- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. Timmons (Buck) Bacon
- Date of Original:
- 1995-11-18
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Claxton--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Evans County, Claxton, 32.16158, -81.904
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mr. Timmons (Buck) Bacon. Date of funeral service: November 18, 1995. Location of funeral service: Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 3:00 p.m. Birth date: June 29, 1940. Death date: November 12, 1995.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-206
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-206
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- African American Funeral Programg Collection, Evans County African American Archive Museum, Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Holding Institution:
- Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR THE LATE
Mr. Timmons (Buck) Bacon
JUNE 29. 1940 - NOVEMBER 12. 1995
Saturday. November 18. 1995
3:00 P. M.
Mt. Pleasant Missionary
Baptist Church
CLAXTON, OA.
REV. ROBERT GRIGGS, PASTOR
OFFICIATING
INTERMENT - MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ENTRUSTED TO
HARPER'S FUNERAL HOME
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
PHONE (91Z) 739-265B
OBITUARY
Mr. Timmons (Buck) Bacon was bom June 29,1940 to Lan-
dis Bacon and the late Utah Bacon. He departed this life on
November 12, 1995 after a long illness.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his father, Landis Bacon;
eight sisters, Betty Bacon, Sandra Bacon, Dora Wilkinson and
Clarree Porter, all of Bellville, Ga., Celia Seay of Manassas, Ga.,
Mary Olds, Paulean Bryant and Ora Jones, all of Miami, Fla.;
four brothers, Lorenzo Bacon, Brunswick, Ga., Rudolph Bacon,
Glennville, Ga., Hazel and Landis Bacon, Miami, Fla.; six aunts,
Willie Williams, Annie Lee Bacon, Mamie Bacon, Maggie Lane,
Amezetta Brewton and Sophia Brewton; two uncles, Fisher
Brewton and Roger Bacon; four brothers-in-law; four sisters-in-
law; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and
friends.
God saw the road was getting rough, the hills were hard
to climb. He gently closed those loving eyes and whispered
peace be thine.
Done in sorrow: The Family
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional.............................Soft Music
Selection......................................Choir
Scripture................................Psalms 23
Invocation
Hymn..............Jesus Keep Me Near Thy Cross
Remarks...........................(3 Minutes Please)
As A Neighbor......................Mrs. Emma J. Carr
Selection......................................Choir
Acknowledgements & Obituary
Eulogy...................................Rev. Robert Griggs
A Parting Glance.........Harpers Directors and Staff
**Family and friends will be served in the Church
Fellowship Hall immediately after the committal service.
PALLBEARERS
Nephews
FLOWER BEARERS
Friends of the Family
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are eternally grateful to our many friends and fami-
ly members who have been so very kind and thoughtful
to us during this time of sorrow, your visits, telephone calls,
expressions of sympathy and especially your prayers have
been an inspiration to each of us.
The Bacon Family
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE FAMILY
To thank the family for trusting Flarpers Funeral Home
to work with you during this time of loss in our family. May
God bless each of you.
We hope our service has been a comfort to you in
every way.
The Manager & Staff