Funeral program for Mrs. Eva Smith Palmer

Cddchrating tl|E fie
of
ilrB. Eua Palmer
Saturday, June 17, 2000
1:00 PM
Green Cypress Baptist Church
Claxton, GA
Rev. H. W. Miller, Pastor
Professional Services
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125 IMorth Proad Street
CCaxtoji, 30417
Phone (912)739-2658
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"Where Sympathy Is PxpressecCThrough Sincere Service
1923
2000
Mr. James J{. MeCson
Owner/Manager
Pev. Craig P. TremhCe
Mortician/Manager
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The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall Ifear?
Psalms 27:1
Eva Smith Palmer was bom in Evans County to the late Roseoe
Smith and Pearl Manker Smith on Febmary 23, 1923. She grew up
and attended the schools of Evans County. She united with Green
Cypress Baptist Church where she served faithfully until her health
declined.
In 1940 she was united in holy matrimony to Mr. Lonnie Palmer.
To this union six children were bom. One child preceded her in
death, Eva Pearl Palmer.
On Saturday, June 10, 2000 she departed this life at St. Josephs
Hospital in Savannah, Georgia after a long illness. She leaves to
cherish her memoiy; a devoted husband, Mr. Lonnie Palmer of
Claxton, GA; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lee (Junior) Palmer and
Mrs. Carolyn (Leon) Tillman of Reidsville, GA and Ms. Melrose
Palmer of Hagan, GA; two sons, Mr. Bennie (Gloria) Palmer of
Augusta, GA and Mr. Larry (Linda) Palmer of New York City, NY;
one sister, Mrs. Tmdy S. Malett of Ocala, FL; two brothers, Mr.
Roseoe Smith of Belleville, GA and Mr. Robert L. Smith of
Claxton, GA; two fond brothers-in-law, Mr. Son Palmer of Claxton,
GA and Mr. Leroy (Tina) Palmer of Teaneck, NJ; ten other
brothers-in-law, seventeen sisters-in-law, fourteen grandchildren,
twenty-three great-grandchildren; two aunts, one uncle and a host of
other family.
To Those I Love and Those Who Love Me
When I am gone, release me, let go
I have so many things to see and do.
You mustnt tie yourself to me with tears.
Be happy that we had these years.
1 gave you my love, you can only guess,
How much you gave me in happiness.
I thank you for the love you each have shown.
But now its time I traveled on alone.
So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must,
Then let your grief be comforted by trust.
Its only for a while that we must part.
So bless the memories within your heart.
Celebration
Prelude
Processional
Minister and Family
Hymn
Invocation
Scriptural Readings
Old Testament
New Testament
Song
Green Cypress Choir
Tributes
As a Friend and Neighbor - Mrs. Eddie M. Riley
As a Church Member - Dea. B. Bacon
Acknowledgements/ Obituary
Mrs. Lillie B. Johnson Hayes
Solo
Sis. Dorotha Robinson
^Obituary
A cknowledgem ents
Sis. Geraldine Smith
Eulogy
Rev. H. W. Miller
Final Viewing
Recessional
Postlude
Interment
Green Cypress Cemetery
* To be read silently
f aUbearerB
Deacons Ministry of Green Cypress Baptist Church
Pallb^arerB
Grandsons
Jflamer AttenbantB
Friends of the Family
VF>e '^T^ad ddot Vaken
dhx) roach diverped in a yeHow wood,
cdnd sorry 3 coxld not travel both
cdnd be one traveler, lonp 3 stood
cAnd looked down one as far as 3 could
do where it bent in the underprowth;
dhen took the other, as Just as fair,
cAnd havinp perhaps the better claim,
TSecause it was prassy and wanted wear;
dhouph as for that the passinp there
dfad won them really about the same,
cAnd both that morninp equally lay
3n leaves no step had trodden Back.
Oh, 3 kept the first for another day!
djet knowinp how way leads on to way,
3 doubted if 3 should ever come back.
3 shall be tellinp this with a sipn
Someudere apes and apes hence:
dwo roads diverped in a wood, and 3.....
3 tcxsk the one less traveled by,
cAnd that has made all the difference.
d2obert yrost
AcknauiIebgmEnt
We are truly grateful for all expressions of sympathy,
whether it was a visit you made that comforted us, a telephone
call that consoled our hearts, a prayer to strengthen us or
florals to lift our spirits. We thank you so much.
The Family of Mrs. Eva Smith Palmer
E & S Professional Services
Statesboro, GA
(912) 489-8005