FUNERAL SERVICES 
for 
Rev. E. AA. Solomon 
Saturday, June 13, 1981 
hOO p.m. 
Solomon Tabernacle 
Baptist Church 
Thompson Street Extension  Vidalia, Georgia 
Rev. A4. J. Jeffrey, Officiating 
Assisted by Rev. Thomas Rumph 
Order of Service 
Processional 
Hymn  "Nearer My God to Three" .... Mi. Pleasant Choir 
Scripture  
Old Testament...................... Rev. Alfred Cason 
New Testament .........................Rev. J. A. Bryant 
Prayer of Comfort.......................... Rev. R. L. Williams 
Hymn  "Abide With Me".....................Mt. Pleasant Choir 
Expressions  
Mt. Pleasant . Dea. H. L. Lee, Chairman Deacon Board 
Mt. Moriah....................Dea. Richard Graham, 
Chairman Deacon Board 
Solomon Tabernacle............Dea. Albert Broomfield, 
Chairman Deacon Board 
Live Oak .................................. Dea. Bell 
"As a Neighbor"................... Bro. W. C. Kellem 
"As a Friend"..................... Mr. T. R. Maxwell 
Ministerial Tributes.............. Rev. D. D. Edmond, 
Dr. L. Perry McNeil, Rev. Martin Bacon 
"As a Moderator"...................... Rev. A. L. Rozier 
Missionary Tributes ..................Sis. Dosia Love 
Resolutions.............Rev. P. T. Phillips, Moderator, 
Oconee Zion Assocaition 
Acknowledgements 
Obituary...............................Mrs. T. R. Maxwell 
Hymn  "Servant of God Well Done" . led by Rev. T. H. Kent 
Eulogy ......................Rev. M. J. Jeffery, Moderator 
Viewing of Remains 
Recessional 
Final Resting Place 
East View Cemetery 
Soperton, Georgia 
Obituary Verses 
Peoce/t'.';-' he is sleeping. 
He is resting at last; 
His weary trials. 
His troubles have passed; 
Silently he suffered. 
With patience he bore; 
Until God called him home. 
To suffer no more. 
Rev. Emele M. Solomon, age 88, of Thompson Street Extension, Vidalia, 
Georgia, died Monday evening, June 8, 1981, after an extended illness. A native 
of Baldwin County, he had resided in Vidalia for the past 36 years. He was one 
of eight children born to the late Dorsey Solomon and Nellie Sylvia Solamon. 
While living in Baldwin County, he joined the Popular Spring Baptist Church in 
1904. Emele was joined in Holy Matrimony to Carrie McLendon of Laurens 
County in 1917, and to this union three sons were born. 
For several years Rev. Solomon lived in Laurens County, where he begin 
his ministry in 1916. His first pastorate was in Treutlen county In 1919 with the 
Jordon Hill Baptist Church, which he was instrumental in organizing. Other 
pastorates include; five years with Lovely Hill Baptist Church in Treutlen County; a 
total of nine years with Adam Hill, Buffalo Baptist, and Bell Baptist, all of 
Montgomery County; St. Paul in Cochran for 18 years; Mt. Pleasant of Claxton 
for 38 years; Mt. Moriah in Manassas for 42 years and 49 years with Solomon 
Tabernaclde, previously Hope Well Baptist. 
Additionally, Rev. Solomon served as Moderator of the Star Light Baptist 
Association, Vice Moderator and Moderator of the Oconee Zion Association for 
47 years, and was an affiliate with the Tattnall County Baptist Association. Also, 
he was a member of Mt. Hored Masonic Lodge No. 114, the gministerial Alliance, 
the WMBS and organizer of the Ushers' Union. 
Emele Solomon pursued his religious tudies and received certification with 
the American Bibh Theological Seminary of Nashville, Tennessee, through the 
Vidalia Extension Uni; 
Survivors induce three sons: Rev. Felton Solomon of Vidalia; Joseph 
Solomon and Dorsey Solomon, both of Atlanta; three daughters-in-law: Mrs. 
Leola Solomon of Vidalia, Mrs. Mattie Solomon and Mrs. Lena Solomon, both of 
Atlanta; three sisters: Mrs. Ethel Brown of Braddy, Fla.; Mrs. Gertrude Collins and 
Mrs. Polly Rushin of Milledgeville; two brothers-in-law: Charlie Brown and Mark 
McLendon Sr. of Montgomery County; a devoted niece: Mrs. Nellie S. Bailey of 
Vidalia; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grand-children; two greatgreatgrand- 
children; several nieces, nephews, and other relatives also survive. 
Farewell the maze has been treaded. 
This is the ending of strife; 
Say not that death should be dreaded  
T/s but the beginning of life. 
To some he may be forgotten. 
And become a part of the past; 
To us who loved and lost him 
His memories will always last. 
Sorrowfully, The Family 
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Honorary Pallbearers 
Ministers 
Active Pallbearers 
Mt. Hored Masonic Lodge No. 114 
Flower Bearers 
Ministers' Wives 
Missionary Ladies 
Ushers 
Mt. Moriah Mt. Pleasant 
Solomon Tabernacle 
Acknowledgements 
Death Is the Gateway to a Sweeter Life 
The family wishes to thank their many friends for their kind 
expressions of sympathy and all acts of services rendered during 
their hour of bereavement. 
May God bless each and everyone of you. 
Services By 
Smalley's Funeral Home 
Vidalia, Georgia 
Phones 537-7042 
537-4744