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Cecil Hixon Charles Brown Jerome Taylor Keith Lawson Jeff Smith Harold Vicks 
 
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The family of the David L. Searcy is very grateful for your expressions of kindness during our time of bereavement. We ask you to continue to remember us in your thoughts and prayers. 
David requested that you continue to honor his memory with contributions of love to The Elysium House or the Central United Ministry Center. 
 
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Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer 
492 Larkin Street, S.W . Atlanta, Georgia 30313 
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January 30, 1951 -October 30, 1995 
Saturday, November 4, 1995 -11:00A.M.- 
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503-7 Mitchell Street, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia 
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David l. Searcy was born January 30, 1951 in Thomaston, Georgia . He departed this life on October 30, 1995. He was reared by a loving aunt and uncle, Ruth Howard and the late George Howard. He graduated valedictorian from the Drake High School in 1969. Mr. Searcy received the B.A . degree in English and American Literature from Morris Brown College where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He earned the M.S. degree in Library Science from Atlanta University. 
He began his career with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library in 1973 as a part-time assistant. In 1976 he became a reference librarian at the Central Library. Mr. Searcy was appointed to the position of Branch Manager of the Anne Wallace Branch in 1977. During his tenure with the library system, he served as Branch Manager of the East Atlanta Branch for ten years and Adult Services Specialist for the Community Extension Services Department. 
Active in professional library associations, Mr. Searcy served in the following capacities: President of the Metro Atlanta Library Association; President of Zeta Chapter Beta Phi Mu International Library Science Honor Society; Chairman of the Coretta Scott King _Book Award; President of the Public Library Association's Community Information; Secretary of the Georgia Library Association; and Founding President, African American Librarians of Georgia. He also served on the Executive Board of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was most recently elected Secretary of the Metropolitan Libraries Section of the Public Library Association. He held numerous other appointments in the Georgia Library Association, Southeastern Library Association and the American Library Association. Shortly before his death, he was honored with the Georgia Library Association's "Nix-Jones Award for Distinguished Service to Georgia Librarianship." His publication "Martin Luther King, Jr., A Selected Bibliography" appeared in the Georgia Librarian and the American Library Association's Publicity Book. He was listed in the Who 's Who in Library and Information Services. 
Mr. Searcy was an active member of the Central United Methodist Church where he has served as chairman of the Staff Par ish Relations Committee, chairman of the Commission Global Ministries, a member of the Administrative Board, and acting ch airm an of t he Board of Trustees . In 1983, Mr. Searcy was cited " Man of the Year" by the United Methodist Men. 
Survivors include: his mother and stepfather, Sylvia Ann and Charlie Pippins and t wo half brothers, Stephen and Charlie, Jr., all of San Diego, California; another half brother, Kenneth Burnette of Thomaston; and a half sister, Mary Ruth McCrary of Cullodun. He also leaves to mourn a host of other devoted relatives and friends. 
A Tribute To David L. Searcy 
"So live that when thy summons comes to JOin the innumerable caravan that moves to that mysterious realm, where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death. Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, scrouged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. " 
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THE ORGAN PRELUDE .................. "How Great Thou Art" ................. #77 
THE PROCESSIONAL 
THE HYMN OF PRAISE ................... "For All The Saints" .................. #711 
THE INVOCATION ................................... The Reverend Danny Alexander 
THE WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC 
THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS: The Old Testament, Psalm 24:1-10 ................ The Reverend Percy Mahome The New Testament, Matthew 25:31-46 ............. The Reverend Matt Murphy 
THE LORD 'S PRAYER .............................. . ................. . ............ #271 
THE GLORIA PATRI ....... . .. . .................................. . .................. #70 
THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH .... . .......... . .................................... #881 
THE TRIBUTES: (Two Minutes) The Reverend Dr. James L. Davis, Pastor, Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Mr. John Grissom, Central United Methodist Church, Lay Leader, Emeritus Mr. Charles Beard, Library Director, West Georgia College Mrs. Ella Gaines Yates, Former Library Director Mr. and Mrs. Eric Pinckney, Neighbors The Reverend Patrick Batuyong, Chaplain , Elysium House 
THE HYMN OF PREPARATION ........... " Great Is Thy Faithfulness" .......... . #140 
THE EULOGY ................................. The Reverer.d Dr. Rodney T. Smothers 
THE MEDLEY OF HYMNS "There's A Sweet, Sweet Spirit" ..................... . .. . ...................... #334 "Blessed Assurance" ........................................................... #369 "When We All Get To Heaven" ............................................... #701 
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................... .. Ms. Jackie Sykes 
THE BENEDICTION ................ .. .. ...... .... . The Reverend Dr. L. McNeil Dowdy 
THE RECESSIONAL 
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Westview Cemetery 1680 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd., Southwest 
Atlanta, Georgia