Of Your Charity Pray for the Soul of Luther J. Battiste, Jr.

Active Pallbearers
Dr. Oscar P. Butler, Jr.
Mr. Lamar Dawkins
Mr. Willie A. Johnson
Dr. Kailash Mathur
Mr. Mool S. Shekhawat
Mr. Willie Thompson
Honorary Pallbearers
The Vestry
of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Members of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
and
Physical Plant Employees
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Acknowledgements
The family of Luther J. Battiste, Jr. wishes to acknow-
ledge with sincere appreciation your thoughtfulness, concern,
showers of love, and all expressions of sympathy extended to
us during our hour of sorrow.
Your thoughtfulness made our burden easier to bear.
Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you
dearly, whatever the part.
Participants in The Service
The Reverend Dr. F.G.S. Everett, Pastor
Mount Pisgah Baptist Church
Orangeburg, South Carolina
The Reverend David Landholt, Interim Rector
Saint Lukes Episcopal Church
Columbia, South Carolina
* Acolytes *
Goler Collins, III
James Howard
Ernest Louis
* Chalice Bearer *
John T. Bowden, Jr.
Ernest Louis
* Ushers *
Austin Edwards
Victor Kerr
Daniel W. Walker
Members of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
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Arrangements Entrusted To
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PAUL and OLIVIA SIMMONS
Owners
Orangeburg, South Carolina (803) 534-2646 - 534-1510
and
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South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center
Father Ira J. Johnson, Officiating
12:00 Noon
Tuesday, March 16,1993
Of Your Charity
Pray For The Soul of
LUTHER J. BATTISTE, JR.
Columbia, South Carolina
May his soul and those of all
The faithful departed Rest in Peace
Obituary
Order of Service
Luther J. Battiste, Jr., Director of Physical Plant at South
Carolina University, died on Friday morning, March 12, 1993
in The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg. He was 65.
Bom in Kingstree, South Carolina, he was a son of the late
Luther J. Battiste and Geraldine Gourdine Battiste. He
attended the public schools in Kingstree and graduated from
Tomlinson High School, and entered South Carolina State
College in the fall of 1945. Mr. Battiste earned both the
Bachelor's and Masters degrees at South Carolina State. After
earning his degree in 1948, he became supply clerk, and
Assistant Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds,
respectively. With the retirement of Mr. D.M. Zimmerman in
1973, he became director of the Physical Plant, and served
with distinction in this capacity for 20 years.
Mr. Battiste had a special interest in horticulture, self
taught, and one year following his promotion was cited in a
special ceremony for "Outstanding Landscaping of Campus
Grounds" by the National Landscaping Association. Other
honors bestowed upon him: Polemarch of Orangeburg Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and named "Kappa Man of The
Year" (1972); South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources
bestowed an award for Services on Study Committee on
Program Funding (1980-81); received "The Distinguished
Alumnus Award" (1987); and was inducted into the "South
Carolina State College Army ROTC Hall of Fame" (1992).
Mr. Battiste was active in his church and in the community.
He was Senior Warden, St. Paul s Episcopal Church, former
vice chairman of the South Carolina Association of State
Planning and Construction Officials; Southern Regional
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities
and Schools; The Quarter-Century Club, South Carolina State
College; President, K.W. Green Gun Club; and the Northside
Country Club.
Survivors include his widow: Mrs. Mildred Beatty Battiste
of the home; a son: Luther James Battiste, III of Columbia, SC;
eight brothers: Alfonza B. Battiste of Atlanta, GA, Burnette
Battiste of Sacramento, CA, Jack O. Battiste, John Battiste,
and Gourdine H. Battiste, New Orleans, LA, Auggeretto
Battiste, Chicago, IL, Theodore Battiste of New Rochelle, NY,
and Keith Battiste of Orangeburg; two sisters: Mrs. Nancy B.
Davis of San Antonio, TX, and Mrs. Mildred B. Blue of New
York, NY; a grandson, Justin Foster Battiste and a
granddaughter, Jade Nicole Battiste both of Columbia, SC, an
aunt: Mrs. Burdette Dickerson of Jamaica, NY; a daughter-in-
law: Mrs. Judy M. Battiste of Columbia, SC; several nieces,
nephews, and cousins, and many other relatives and friends.
ORGAN PRELUDE................Dr. Arthur Evans, Organist
PROCESSIONAL......................Father Ira J. Johnson
The Book of Common Prayer
The Burial of the Dead: Rite One
HYMN........................................No- 390
"Praise To The Lord, The Almighty"
COLLECT......................The Book of Common Prayer
OLD TESTAMENT READING........The Reverend F.G.S. Everett
Isaiah 25:6-9
PSALM 121.............................Willie J. Heggins
The Book of Common Prayer
HYMN........................................No- 660
"O, Master Let Me Walk With Thee"
NEW TESTAMENT READING........The Reverend David Landholt
Revelation 7:9-17
HYMN........................................No- 646
"The King of Love, My Shepherd Is"
THE GOSPEL................................John 14:1'6
HOMILY............................Father Ira J. Johnson
REMARKS
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc......Alpha O. Josie
President Emeritus.............Dr. M. Maceo Nance, Jr.
Family.............................Jack O. Battiste
PRAYERS......................The Book of Common Prayer
THE PEACE
THE OFFERTORY
ANTHEM - "My Faith Looks Up To Thee"......arr. Carter
Choir
HOLY COMMUNION
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING.........................
The Book of Common Prayer
THE LORDS PRAYER..........The Book of Common Prayer
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
THE COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE
THE COMMUNION HYMNS (Selected)
THE POST COMMUNION PRAYER..The Book of Common Prayer
THE COMMENDATION...........The Book of Common Prayer
THE RECESSIONAL............The Book of Common Prayer
The Service continues with the Committal
at Belleville Memorial Gardens
THE KAPPA ALPHA PSI HYMN
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Crossing The (Bar
Sunset and evening star,
Sind one (dear caff for me!
find may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
(But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Tuhlight and evening bell,
Sind after that the dark
Sind may there be no sadness cf farewell,
When I embark
Tor tho'from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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