Celebration of Life Services for Porter Sanford, III, Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 1:00 P.M., Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church, 4185 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decautr, Georgia 30035, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Pastor, Officiating, The Reverend Rodney K. Turner, Eulogist

Women's Council of the Empire Board of Realists Butler Baker High School Class of 1960
Women's Council of the Dekalb Board of Realtors

Dekalb County Honor Guard
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100 Black Men of Dekalb County Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Butler Baker High School Class of 1960 Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons

The family expresses our sincere and deep appreciation for the many acts of kindness and love exhibited during the illness and passing of our beloved Porter. We are blessed to have a wonderful circle of friends who have surrounded us and lifted us up during this challenging time. Our prayer is that God will richly bless you and keep you in His divine care.
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Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church
Associates of Coldwell Banker Sanford Realty First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Usher Boards
Dekalb County Government Spring Valley Civic Association
Coca-Cola Enterprises Mary's Catering Joanne Newby
Walter "June Bug" Pyant
From The Prophet
There are those who give little of the much they have- and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue ; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth .
Kahlil Gibran

Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home
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Decatur, Georgia30034 404-241 -5656

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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 -1:00 P.M.-
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4185 Snapfinger Woods Drive Decatur, Georgia 30035
Bishop PaulS. Morton, Pastor Officiating
The Reverend Rodney K. Turner
Eulogist

On the evening of Thursday, February 9, 2006, Porter Sanford, Ill entered into the presence of God. He was the third of six children born to the late Porter Sanford, Jr. and Lizzie Kate Simmons Sanford in Eatonton, Georgia on November 2, 1941.
Porter received his early education in the Putnam County School System and graduated from Butler Baker High School in 1960. He later matriculated at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in 1965. Having an entrepreneurial spirit at an early age, he assumed the role of campus barber and operated a barber shop to defray the cost of his college education . During his college years he met and married his loving wife of 41 years, Bobbie Kennedy. They were blessed with two sons, Porter "Sandy" Sanford, IV and Brandon Kennedy Sanford.
While in college he was encouraged by his professor, William Robie to pursue a career in real estate. Upon completion of his studies he worked for a short time as a Sales Representative for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and later as a Sales Agent for Robie Real Estate and Roberts Real Estate Company. His entrepreneurial goal of self-employment was realized with the opening of Sanford Realty in 1965, the first minority-owned real estate company in Dekalb County. Porter grew this company from a small five agent office on Memorial Drive to the current office located on Snapfinger Woods Drive with 75 agents accounting for millions of dollars of real estate sales in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Porter was often mentioned as one of the individuals instrumental in starting the movement of Blacks in Dekalb County that led to it becoming the second most affluent Black County in the United States.
Even with the increasing responsibilities of operating his business, Porter had a burning desire to serve his community. He was a founding member of the Samuel Jones Boys Club, the First Southern Bank (where he sat on the Board of Directors and formerly chaired the Loan Committee) and the 100 Black Men of Dekalb County. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Authority. He was elected from a field of eight candidates to the Dekalb County Commission in 1994. During his tenure at the super district 7 post, he was elected the first African-American presiding officer of the Commission.
His civic involvement was not limited to Dekalb County, but spanned the metropolitan Atlanta area. He was an active member of the following organizations: Board member of OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center), the Dekalb branch of the NAACP, National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc., Georgia Association of Realtors, Dekalb Association of Realtors, Empire Board of Realtists, Past President, Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, Grady Hospital Board of Visitors, the Regional Leadership Institute, South Dekalb Business Association and the Spring Valley Civic Association. He was a member of Greenforest Baptist Church, a lifetime member and past president of the Atlanta Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc, and was active in the Clark College Alumni Association, the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons, and the Shriners.
While Porter was heavily involved in many civic and public service activities, his treasure was his family. His unconditional love and commitment to his wife, sons, grandchildren and family was undeniable. He will forever be cherished by a loving wife, Bobbie Kennedy Sanford; his devoted children, Mr. and Mrs. Porter (Sandy) Sanford, IV (Lisa) and Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Kennedy Sanford (Jaye Mia); grandchildren, Porter Julian Sanford, V, Jason Kennedy Sanford, Christopher Blake Sanford and Skyler Jadyn Sanford; sisters and brother, Mary Stokes, Bettie (Sammie) Hambrick, Hattie (Earl) White, Dorothy (Jessie) Burke and Ricky Sanford; lifelong, loyal, and dedicated friends, Bobby Baines and Mattie Reid; goddaughters Cynthia Brown, Yolanda Harris, and Piper Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

PRELUDE

PROCESSIONAL

PRAYER OF CONSOLATION .................................... The Reverend George 0. McCalep, Pastor Greenforest Baptist Church

READING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
The Old Testament ...................................................... The Reverend Stafford Wicker, Pastor Antioch A.M. E. Church
The New Testament ................................................ The Reverend Canon Carolynne Williams
The Cathedral of St Philip (Episcopal)

MUSICAL SELECTION ........... ........... "His Eye is on the Sparrow" ................. Seanna N. Turner Jarvis Wilson, Organist

REFLECTIONS (Limit two minutes, please)
Honor~ble Ver~on Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Dekalb County Mrs. L1ane Le~1tan, F_ormer Chief Executi ve Officer, Dekalb County, State Senator Mr. Bobby Ba1nes, D~rector, External Relations, American Red Cross (Retired) Ms. JoAnne Newby, Professor, Cambridge College
Mr. Henry Flowers, Partner, Jostens Campus Supply

OFFICIAL TRIBUTES:
LaNett Stanley-Turner, State Representative, District 53 Philippa B. Brown, Special Assistant to Mayor Shirley Franklin

MUSICAL SELECTION ................ ..... ''We Shall Behold Him"........................... Karen G. Lowery Jarvis Wilson , Organist
REFLECTIONS (Limit two minutes, please)
Mr. Joseph Strawbridge, President, Strawbridge and Associates Attorney Paul Robinson, Metropolitan Law Firm Mr. Carl Ware, Executive Vice President, Coca-Cola Company (Retired) Mr. Gregory Baranco, President, Baranco Automotive Group
Dr. Joy Simmons

OBITUARY (Read Silently) ................................ .................... 'The Lord's Prayer" (Played Softly)

EULOGY ................... ......... ................ ... .................. ... ......... The Reverend Rodney Turner, Pastor Mt. Vernon Baptist Church

RECESSIONAL ............................................................................ 'When We All Get to Heaven"

POSTLUDE

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Hillandale Memorial Gardens 6201 Hillandale Drive
Lithonia, Georgia 30058

Repast to follow in the Sanford Event Room