The funeral service for Calvin E. Thornton, Sr., Tuesday, March 29, 1983, 3:30 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, Paine College, Rev. Benjamin J. Anderson, officiating, Charles W. Francis, Sr., organist

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Calvin E. Thornton, Sr.
Tuesday, March 29, 1983 -- 3:30 P. M GILBERT-LAM BUTH CHAPEL Paine College
Rev. Benjamin J. Anderson, Officiating Charles W. Francis, Sr., Organist

Calvin Ernest Thornton, Senior, zealously lived fo r fiftynine (59) years, radiating the love o f Christ Jesus.
He was bom and reared in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, the son o f the late Ernest and Nancy Thornton. He received his primary and secondary education there.
Cal received his Bachelor o f Science degree from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia and his Master o f Science degree from South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. He continued his graduate studies in Administration at the University o f Massachusetts in Amherst, the University o f Georgia in Athens and State Teachers College, Worcester, Massachusetts.
On August 29, 1949 he married Ann Elizabeth Henderson, from this union three children were born, Calvin, Jr., Nancy Elaine and George Henderson.
Cal was a com mitted servant o f the Lord, holding member ship at the Belle Terrace United Presbyterian Church, where he served as Chairman o f the Board o f Trustees. He was an elder Sunday School teacher, choir member, a member o f United Presbyterian Men and a member o f the Presbytery* o f Georgia.
Cal devoted his life to serving others through the arm o f education. He taught at Harbison Junior College, Irmo, South Carolina and Four Mile School, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. He served as principal o f the Jennie Moore Consolidated School and Assistant to the Superintendent in Mt. Pleasant. He was President o f Boggs Academy, Keysville, Georgia and Administrative Aid to Congressman Doug. Barnard. Cal was president o f Thor Associates, Consultants: Education and Institutional Marketing.

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Communion ScAvxce
MINISTER.. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, unto whom our hearts and minds are open, all our desires known, and in whose wisdom all secrets are revealed, re-create and purify our hearts; cleanse and renew our minds through the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may love You perfectly and magnify Your holy name. Unto You we give all praise and thanks through Jesus Christ. Amen.
MINISTER. Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ says: "The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength" (Mark 12:29, 30). "This is the great and first commandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets." (Matt. 22:38)
CONGREGATION. There is but one presence and one power, God, the good omnipotent. We love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength. We love the Lord God in our neighbor as ourself.
Hymn No, 124, verse 1, Unite/ SoViQ S&taction
MINISTER. You who do truly and earnestly repent of your sins and are in love with an have charity for your neighbors and intend to lead a new life, follow ing the commandments of God and walking henceforth in His holy ways, draw near to Him in your heart and take this holy sacrament to your comfort.
CONGREGATION. 0 Lord Christ, cleanse our thoughts with Your truth and purity. Help us to make our body a fit temple for Your indwelling presence, in order that this mortal may put on immortality and the pure substance of Your being may be manifested in us.
MINISTER. Almighty God, we know that Your action in man is love, therefore we open our hearts and minds and claim Your presence in us as love, that we may be like You, and to be like You we must forgive.

CONGREGATION, Almighty God, we now forgive all who may ever have offended us; we forgive all men all things.
MINISTER. If we have offended others, we must claim their forgiveness and that of almighty God.
CONGREGATION. Almighty God, we claim and accept Your for giveness. 0 Christ, Your forgiving love fills us now. We are immersed in the forgiving love of Christ.
Hymn No. 124, verse 2, Unite/ Song Selections.
MINISTER. "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body (Matt. 26:26).
"This do in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19).
Almighty God, we know that the bread Jesus offered His disciples symbolizes spiritual substance. Your invisible essence of Mind out of which all things are made. This we eat; this we appropriate, and by partaking of it we become one with Your radiant, living substance.
CONGREGATION. We are one with the radiant, living substance of God. We are healed in soul and in body,
MINISTER. Let us repeat this statement once more, after which we shall take it deep into the silence, and so appro priate the living substance of God. Together.
CONGREGATION, We are one with the radiant, living substance of God, We are healed in soul and in body.
[Silence.)
MINISTER, And Jesus took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "Drink ye all of it, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for mdTY (Matt. 26: 27, 28). "This do in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19).
Almighty God, we know that the wine Jesus offered to His disciples as His blood symbolizes life, Your very Spirit. We know that as we drink, as we appropriate this idea of Spirit life, we are quickened and made new.
CONGREGATION. We are filled with the quickening life of Spirit, We are made new in soul and in body.
[Continued on /eeve/ue)

MINISTER. Let us repeat this statement once more, ter which we shall take it deep into the silence,
and so appropriate the quickening life of Spirit. Together.
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MINISTER. In prayer and In the silence we have appropriated the substance and life of Spirit. We have felt the inspiration of the indwelling Christ lifting our thoughts to a higher plane of under standing. Now we go forth, and we consecrate our thoughts and activities to Christ service.
CONGREGATION. "To this end have I been born; and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth" (John 18:37).
MINISTER. We consecrate ourselves through recog nizing our purpose to bear witness to Truth only; to speak Truth, to hear Truth, to see Truth to the best of our understanding and ability. In so doing we express the healing presence of the Christ within.
CONGREGATION. "It is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me" (Gal. 2:20).
MINISTER. The same Christ that was the Christ in Jesus dwells in us. The Christ substance and the Christ life we have appropriated move in us now to will and to do what our heavenly Father would have us do, and to be what He would have us be.
CONGREGATION.
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Jehovah, my rock and my redeemer" (Psalms 19:14).
Hymn No. 104, HivUtJ Song SdtdcXZon*, is now sung
by the congregation, followed by the minister's concluding prayer.

He was affiliated with a multiplicity o f organizations during his lifetime. His most recent involvements include -- director, Georgia Carolina Council o f Boy Scouts o f America, director, Newburke Housing Corporation, member and special consultant, Mid-South Association o f Independent Schools, Trustee, Augusta Country Day School, member, Richmond County Mental Health Advisory Committee, member, Hampton Institute Alumni Club and member o f Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
As was his way, Cal was involved even on the day o f his death, March 24, 1983.
In addition to his wife and children, Cal is survived by a grand daughter, Christian Onika McKenzie, a son-in-law, Gilbert E. McKenzie, Princeton, New Jersey, a brother, Lawrence E. Thorn ton, Simsbury, Connecticut, a sister, Alice T. Hall, Bronx, New York, a sister-in-law, Mrs. Julius C. Thornton, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, paternal aunts, Alice T. Fowler, Florence, South Caro lina, Annie M. Harmon and Myra Williams, Atlanta, Georgia, a maternal aunt, Birdie Coleman, Canton, North Carolina, seven nieces, six nephews, supportive in-laws and many other close re latives and friends.
Cal had a special fondness for the Apostle Peter. It is fitting to leave a legacy o f Calvin Ernest Thornton, Senior with the Apostle's words:
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" And God has reserved for His children the priceless gift o f eternal life; it is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach o f change and decay. And God, in His mighty power, will make sure that you get there safely to receive it, because you are trusting him."
I Peter 1:4-5

ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD WITNESS TO THE RESURRECTION
ORGAN MUSIC PROCESSIONAL PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION AND
THE LORD'S PRAYER ................................. Rev. Otis Smith *HYMN ................................................................................ No. 256
" Be Thou My Vision" OLD TESTAMENT READINGS ......................... Rev. John Ellis SOLO ................................................................ Mr. Oliver Sueing
"How Great Thou Art" NEW TESTAMENT READINGS........Rev. Dr. W. L. Jagnandan
*THE DOXOLOGY PERSONAL WORDS ............................. Rev. N. Gordon Quaye
Mr. James Wormley
THE MESSAGE ........................................................... The Pastor
THE PASTORAL PRAYER
*HYMN ........................................................... " Come, Labor On"
THE RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT ................................................... Mt. Olive Gardens * People Standing

** HONORARY PALLBEARERS ** The Session The Trustees
of Belle Terrace United Presbyterian Church
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** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS **
Augusta --Aiken Chapter of Hampton Alumni Association
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** FLOWER BEARERS **
United Presbyterian Women of Belle Terrace Church
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** USHERS ** United Presbyterian Men of Belle Terrace Church
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family wishes to acknowledge with grateful appreciation all expressions of sympathy shown during their bereavement.
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