A Service of Love Celebrating the Life of Mrs. Helen Orr Smalls, November 1, 1922 - May 25, 2013 - Held At - Bethesda Christian Fellowship 36 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, Kenneth C. Doe, Pastor, Bishop Ricky Orr, Officiant, - Held On - , Saturday, June 1, 2013, At the Chiming Hour Of Eleven-thirty In the Morning, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is a crown of life that the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me that day"...

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We, the Family of the late Mrs. Helen Orr Smalls, are humbly grateful to those of you who have shown kindness and love to us during her illness and our subsequent bereavement. We acknowledge the many calls, visits, cards, offers of service, other acts of kindness and the many prayers offered up on our behalf. As we endeavor to accept God's will, we ask that
you keep us in prayer. It is our collective prayer that God will
bless each of you in a very special way. We give special thanks to her niece, Portia Snooks for all that she did for Morn.
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The Committal, Final Prayers & Invaultment 11:00 AM Monday, June 3, 2013 Beaufort National Cemetery 1601 Boundary Street- Beaufort
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BETHESDA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 36 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Saint Helena Island, South Carolina
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Saturday, June 1, 2013 At The Chin1ing Hour Of Eleven,thirty In The Morning ~~ "I have fought a good fight, I ha~ve finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is a crown of life that the Lord, the
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Pastor Raymond]. Hamilton, Presiding
Prelude ......................................................................................... Musician *Processional/Farewetl Viewing ................................... Ministers & Family Opening Selection...................... ....... ..... .. ...................... Combined Choir Invocation... ............................................... Pastor Chauncey 0. Campbell Scriptural Readings:
Old Testament.. .... .... .. Isaiah 40:28,29,3 1 ...... Rev. Joseph McKnight New Testament.. ..... ! Thessalonians 4:13-18 ........... Pulpit Appointee Selection ......................................................................... Combined Choir Remarks .................... 3 Minutes Please ................... Mr. Clarence Bradley .................................................... .... .. .... .... .......... ...... ... Ms. Irene Shipman Selection ....................................................... .... .............. Combined Choir Words Of Comfort ........................................................ Bishop Ricky Orr *Benediction ............................... ... .......................... Rev. Joseph McKnight *Recessional .................................................. Ministers, Deacons & Family Postlude ................ ........................ ......... .................................... . Musicians
*We Ask That If You Are Not A Member Of The Family, Please Stand

These words arefor you to have and to hold

To keep in your heartforever

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Ask me what a mother is and I shall tellyou,
Mothers are the ones who bring comfort andjoy to a day.

Ii They can turn apkzin house into a happy home, Mothers are the ones that know how to make every holiday beautiful A pkzce to be remembered know matter where we roam... Mothers were meant to be warm as sunshine,

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Asfresh and sweet as spring, With smiles and hugs and kzughter

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andgifts ofjoy to bring Mothers help your hopes and dreams come true-She's the person you turn to through good times and the bad,

A mother's love can never be destroyed,

A mother's love can never be taken away from you...

She will always be there for you,

She feeds you with her smile,

She warms you with her heart,

A mother's love is to have and to hold,

Throughout all eternity,

For all the special things you do,

The ways I've changed and grown with you!

Thank you Motherfor showingyour loving devotion in so many affectionate ways!

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That is why in all the world there could never be another who couldjill the special shoes as complete

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as you, Our Mother!

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EJJ1;d. ~ <f:J~ (j}/mo/14 daughter of the late Cloie and Easley
Singleton and reared by the late Sophie Witter, was born November 1, 1922,
in the Tulifinny Community of Coosawhatchie, SC.

She received her education in the Jasper County public schools. At a very early age, she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal savior, was baptized and became a member of the Rosemary Baptist Church. She served on the Usher Board and later on the choir. She loved to sing and she and her sisters formed the "Singleton Sisters", and spread the gospel through songs throughout the lowcountry.
I She met and later married Henry Lewis Orr. She moved her membership to Lovely Hill Baptist Church, Ridgeland, South Carolina to be with her husband. After the death of Mr. Orr, she transferred her membership to Israelite Baptist Church, Lady's Island, where she sang on the choir. She met and married Herman Smalls and was a loving and devoted wife until his death in 2001.

Her favorite pastime was fishing. She made her living as a cook at Holly Hall Plantation, worked at Blue Channel Seafood Factory, Allied Department Store and as a homemaker.

Mrs. Smalls was the mother figure to many in the community. Many of those that she took into her home where she loved, nurtured and fed them. She was a very dear, trusted friend to many who count it a blessing to have known her and are truly indebted to her for the love and kindness that she unselfishly gave.

On Saturday, May 25, 2013, Mrs. Smalls entered into an eternal slumber at

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In addition to her parents and her husbands, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Vincent, Arthur, Nathan, Jack and Harold; sisters, Rosa Lee Pringle and Daisy Bell Jones; grandchildren, Teyanna Smalls and Derek

Anton Harvey.

Those left to cherish and honor the great memories her life created are

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her children including a devoted son, Bishop Ricky L. Orr, Clayton James S(Cmalls (A)nn), dConrhad EMdwardNSmallsRh(Marlhena)(Jand JeJffr)ey LlodydhSldmalls

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1 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Norman Singleton (Lucille) and Nathan

Witter; three sisters, Lillie Mae Washington, Mary Moran and Earline

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Singleton; her brothers-in-law, Easton Smalls (Evelyn), Wesley Smalls, Jr. (Louise) and Franklin Smalls (Peggy); sisters-in-law, Louise Smalls, Ethel

I Smalls, Sandra Smalls and Annie Mae Smalls, Beatrice Glover and Matilda (Jepter) Derrick; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and
caring friends including two very devoted friends, Ms. Ethel Green and Ms. ~ Irene Shipman; and a very devoted spiritual daughter, Apostle Joann Orr.

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