FINAL RITES 
FOR 
RFC. BERNARD BACON 
(1949 - 1970) 
Wednesday, May 27, 1970 
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
3:00 P. M. 
OFFICIATING, CHAPLAIN TURNER 
REV. E. M. SOLOMON, PASTOR 
INTERMENT  CHURCH CEMETERY 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME 
IN CHARGE 
OBITUARY 
How beautiful it is for man to die upon the 
Wall of Zion, to be called like a watch-worn and 
weary sentinel to put his armor off and rest,  
In Heaven. 
To serve ones country is an honorable deed, 
to die for it makes one a hero. 
P.F.C. Bernard Bacon, the son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Lander Bacon, was born in Evans County, 
Georgia, April 1, 1949, and departed this life May 
14, 1970, in Vietnam. He attended the public 
schools of Evans County, and was a member of 
the Graduating Class of 1968 of the Evans Coun- 
ty High School, Claxton, Ga. He was drafted 
into the United States Army July 10, 1968. Dur- 
ing the summer of 1969, he was called to duty in 
Vietnam. 
He will be sadly missed by his mother and 
father, Mrs. Utah Bacon and Mr. Lander Bacon, 
Bellville, Ga.; four brothers, Mr. Clarence Bacon, 
Mr. Timmons Bacon, Mrs. Lorenzo Bacon, Bell- 
ville, Ga., Mr. Hazel Bacon, Miami, Fla.; seven 
sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou Olds, and Mrs. Pauline 
Bryant, Miami, Fla., Mrs. Celia Seay, Manassas, 
Ga., Mrs. Claree Porter, Glennville, Ga., Mrs. Dora 
Wilkerson, Miss Sandra Rose, and Betty Jean Ba- 
con of Bellville, Ga.; three half-brothers, Mr. Lan- 
nie Bacon, Miami, Fla., Mr. Willie Otis and Mr. 
Rudolph Bacon, Reidsville, Ga.; one half-sister, 
Mrs. Ora Lee Jones, Miami, Fla.; three aunts, Mrs. 
Mary Wright, Claxton, Ga., Mrs. Ida Mae Woods, 
Manassas, Ga., Mrs. Maggie Chapell, Glennville, 
Ga.; six uncles, Mr. Lawrence Bacon, Mr. William 
Brewton and Mr. Sam Brewton, Claxton, Ga., 
Mr. William Bacon, Manassas, Ga., Mr. Lovett 
Bacon, Hagan, Ga., and Mr. Fisher Brewton, New 
Rochelle, N. Y.; four great uncles, Mr. Doyle 
Brewton, Savannah, Ga., Mr. Samuel Bacon, Clax- 
ton, Mr. Rimbert Bacon, New Jersey, and Mr. 
Rogers Bacon, Ohio; one great aunt, Mrs. Willie 
Williams, Glennville. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a 
man lay down hiS life for his friends.  St. John 
15:13. 
ORDER OF SERVICES 
Processional 
Selection 
Invocation 
Scripture 
Selection 
Remarks: 
As I Knew Him______Mrs. Lillie Bell Hayes 
Solo---------------------------Miss Ann Batts 
Acknowledgement 
Obituary_______________________Miss Mary Ray 
Eulogy______________________Chaplain Turner 
Assisted By________Rev. E. M. Solomon, Pastor 
Viewing of Remains 
Recessional 
Final Resting Place_________Church Cemetery 
FULL MILITARY HONORS 
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS 
Military Personnel 
FLOWER BEARERS 
Class Mates of 1968 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family is indeed appreciative for the 
many consoling words and kind deeds extended 
by their many friends during their hours of sor- 
row.