Funeral program for Mr. James Verdell Baker

HOMECOiNC SERVICES
FOR
Mr. James Uerdell Baker
Sunday. June 9. 1991
2:30 P. M.
Jerusalem Baptist Church
GROVELAND, GEORGIA
DR. L. PERRY MCNEAL. PASTOR,
OFFICIA TING
INTERMENT -
JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
GROVELAND, GEORGIA
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Name; James Verdell Baker.
Birth: April 16, 1939.
Parents: The late Archie Baker, Sr. and the late Carrie (Mikel)
Baker.
Residence; 74 Walcott Avenue.
Newark, New Jersey.
Demise; June 3, 1991. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center,
Newark, N. J.
Survivors: one daughter, Ms. Angela Hughes, St. Petersburg,
Florida; five sisters, Mrs. Mildred Carr, Mrs. Nona Lee Williams, Mrs.
Olivia Porter, Mrs. Esteen Swanson and Minister Ollie Mae Baker, all
of Claxton, Georgia; two brothers, Mr. Wallace Baker, Tignall, Georgia
and Mr. Archie Baker, Jr., Tampa, Florida; two brothers-in-law, Mr.
Leroy Carr, Claxton, Georgia and Mr. Calvin Williams, Collins, Georgia;
two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Carnation Baker, Tignall, Georgia and Mrs.
Lizzie Baker, Tampa, Florida; two aunts, Mrs. Ida Smith, New York,
New York, Mrs. Cora Mikel, Claxton, Georgia; one uncle, Ollie Mikel,
Claxton, Georgia and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends,
who loved him dearly; a devoted friend, Ms. Shirley Kearney, Newark.
New Jersey.
POEM
Do not grieve for me, my dear ones,
Now that I have gone away.
I have stepped quietly through the door.
Into the dawn of a brighter day.
if you could see the beauty of the gardens
I am walking through
If you could feel the touch of His hand.
You would want to walk here too.
Where pain can no more touch me.
Where no sorrow can be.
You would be glad I stepped away
To this beautiful land of eternity.
I will be waiting for you, my dear ones,
I will be watching day by day.
I will ask my Father to guide you
Lest you falter along the way.
So when the day is over
And night is drawing nigh,
I pray, you too, find it only a step
Where walk my precious Lord and I.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional
Selection......................................Choir
Scripture
Invocation.....................Elder Clarence Gadsen
Selection......................................Choir
Remarks: (3 Mintues Please). , , . Brother Frank Hagan
Solo................................Sister Ann Batts
Obituary and Acknowledgements. Sister Susie Murphy
Solo..........................Deacon Robert McCloud
Eulogy...........................Dr. L. Perry McNeal
A Parting Glance............Harpers Professional Staff
Recessional
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Brother McKenzie Baker
Brother Harold Jones
Deacon Ezekiel Baker
Brother Kenry W. B. Baker
Brother Otis Glover
Brother Eldred Foy
Brother Leander Williams
Brother Dewey Byrd
Deacon Ulyssess Bacon
Brother Lorema Bacon
Brother Tommy Russell
Brother Henry Mikel
Brother Learlis Martin
Brother Freddie Brinson
Brother Daniel Johnson
Brother James Smith
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
FLOWER BEARERS
School Mates and Friends
Perhaps you sent a lovely card
Or sat quietly In a chair,
Perhaps you sent a floral piece,
If so we saw It there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words
Perhaps you were not there at all.
Just thought of us.
Whatever the part you played
We thank you so much.
THE FAMILY OF THE LATE
MR. JAMES VERDELL BAKER
Would like to express their profound gratitude to their
many friends and relatives for the kindness shown them
in their hour of sorrow by the visitations, words of sym-
pathy, telephone calls, donations of food, flowers, and
prayers. May God bless each of you is our prayer.
Dinner will be served at the home of
Minister Ollle Mae Baker.