A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE
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Tuesday, April 9,2019
6:00 P.M.
W.H. MAYS MORTUARY
1221 James Brown Boulevard | Augusta, Georgia
Alma B. Hunter
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ID LIKETHE MEMORY OF ME
TO BE A HAPPY ONE,
ID LIKE TO LEAVE AN AFTERGLOW
OF SMILES WHEN LIFE IS DONE.
ID LIKE TO LEAVE AND ECHO
WHISPERING DOWN THE WAYS,
OF HAPPY TIMES AND LAUGHING TIMES
AND BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAYS.
ID LIKE THE TEARS OF THOSE WHO GRIEVE,
TO DRY BEFORE THE SUN
OF HAPPY MEMORIES THAT I LEAVE
When life is done.
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Alma B. Hunter
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Uma was born in Searcy, Arkansas on Thanksgiving Day, November 29,1917, the youngest child of Reverend James A.
md Emma Ruth Bedford Burgess, her siblings included: six brothers, twins, Ulysses and Holsey, Reuben, Augustus,
Ottawa, and Henry; and four sisters, Mattie, Elizabeth, Chloe and Vera. v
?he was preceded in death by: her parents; all siblings; and a nephew, Cecil Burgess, who was like a brother.
\lma AT was a graduate of S. A. Jones High School, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Paul L. Dunbar Junior College, Little
lock, Arkansas; and Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. Additional studies were done at Philander Smith College
n Little Rock and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
3n June 6,1938, Alma and William A. Andy" Hunter was united in Holy Matrimony at Bethel A.M.E. Church in North
Little Rock, Arkansas where they had both attended since childhood. They had been married six days shy of seventy-
rwo years when he died on May 31,2009.
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Alma was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Top Ladies of Distinction, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society,
American Dietetic Association, National Council of Negro Women, The Hill Lunch Bunch, The Kappa Alpha Psi
Silhouettes and Rock of Ages C.M.E. Church. She was a retired hospital dietician.
Alma Rose Burgess Hunter passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019, and is survived by: cousin, Richar
host of nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. She enjoyed the comp
godsons, Victor Turner, Edward Moore and Stanley Moore; and a great number of devoted friends, ado
daughters and granddaughters.
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Reverend Charles E. Henderson, Officiating
Musical Prelude..................................................... Mr. Donese Bentley
Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah"
Omega Omega Service.
. Delta Sigma Theta
Alumnae Chapter
Prayer and Scriptures.................................................................Reverend Gene R, Dean
Old Testaments
Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 and Psalm 121
New Testaments
John 14:1-6 and Romans 14:7-12
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Medley of Favorite Hymns........
Great Is Thy Faithjulness'
'Just to Behold His Face'
'In Times Like These'
He Will Remember Me'
Because He Lives'

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Words of Comfort.
.. Reverend Charles E. Henderson
Pastor, Rock of Ages CME Church
Musical Postlude...................................................................... Mr. Donese Bentiey
Holy Art Thou by Handel
VIEWING AND VISITATION WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER PROGRAM
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Everyone is asked to assemble at the cemetery at 9:45 A.M.
Wednesday, April 10,2019
\ 10:00 A.M.
HILLCREST MEMORIAL PARK
2700 Deans Bridge Road | Augusta, Georgia

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Top Ladies of Distinction
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Board of Directors
Lucy Craft Laney Museum
Tuskegee University Alumni Club
The Hill Lunch Bunch
Silhouettes of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
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We wish to thank all who have been so kind to us in our time of bereavement. We have sustained a great loss
and your kindness is very comforting to us. We are deeply grateful and moved by your expressions of love and
sympathy. 'Tfo'TomUy
This earth hAs been my home so long, And I have loved it well,
But one day I must leave it, Just when I cannot tell.
The hour and the minute, I am scheduled to depart,
Was long ago decided, and is written on God's heart.
This is a great old world, and how I wish that I could stay,
But the years keep going faster, And the hours slip away.
But as I near the turning of the road, I pause to view
The yesterdays I've left behind me, as I journey through
One year into another, 'Til they form a silver chain,
There are things I would do over, Some I would not do again.
Though "old sins cast long shadows," However long confessed,
With all my heart I do believe I'll find a place to rest
Within the arms of Jesus, where no heartache and no pain,
Will ever be allowed to touch this prodigal again.
And throughout all eternity, my greatest joy will be,
That the Shepherd left His ninety-nine,
...To come in search of me.
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