Life is forever: death is a dream!, eulogistic services for Trustee Moses Adams, January 27, 1930-February 20, 1996, Saturday, February 24, 1996, 1:30 p.m., New Zion Benevolent Baptist Church, 201 Meeting House Road, Hopkins, South Carolina, Reverend Charles L. Jackson, officiating

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1996 1:30 P.M.
NEW ZION BENEVOLENT BAPTIST CHURCH 201 MEETING HOUSE ROAD HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA
REVEREND CHARLES L. JACKSON - Officiating -

OBITUARY
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
-- Psalm 23:4
Mr. Moses Adams, a son of the late John Adams, Jr. and the late Rebecca Dinkins Adams, was born January 27, 1930, in Richland County, South Carolina. He departed this life on Tuesday, February 20, 1996.
Mr. Adams attended the public schools of Lower Richland. He received a certificate in Brick Masonry and Carpentry from Booker T. Washington Trade School in Columbia and worked as a brickmason for various companies in the area. He served in the United States Army, the Korean Conflict, and received an honorable discharge. He was a member of Mt. Olive Masonic Lodge #434, Mt. Olive Eastern Star #306, Lower Richland Branch of the NAACP and the Gadsden Development Board. For the past twenty-five years, he was the owner and manager of Adams Convenient Store and Adams ABC Store in Eastover. Mr. Adams was a member of New Zion Benevolent Baptist Church, where he served as Trustee, church treasurer, treasurer of the scholarship fund, a member of the adult Sunday School class, and the Male Chorus.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. W. Beatrice Adams of Gadsden, South Carolina; two daughters, Ms. Monica Candace Adams and Mrs. Donna Elizabeth White, both of Columbia, South Carolina; three brothers, Mr. John C. Adams of Gadsden, South Carolina, Mr. Leroy Adams of Hopkins, South Carolina, Mr. Samuel L. Weston of Eastover, South Carolina; eight sisters, Mrs. Francenia Weston, Mrs. Hattie Bookert, Mrs. Rosa Webber of Hopkins, South Carolina, Mrs. Florence Faust of Denmark, South Carolina, Mrs. Jessie Walker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Sallie Leach of Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Marie Crafton of Bronx, New York, and Mrs. Minnie Williams of Rochester, New York; one aunt, Mrs. Rosa B. Carter of Hopkins, South Carolina; one grandchild, Anna White; four godchildren, Elise Wilson and Stuart Basil Shaw of Columbia, South Carolina, Julian Alfred Weston and Emil Samuel Weston, both of Eastover, South Carolina; a devoted son-in-law, Mr. Jerome Henry White of Columbia, South Carolina; seven brothers-in-law; eight sisters-in-law; many nieces, cousins, and loving friends.
A devoted, kind, and loving husband and father has gone to eternal rest. We miss you already in our lives. We will meet you face to face one day. We love you, but God loved you best.
Acknowledgment
The family extends sincere appreciation for the sustaining love and support given during our bereavement. Your prayers, visits, and acts of kindness will strengthen us. May God forever bless and keep each one ofyou.
The Family

THE ORDER OF SERVICE
Reverend Charles B. Jackson, Officiating

PRELUDE

PROCESSIONAL

(Viewing of Remains)....

HYMN

' `Sweet Hour of Prayer "

SCRIPTURES

Old Testament .

New Testament

PRAYER

SELECTION

REFLECTIONS

Organist Holley Directors
Choir
Rev. Joseph Neal Rev. Frank Woods, Jr. Dea. Tally Adams, Jr. Zion Benevolent Male Chorus
Dea. George Belton

Trustee Zack Clarkson, Sr.

Rev. Ethel Scott Smith Neighbor
Trustee Cartha J. Harris Friend & Colleague
Dea. Doctor Adams, Sr. P. W. Mt. Olive Lodge #434
Sis. Yvonne Hall Missionary & Friend

SOLO

POEM & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TRIBUTE FROM THE FAMILY

SELECTION

EULOGY

SOLO

"The Lord's Prayer"

BENEDICTION

RECESSIONAL

POSTLUDE

Mrs. Nadine Harper Taylor Mrs. Barbara Weston Mr. Henry J. White Choir
Rev. Charles L. Jackson Rev. Jospeh Neal

COMMITTAL, BENEDICTION, INTERMENT New Zion Benevolent Baptist Church Cemetery
Hopkins, South Carolina

HONORARY PALLBEARERS Board of Trustees
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS Mt. Olive Masonic Lodge #434
HONORARY FLORAL BEARERS Lydia Unity Circle
ACTIVE FLORAL BEARERS Nieces
LIFE IS FOREVER: DEA TH IS A DREAM!
If we did not go to sleep at night We'd never awaken to see the light And the joy of watching a new day break, Or meeting the dawn by some quiet lake Would never be ours unless we slept; While God and all His angels kept A vigil through this "little death" That's over the morning's breath -- And death, too, is a time of sleeping For those who die are in God's keeping; And there's a "sunrise" for each soul, For life and death is God's promised goal -- So trust God's promise and doubt him never, For only through death can man live forever!
-- Helen Steiner Rice
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John P. Holley, Jr. F -- N E -- 1--H -Q--M E

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