FUNERAL SERVICE
of
HARRIETT ESTHER WASHINGTON PARKS
Saturday, July 11, 1987 - 2:30 p.m. LAMPKIN GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
************ Rev. Charlie Wright, Officiating

** OBITUARY * *
Mrs. Harriett Esther Washington Parks was born July 23,1913 in Appling, Georgia to the late William and Mattie Bennett Washington.
At an early age, she was converted and baptized under the pastorage of the late Rev. George Jones in 1924. Shejoined the Lampkin Grove Baptist Church. There she remained a faithful member and a loyal Deaconess until health failed her. She was united in holy wedlock to Deacon Solomon Parks.
A friend to a multitude, her life was spent in serving others. It was not necessary to ask for her help, she was always there when needed.
She will be sorely missed by her husband, Deacon Solomon Parks; a daughter, E. Gwendolyn Hightower; a stepdaughter, Rebecca Parks; a stepson, Solomon Parks, Jr.; a brother, Deacon George Washington; a son-in-law, James T. Hightower; two sisters-in-law, Sadie Washington and Ethel Garrett; a brother-in-law, Allen Parks; nine grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; two great nieces; three great nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
"Like sands through the hour glass; So are the days o f our lives "

** PROGRAM * *

PROCESSIONAL

SELECTION............................................................................. Choir

SCRIPTURE........................................................... Rev. W. Jackson

PRAYER ........................................................ Rev. S. T. Thompkins

SELECTION............................................................................. Choir

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................ Queen Cobb

REMARKS ........................................ Deacon Eugene Washington Rev. S. T. Thompkins
Deaconess Annie Mae Youngblood

EULOGY ............................................. Rev. Charlie Wright, Jr.

RECESSIONAL

INTERMENT

Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens

** A C T IV E P A L L B E A R E R S * *

Benjamin Allen Jerry Reese Robert Washington

James Hammonds David Hall John Adams

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** HONORARY PALLBEARERS **
Deacons of Lampkin Grove Baptist Deacons of Piney Grove Baptist ************

M y Insurance
I have an insurance with Jesus, I know that i t 's marked paid; For Jesus is the permium, and H e H is own life gave;
I took out an insurance for heaven, the best that could be found; N o w I have an insurance with Jesus, and for heaven I am bound.
I have an insurance with Jesus, that w o n 't lapse or fa ll to seed, For the premiums are paid daily by m y actions and m y deeds; The board o f directors are angels, and the President is Cod;
Jesus Christ is m y collector, all H e wants is the pure in heart. M y life is insured by Jesus, m y all I promise to give, 1 promise to live a Christian, to love, forget and forgive;
In turn, Jesus gave me insurance, salvation was m y benefit, A n d now I have the assurance somewhere around the throne I 'll sit.
N o w when m y life is ended, weep not, ju st let it be said, I 've cashed m y insurance for heaven, by divine hands now I 'm led,
M y way lies onward and upward to heights above the skies, M y insurance with Jesus will carry me safely o 'er the roaring tide.
. . . Kenneth Morris

DENT'S UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT In Charge