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Service o f Celebration

for the life of

Dr. Kanzij Stinson Weston, Sr.
March 19, 1921 - December 28, 2008

Friday, January 2, 2009
1 :0 0 p.m.
Tabernacle Baptist Church 1223 Laney Walker Boulevard
Augusta, Georgia
The Reverend Charles E. Goodwin, Jr., Officiating

Dr. Ranzy Stinson Weston, Sr. was bom on March 19, 1921, in Columbia, South Carolina to the late English Weston, Sr. and Dr. Annie Bell Stinson Weston.
Dr. Weston began his primary education in the public schools o f Columbia, South Carolina and completed junior high school and high school in New York City, New York while his mother pursued her studies at New York University. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, in 1938.
Dr. Weston continued his education at his beloved South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, where he earned a Bachelor o f Science degree and played on the var sity basketball team. His college days were interrupted by three years of service overseas where he proudly served his country as a first sergeant in the United States Army during WWII. While in the service, Dr. Weston traveled much o f Europe.
Upon returning to the states, Dr. Weston graduated from South Carolina State and went on to complete his medical studies in 1952 at Howard University, College o f Medicine, in Washington, D .C ., followed by an internship at Gallinger Municipal Hospital in the nation's capital.
In 1953, he opened a private family medicine practice in Aiken, South Carolina and later moved it to Augusta, Georgia where he continued to serve his com munity until closing the practice in 1992.
A devoted community servant, Dr. Weston was actively engaged in several organ izations until his health failed. He was a member o f Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta for most o f his adult life, a Life Member o f Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and a member o f the National Medical Association, Georgia State Medical Association, the Stony Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society, Blue Cross Blue Shield Family Medicine Board, Sportsman Boat Club, Royal Aikenites and the Ambassadors Bridge Club.
Dr. Weston was preceded in death by two daughters, Paulette D. Weston and Loretta B. Bryant, one sister, Edith W. Bowles and two brothers, Albert Weston, Sr. and English Weston, Jr.
He leaves to mourn his passing a devoted wife, Frances Brown Weston o f Augusta, Georgia; one brother, Dr. Paul D. (Ida) Weston o f North Augusta, South Carolina; seven children, Dr. Andolyn B. (Edward) Harrison o f Grambling, Louisiana, Pamela W. (A.J.) Gardner o f College Park, Georgia, Dr. Denise W. Smith o f Augusta, Georgia, Ranzy S. Weston, Jr. o f Centreville, Virginia, Dr. Danly P. (Jocelyn) Weston o f Ft. Washington, Maryland, Jordan E. (Gwendolyn) Weston o f Conyers, Georgia and Neta W. (Gregory) Harris o f Orangeburg, South Carolina; eleven grandchildren, Summer B. Weston, Amena W. Smith, Autumn A. Weston, Marcus V. Smith, Michael W. Smith, Kylie E. B. Weston, Ranzy S. Weston, III, Dawnly A. Weston, Wynter M. Weston, David G. Harris and Ricky G. Bryant, II; one great grandson, Jayden W. Davis; and a beloved host o f cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
In lieu o f flowers, please make a donation in the memory o f Dr. Ranzy S. Weston, Sr., to either the American Cancer Society, (706) 731-9900 or the Alzheimer's

Order of Service
Prelude
Processional
Hymn .............................................................................. Mass Choir
Scripture ............................................................ Ecclesiastes 3: 1-13 Reverend Clyde Hill, Sr., Pastor M ount Calvary Baptist Church
Hymn .............................................................................. Mass Choir
Prayer............................................ Reverend Clyde Hill, Sr., Pastor
Obituary..................................................................... Vivian Sylvester Mrs. Judith Ruffin, Pianist
Expressions (two minutes) Dr. Benjamin Rucker, M.D., friend David G. Harris, grandson Ricky G. Bryant, II, grandson
Acknowledgements.................... Dr. Ronald Brown, M.D., friend
S olo..................................................Gregory C. Harris, son-in-law Mrs. Sandye Spann, Pianist
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Orangeburg, SC
Eulogy..................................... Reverend Charles E. Goodman, Jr. Pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church
Selection...........................................................................Mass Choir
Recessional
Interment ................................... M ount Olive Memorial Gardens
REPAST Tabernacle Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

Pallbearers
Deacons of Tabernacle Baptist Church
Manorary Pallbearers
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Ambassadors Bridge Club
Stony Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society
JlowerWearers
Deaconesses of Tabernacle Baptist Church
Manorary 7lower Wearers
Top Ladies of Distinction, Augusta Chapter Links, Inc., Aiken Chapter The Leisurettes Bridge Club O.N.O.D. Bridge Club

When Barth's Cast Picture is Painted
When Earth's last picture is painted a n d the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, fa ith , we shall need it - lie down fo r an aeon or two, Till the Master o f A ll Good Workmen shall p u t us to work anew l
A n d those that were good shall be happy: they shall sit in a golden chair; They shall splash a t a ten-league canvas with brushes o f comets' hair;
They shall fin d real saints to draw fro m - Magdalene, Peter, and Paul; They shall work fo r an age a t a sitting a n d never be tired a t alll
A n d only the Master shall praise us, a n d only the Master shall blame; A n d no one shall work fo r money, a n d no one shall work fo r fam e, B u t each fo r the joy o f the working, a n d each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees I t fo r the God o f Things as They Are!
Rudyard Kipling

Acknowledgements

We wish to express our deepest appreciation for all acts of kindness shown to

us during this difficult time and throughout Dr. Weston's illness. Special

thanks to Mount Calvary Baptist Church, all of our friends, the nurses, doc

tors and staff at the Charlie Norwood V.A. Medical Center, and musicians,

Mrs. Edith Lark and Mrs. Wanda Richardson. Every tender consideration has

been recorded in our hearts.

The Weston Family

W. H. Mays Mortuary
"Professional Service A Family Tradition Since 1922" 1221 James Brown Boulevard Augusta, Georgia 30901 (706) 722-6401