyht yenrs. lle u cts nlso (( p(/sl 
membeJ of Llw Jlfl fl(!]{J cmd (~elllrnl (~iLy [odge I lo. 12 f?[Jl/1'1 ill 
111a COil. 
q)encoll I lelsou will {orePer be remembered by his {cnnily n11cl 
{rieucls as Clll illdepelldeul rnc111 who Lool~ yrent pride i11 his 1R(/pLisL {a ith, {ami Iy cmd n1ce. 
J low lw is free {rom pnill wul his enrLhly lnbors. /lis el'erlnsti119 meIIHHy wi II be Lre(IS ured b;J Lwo IoPi ny dcllLyh te rs, Tio/1 ie l71cw nurlwm ((11(/ Jewel t])igby of lll(lCOil; Lu () del otecl ynlllllclnughlers lw helped Y((ise, ReLLy / lelsoll F-J((illey nnd Trww/1 '1)urlwm of 111(/coll; (i{Leell yn111dchildren; Lhirly-Lhree yrectt-yrmulchildren; eiyht yreatjrenL-yr((ndcltildreu; nlld a llosl of llieces, llephews, cousins wzd friends. 
flllcl fjod shed/ wipe ctw((y all Lears {rom their eyes; I lud there slw/1 be 110 more de((Lh, 11eiLher sorrou, nor crying, 
J leillwr slw/1 there be c11ty rnore pctill; Por the former thillgs nre pnssed mtny. 
Ret. 21:4 
 
Order of Seroice 
1Re,.l{e~ll'1eth \Vilcler, Sr., 7fJresidillg 
lJ lusicn/ YJreiZLde 
1fJrocessimutl 
Last [-jlcwce l0..'eIect1o.11 ........................................................................ ( J~0111b.1necI( I)/101.t 
Scriptures: ()hl Testcunent ......................... JRCl. Tho~tnas }ef{ersoH /flew Test(nnent ................ Ret>.l{eHHeth \\)ilder, Sr. 
1fJrayer .......................................................... Rel. l{elrzJwth \\)i Icier, Sr. 
l0....,eIect1.o1~l ........................................................................ ( J~ou1b.1neel ( I)/101.t 
Remarlt?s ('l11 ree 111inlltes) 
Silent Rc(ldiNg of ()bitzutry 
Gztlogy ............................................................................... lRel. L'.L. Ross 
Recessioll((l 
JJlusical1fJostlztde 
Interment 
l lHtioch (lBaptist C~hurch C~eJnetery The {((mily sh(/11 retur11 Lo the Church Pellowship /[all {or cli1111L'r 
{ollou illy Lite serPice.