Eulogistic Services 
for 
Dea. John C. Stephens 
FIRST PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH 
NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA 
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1964 
3:30 P.M. 
REV. H. B. BADY, OFFICIATING 
REV. W. B. COLEMAN, JR. PASTOR 
Obituary 
"Today the journey is ended, 
I have worked out the mandates of fate; 
Naked, alone, undefended, 
I knock at the Uttermost Gate. 
Behind is life and its longing. 
Its trail, its trouble, its sorrow; 
Beyond is the Infinite Morning 
Of a day without a tomorrow. 
Lo, the gate swings wide at my knocking. 
Across endless reaches I see 
Lost friends with laughter come flocking 
To give a glad welcome to me, 
Farwell, the maze has been threaded. 
This is the ending of strife; 
Say not that death should be dreaded 
'Tis but the begining of life. . . 
Was Tuesday, March 3, 1964 for the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Daniels of Wilkes County Georgia. His Christian life began 
at an early age when he was converted and baptized at the Level 
Hill Baptist Church. He was ordained deacon in 1913. 
For a number of years he was a member of the Board of Trustees 
for the Central Elementary School. He was the founder of the 
Stephen Grove Elementary School in Toliver County. He retired as 
a stationary fireman from the Southern Railroad. 
He was a very active member of the First Providence Baptist Church. 
He served faithfully as chairman of the Board of Deacons until his 
health failed him. He was also a member of the Simmons F. A. A. Y. 
Masons Lodge, North Augusta, South Carolina. 
In 1904 he was married to the late Susie Andrews. 
Survivors are: six daughters, Mrs. Amelia Lamback, Mrs. Lizzie Neal, 
Mrs. Sallie Collins, Mrs. Edna Lattimer, Mrs. Ruby Green and Miss 
DeRena Stephens; four sons, Jessie, Frank, Robert and Wadie Steph- 
ens; six sisters, Mrs. Annie M. Payne, Mrs. Isabella Dorsey, Miss 
Annie L. Daniels, Mrs. Floyd Garmet. Mrs. Albie Lunsford and Mrs. 
Olivia Turner; five brothers, Wadie Walker, Robert, and James Dan- 
iels and Sylvester Stephens; three brothers-in-law, Norman Dorsey. 
Nemiah Lunsford and W. Turner; five sisters-in-law, Mrs. Rosa Dan- 
iels, Mrs. Mamie Stephens, Mrs. Ruth Daniels, Mrs. James Daniels 
and Mrs. Robert Daniels; four daughters-in-law, Alberta, Mattie, 
Alice, and Mattie Stephens; four sons-in-law. Jack Lattimer, Buster 
Neal, Sgt. Willie Green and Charles Collins, twenty-six grand- 
children, 13 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and 
friends. 
Funeral Program 
OF 
DEACON JOHN C. STEPHENS 
PROCESSIONAL 
HYMN ....... 
SCRIPTURE .. 
PRAYER ..... 
Abide With MeChoir 
Rev. Braxton 
........ Rev. N. Irvin 
REMARKS (3 minutes each) .Deacon BoardDea. Daniel Brown 
CHURCH ........... Dea. Alfred Lee 
COMMUNITY ..... Dea. Jerry Cannon 
LEVEL HILL .......... Mrs- Denter 
RESOLUTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....Mrs. Mary W. Bright 
SOLO 
REMARKS ............ 
EULOGY ............. 
REVIEWING OF REMAINS 
Rev. J. H. Wingfield 
Rev. W. B. Coleman, Jr. 
RECESSIONAL 
BURIAL 
Cedar Grove Cemetery 
Augusta, Georgia 
Active Pallbearers 
MEMBERS OF MASONIC TEMPLE 
A. C. BROOKS IN CHARGE 
DANIEL SMITH, WISHFUL MASTER 
honorary pallbearers 
Dea. L. L. Pendarvis 
Dea. Willie Monroe 
Dea. Gus B.':ght 
Mr. H. I. Capers 
Dea. Mack Cobb 
Prof J. A. Thomas 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Deacons of Providence Baptist Church 
Dea. Wilson Miller and Prof. L. K. Reese 
FLOWER BEARERS 
Ushers of Carpentersville and First Providence Baptist Churches