Funeral Services for 
Henry S. Heard 
Shady Grove Baptist Church Tignall, Georgia 
Thursday, December 10, 1981 2:30 oclock P.M. 
Rev. William Evans, Pastor Officiating 
 
 Obituary 
Deacon Henry Heard was born on November 9, 1909, in Wilkes County, Georgia, to the late Jack and Lizzie Heard. 
At an early age, he joined the Shady Grove Baptist Church. He was a very active Christian worker. 
He served as superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He also served as secretary of the Wilkes, Elbert, Lincoln Sunday School Union, Presider of Flint Hill Lodge No. 22, president of the 4th District Singing Convention, Assistant Secretary of the Freewill Missionary Baptist Ministers, Deacons and Laymen, and Grand Presider of S and D of M.P.O, Grand Presider of Good Samaritan Grand Lodge. He was also a licensed funeral director of the State of Georgia. 
His earthly labor ended on Sunday, December 6, 1981. His survivors are his wife, Jessie Mae Heard; one son, Henry Heard, Jr., of Tignall, Ga.; two daughters, Lizzie M. Heard, Fort Valley, Ga., and Lou Ella Williams, Jesup, Ga.; one grandson, Arthur Williams Jr., Bob Jones University, Greenville, S.C.; five sisters, Jannie Mae Paradise and Ethel Cade of Washington, Ga., Eldora Hill, Gainesville, Ga., Ronnie Hill and Cornelia Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio; two aunts, Hattie Hill of Tignall, Ga., and Rosa Neubia of Greenville, S.C.; three brothers-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. 
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7. 
 
 Olden 
Mrs. Oree D. Willis ................ Mistress of Ceremony Processional Song ................... "Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross" Scripture............................. Rev. R.H. Sutton Prayer.............................. Rev. Waymon Hill Song .................................. "At the Cross" 
Tributes 
Remarks ............................. Rev. H.D. Moon Dea. Jule Hulin.......................... As a Neighbor Dea. Albert Rucker ......................... As a Friend Bro. Edward Smith ....................... As a Member Eulogy ............................ Rev. William Evans Recessional Interment............................ Church Cemetery 
 
 Expression of Thanks 
Your kind expressions of sympathy, acts of kindness and friendship will always remain 
in our memories. Thank you for your thoughtfulness 
The Family 
Active Pallbearers Deacons of Reeves Chapel, Flint Hill and Pole Branch 
Baptist churches 
Honorary Pallbearers Funeral Directors 
Floral Attendants Shady Grove and Flint Hill 
Mother Board 
Willis Funeral Home 224 Lexington Avenue Washington, Georgia 30673 Laura Willis, Directress