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