Celebration of life for Beverly Joyce Williams, Sunday, November 29, 1998, 1:00 p.m., Franklin Covenant Baptist Church, Hephzibah, Georgia, Reverend George Williams, officiating

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Sunday, November 29,1998 1:00 P.M.
Franklin Covenant Baptist Church
Hephzibah, Georgia
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Reverend George Williams - Officiating

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To live is life, to believe is to be given the opportunity to receive eternal life, to die as a believer is the only sure way to see our Heavenly Father in his likeness . . . pure and unblemished without a wrinkle or spot.
J ^ c v e r i y { J o y c e c W iffia m s , the first child of four children bom to Eloise W. Murray and the late Jack Wilkes, in Richmond County. She was raised in a home in which God was first and Jesus was all. Like many youths of her early years, Beverly was disciplined, mannerable and ambitious.
After accepting Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior, having had the personal encounter with Him, that every bom again believer must experience. Beverly was baptized at a early age, at Franklin, Covenant Baptist Church, Hephzibah, Georgia.
Beverly educational acquisition was obtained from T. W. Josey School, Augusta College and Phillips College. As a student, Beverly was studious, inquisitive and persistent in her academic endeavors. She received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Army in 1976.
Beverly loved immensely and demonstrated her love by sponsoring children of all nationalities and cultures.
Beverly gave more than thirteen years as a faithful employee for the State of Georgia at Regional Youth Development Center, until her Medical Retirement.
The memories of her life are cherished by: her daughter, Tomika S. Williams; son, Franklin J. Williams; mother, Eloise W. Murray; stepfather, Alfomia Mathis; sister, Dorothea M. Simpson; grandmother, Dorothy B. Williams; great aunt, Irene B. Burton; three grandchildren, Franisha Williams, Nekaya Robinson and Tyesha Williams, all of Augusta, GA; devoted friend, Frank Wright and Family; and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, relatives and friends.
The purpose o f death, which is but to gain life everlasting in God's great domain, and no one need make this journey alone, for God has promised to take care o f His own.

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Reverend George Williams - Presiding
The Prelude The Processional
The Selection.............Franklin Covenant Baptist Church Choir The Scriptural Reading The P ray er...................................................Rev. George Williams
Reflections Church/ Society #1 - Dea. Paul Williams Friend
The Expressions of G ratitude........................... Carolyn Purdue Solo O bituary......................................................................Read Silently Eulogy ......................................................... Rev. George Williams The Recessional......................... ..................................... "Alleluia" Interment ...........Franklin Covenant Baptist Church Cemetery

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Franklin Covenant Baptist Church Ushers

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We live a short while on earth below, reluctant to die for we do not

know just what " dark death" is all about, and so we view it with fear

and doubt. Not certain o f what is around the bend, we look on death

as the final end, to all that made us a mortal being, and yet there lies

just beyond our seeing a beautiful life so full and complete. That we

should leave with hurrying feet, to walk with God by sacred streams

amid beauty and peace beyond our dreams. For all who believe in the

Risen Lord have been assured o f this reward. And death for them is

just "graduation" to a higher realm of wide elevation. For life on

earth is a transient affair, just a few brief years in which we prepare.

For a life that is free from pain and tears. Where time is not counted

by hours or years for death is only the method God chose to colonize

heaven with souls o f those who by their apprenticeship on earth.

Proved worthy to dwell in the land o f new birth. So death is not sad

. . . the soul's emigration into a place where the soul's SAFE and

FREE to live with God through eternity!

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Helen Steiner Rice

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It is with prayerful and reverent hearts that the family o f Beverly J. Williams, express to its many friends, profound appreciation in this memorable hour. Beverly would want each o f you to be eternally blessed for your patience, concerns and consistent prayers. We, too share with her as we say, "Thanks" you'll never beforgotten!!!
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Services Entrusted To WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, IN C
Augusta, Georgia