The family of the late Rebecca Stephens acknowledge with great "'  appreciation all of the prayers, calls, visits, and other kind expressions and 
symp thy shown to us during the loss of our loved one. We are also very thankful to the staff of the Rockdale Healthcare Center. 
 
A Special Thank you to rR.ev. Dr. Darrell D. Elligan, Pastor 
Flower Ladies 
The True Light Baptist Church Usher Board 
Pallbearers 
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H. Griner Funeral Home 
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Saturday, April 15, 2017 
 
11:00 A.M. 
 
The True Light Baptist Church 47 Anderson Avenue, N.W Atlanta, Georgia 30314 
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 Rebecca Phyllis Jackson Stephens was born on November 8, 1920, to the late Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jackson of Luverne, Alabama. 
She spent her early childhood and school years in Lake City, Florida. Later moving to Atlanta, Georgia. 
She joined the Shiloh Baptist Church, where she served faithfully until moving with the late Rev. J. H. Jordan and others to form The True Light Baptist Church. She served on the Usher Board No. 1 until her health declined. 
She retired from the Atlanta Public School System after working there thiry-four years. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackson Stephens and her devoted granddaughter, Lazanyta Faith Patterson. 
She leaves to cherish her memory one daughter, Bertha Rucker-Scott; one granddaughter, Mr. & Mrs. Eugene (Phyllis) Slaughter; one grandson, Rev. Leonard Patterson; two great-grandsons, Mr. & Mrs. Philip (Erika) Slaughter a.Ftd Brandon Patterson; one great-great-granddaughter, Emerald Wells; The Merald and Vinson Family; and a host of friends and extended church family. 
If I should go tomorrow It would never be goodbye, For I have left my heart with you, 
So don't you ever cry. The love that's deep within me, Shall reach you from the stars, You'll feel it from the heavens, 
And it will heal the scars. 
 
Prelude Processional. ... ''When Wt- All Get to Heaven" 
Scripture Readings 
The New Testament ... 2 Timo 4:6-8 
Min. Harold Calabrese .. Prayer of Comfo Apostle Thomas  on 
Reflections ... Two Minutes, please Obituary 
(Read Sikntly) ection... '1 Won't Complain" 
r. Adrian Johnson 
Eulogy Rev. Dr. Darrell D. Elligan 
Acknowledgements Mrs. Iris Williams 
Recessional... .-cGoing Up Yonder" 
Postlude Interment Monte Vista Biblical Gardens 1361 Hollywood Road, N.W Atlanta, Georgia 30318