Funeral Services 
FOR 
Mr. Charles [C. B.] McKever 
Saturday, October 17,1987 
3:00 P. M. 
Thomas Grove AME Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. D. L. MOORE, PASTOR 
SUPERINTENDENT JESSIE PRIMUS, OFFICIATING 
INTERMENT - MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY 
RFD CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
OBITUARY 
Mr. Charles (C.B.) McKever was born April 10, 1938 
in Tattnall County, Georgia and departed this life on 
October 12, 1987 at home after a short illness. He joined 
Green Cypress Missionary Baptist Church at an early age. 
He married Lorene Lockhart, October 24, 1959. To this 
union three children were born. One preceeded him in 
death. 
He leaves to mourn his wife, Mrs. Lorene L. McKever, 
two daughters, Miss Jacqueline Yvonne McKever and Miss 
Patricia Ann McKever all of Claxton, Georgia; his mother, 
Mrs. Leilia Allen McKever, Collins, Georgia: step-mother, 
Mrs. Thelma Benjamin, Claxton, Georgia; eleven sisters, 
Mrs. Martha Taylor and Mrs. Doris Lane, both of Augusta, 
Georgia, Mrs. Maxie Cruise and Ms. Linda Benjamin, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Mary Ann Freeman, Mrs. Betty 
Warren and Miss Maxie Allen, Claxton, Georgia, Mrs. 
Joann Polk, Baxley, Georgia, Mrs. Ruby Lee Sherry, 
Collins, Georgia, and Mrs. Sarah Tolbert, Homerville, 
Georgia, Mrs. Elvir Dixon, Collins, Georgia; seven 
brothers, Mr. J. W. McKever, Claxton, Georgia, Mr. 
Ronald Allen, Reidsville, Georgia, Mr. Ray Allen, 
Hazlehurst, Georgia, Mr. James Benjamin, Mr. Bobby 
Benjamin, Mr. Franklin Benjamin, and Mr. Lonnie 
Benjamin, all of Chicago, III.; four grandchildren. Crystal 
Alicia McKever, Palric Marcel McKever, Cory LaVeal 
McKever, and Lamar Joseph Ponder; one great aunt, Mrs. 
Christine M. Hunt and five aunts, Mrs. Maggie McKever, 
Hagan, Georgia, Mrs. Juanita McKever, Mrs. Laura C. 
McKever, Mrs. Viola McKever and Mrs. Tholia M. 
Benjamin, all of Claxton, Georgia; one uncle, Mr. Jim 
McKever, Hagan, Georgia; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. 
Sabrina Moore, Mrs. Beulah Allen and Mrs. Razetta 
McKever; four brothers-in-law, Mrs. Jessie L. Simmons, 
Mr. Perlie Polk, Mr. J. T. Dixon, Mr. M. C. Sherry. 
A precious one from us is gone. A voice we ioved is 
still. A place is vacant in our home. The world can never 
fill. 
ORDER OF SERVICE 
Processional .................................Soft Music 
Selection...........................................Choir 
Scripture 
Invocation 
Selection...........................................Choir 
Remarks .............................(3 Minutes Please) 
As I Knew Him.....................Elder Bennie Bacon 
As A Friend .......................Mr. James Slater 
As A Neighbor ..................Mr. Thomas Hayes 
Solo.................................Mr. Anthony Collins 
Acknowledgements and Obituary.............Missionary 
Pauline Hendrix 
Solo.....................................Mr. Lonnie Brown 
Eulogy.......................Superintendent Jessie Primus 
Viewing 
Recessional 
PALLBEARERS 
Sammie Lee McKever 
Jeffery McKever 
Darren Lane 
Greg Palmer 
Theron Palmer 
Gerald Palmer 
FLOWER BEARERS 
Friends of the Family 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family graciously thanks each of you for the many 
acts of kindness shown during this their time of loss.