Funeral Services for Mr. Orlando Turner, Sr. Tuesday, June 25, 1991 - 3:00 P.M. Elim Baptist Church. Rev. Charles E. Smith, Officiating.

Jfurteral Jjteririces
for
Mr. Orlando Turner, Sr.
Tuesday, June 25, 1991 - 3:00 P.M.
ELIM BAPTIST CHURCH
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Rev. Charles E. Smith, Officiating
** OBITUARY **
Mr. Orlando Turner was born to the late Carrie Farmer and James
R. Turner on August 7, 1916 in Burke County, Georgia.
He received his formal education in the public schools of Burke
County.
He was converted and baptized at an early age at the Bryants
Grove Baptist Church in Burke County. He was later ordained as a
Deacon at the Bryants Grove Baptist Church under the pastorage of
Rev. Martin Moody.
In November of 1940, he was united in Holy Matrimony to Viola
Hilliard. To this union three children were born, Marlene, Orlando and
James.
After moving to Augusta, Georgia, Mr. Turner united with the
Liberty Baptist Church, where he was an active member serving on the
Deacon and Trustee Boards and Superintendent of the Sunday School.
Later he moved his membership to the Elim Baptist Church to be with
his family.
He retired from the Augusta City Maintenance Shop as an
automobile mechanic.
He leaves to mourn, a devoted wife, Viola; a devoted daughter,
Marlene Watkins, Augusta, Ga.; two sons, Orlando Turner, Jr. of West
Covina, Calif, and James Turner of Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister,
Hazel Jordan, Augusta, Ga.; one brother, Dea. Isaiah Turner, Augusta,
Ga.; a devoted son-in-law, Ulysses Watkins; daughter-in-law, Sharon
Turner; five grandchildren, Mia Griffin of Oklahoma City, Ok.,
Michelle, Monica, and Marcia Watkins of Augusta, Ga. and Velika
Turner of Los Angeles, Calif.; one grandson-in-law, Marvin Griffin;
three sisters-in-law, Willie Mae Turner of Detroit, Mich., Mozelle
Turner of Augusta, Ga. and Della Ashmore of Washington, Ga.; one
brother-in-law, Roosevelt Hilliard of Akron, Ohio; and a host of
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
** ORDER OF SERVICE **
PRESIDING ...................... Rev. Charles E. Smith
PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN ............................... Sanctuary Choir
Amazing Grace
SCRIPTURES
Old Testament....................... Rev. Aaron Williams
New Testmanet ...................... Rev. Harvey Fields
PRAYER ..................
SOLO ....................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.........
OBITUARY ................
Soft Music
.... Rev. Alfred Walker
.... Hawthorne Welcher
Mrs. Barbara Washington
.......... Read Silently
SELECTION
REMARKS
As A Deacon - Dea. Anderson Johnson
As A Neighbor & Friend - Dea. Quincy McKie
As A Member - Dea. Melvin Thornton
EULOGY ........................ Rev. Charles E. Smith
RECESSIONAL
POSTLUDE
INTERMENT.................. Mt. Olive Memorial Garden
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Prayer is the souls sincere desire, unuttered or expressed, the motion of a
hidden fire that trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh, the falling of a tear, the upward glancing of an
eye when none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try; Prayer, the
subliment strains that reach the Majesty on high.
Prayer is the Christians vital breath, the Christians native air, His
watchword at the gates of death; He enters heaven with prayer.
** PALLBEARERS **
Dea. Henry Boyette
Dea. Ellis Johnson
Dea. Quincy McKie
Dea. Latimer Stokes
Dea. Walter Bennett
Dea. Melvin Thornton
** HONORARY PALLBEARERS **
Young Mens Club
Elim Baptist Church Senior Mission
Hes Only Gone On
At last his gallant soul
TOOK FLIGHT
into the the LAND
WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT . .
But his name is CARVED
IN OUR HEARTS to stay
As we think of the things
that he used to say . . .
So he is not dead,
hes only GONE ON
Into a BRIGHTER,
MORE WONDERFUL DAWN . . .
For men like him
were not born to die
But, like the SUN
that shines in the SKY,
They warm the earth
and the hearts of men
And in HAPPY REMEMBRANCE
they live again . . .
So while he sleeps
and his voice is still,
His spirit goes on
and it always will.
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Final Arrangements Entrusted To
WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
1765 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Augusta, Georgia