FUNERAL SERVICES for LILLIE REDD DARLINGTON, R.N. Saturday, August 18, 1984 - 11:00 A.M. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH ******** Dr. C. S. Hamilton, Minister ** OBITUARY ** Mrs. Darlington was born on September 20, 1904 to the parents of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Redd of Eatonton, Georgia, where she received her elementary and secondary education. After completing high school, she entered the Lamar School of Nursing (University Hospital) in Augusta, Georgia. She was employed at the University Hospital and later served as head nurse. She was also employed at St. Joseph's Hospital and the County Youth Development Center where she remained until she retired in 1968. She was a faithful member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church where she served until her illness. She was a member of the Senior Choir and the Nurses' Guild. Mrs. Darlington was the wife of the late Henry Darlington, Sr. and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Theodoro Booker of Augusta, Ga. and Mrs. Gwendolyn Johnson of Atlanta, Ga.; one son, Dr. Henry Darlington, Jr. of Fayetville, N.C.; three grandsons, Reginald Johnson of Washington, D.C., Marque Darlington of Atlanta, Ga., and Leon Booker of Augusta, Ga.; four granddaughters, Adrienne Gamble of Knob Nouster, Missouri, Carla Hairston of Atlanta, Ga., Karen Gwendolyn Darlington of Fayetville, N.C. and Yolanda Johnson; two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Brown of Chicago, 111. and Mrs. Lucille Paschal of Topeka, Kansas; two brothers, Mr. Henry Redd and Mr. Thomas Redd both of Chicago, 111.; three great-grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law, five sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, and nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. ** ORDER OF SERVICE ** ORGAN PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SELECTION .................................................................... Sr. Choir SCRIPTURE .................................................. Rev. M. E. Braxton 23rd Psalm PR A Y ER ................................................................. Rev. Inez Smith SELECTION ........................................ Mrs. Mary Alice McRae, Mr. Charles Burton REMARKS ...................................... ..........Deacon Jordan Wright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................... Mrs. Willevena Williams P O E M ........................................ Dr. Henry Darlington, Jr. (son) SOLO ......................................................... Mrs. Emma L. Starks EULOGY .............. .......................................... Dr. C. S. Hamilton RECESSIONAL INTERMENT Cedar Grove Cemetery ** HONORARY PA LLBEA RERS ** Senior Choir 10th District Nurses Association ************ ** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS ** William Prince Joe Scott David Butler Marque R. Darlington Reginald Darlington Johnson Leon Booker ************ If You Would Please Me If you would please me when I've passed away Let not your grief embitter you. Be brave; Turn with full courage from my mounded grave And smile upon the children at their play; Let them make merry in their usual way; Do not with sorrow those young lives enslave Or steal from them the fleeting joys they crave; Let not your grieving spoil their happy day. Live on as you have lived these many years, Still let your soul be gentle and be kind-- I never liked to see those eyes in tears! Weep not too much that you must stay behind; Share in the lives of others as you'd share, If God had willed it still to leave me there. ************ WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC. In Charge