Funeral program for Raleigh Macon

Celebratory Services
OF THE LIFE OF
RdLEICH MRCON
MRRCH 6, 1912 - DECEMBER 21. 1991
Tuesday. Dec. 24. 1991
1:00 P. M.
St. John Missionary
Baptist Church
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. ISAAC CULBRETH OFFICIATING
REV. LEE JONES - PRESIDING
OBITUARY
Early Saturday morning, December 21,1991,
an angel of light and peace entered St. Josephs
Hospital and bore the bright spirit of Raleigh Macon
away from a world of sickness, sorrow and pain
to a serene place of joy and eternal rest in the
presence of the Lord.
Raleigh was born in Claxton, Georgia on March
6, 1912 to Mrs. Sallie A. Macon and Rev. R. Alex
Macon. He attended public schools in Evans Coun-
ty. He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
from Georgia State College where he also met his
future wife, Bernice E. Graves; he received a Master
of Science in Education and supervisory administra-
tion from Atlanta University. He was an inductee
in the Savannah State College All Sports Hall of
Fame (football, baseball, basketball) and was a
member of the Savannah State College National
Alumuni Association.
He began his distinguished career in educa-
tion as.a vocational agriculture teacher in Funston,
Georgia in 1936. After several teaching positions
in other counties, he returned to Claxton in 1940
as a teacher and coach at Evans County Training
School. A 3-year lapse in his career occurred while
he served in an essential war support position dur-
ing World War II. Raleigh then became the principal
of Evans Training School (later Evans County High
School) in 1946, a position which he held for 27
years; he was co-principal of Claxton High School
for two years. He retired in 1974.
Raleigh was a stalwart member of St. John
Missionary Baptist Church. He was a long-time
Adult Sunday School teacher and treasurer of the
church. He also served on the first Board of
Trustees. He was a member of St. Joseph Lodge
No. 76 and Omar Temple No. 21.
He served on the Hospital Authority of Evans
County for 15 years. He was a member of the
Mutual Benevolent Society, the National Educa-
tional A.ssociation, the Georgia Association of
Education, the Georgia Retired Teachers Associa-
tion, as well as many other civic and education
organizations. Raleigh was the recipient of
numerous awards and honors from local, state and
national organiations.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mrs.
Bernice G. Macon; a daughter. Dr. Marcia Moody,
Columbia, Md.; one granddaughter, Ms. Deryl Y.
Lee, Alpharetta, Georgia; a sister, Mrs. Lilia Bryant,
Brunswick, Georgia; nieces, newphews, and
cousins, great-nieces and nephews, great-great-
nieces and nephews; a host of other relatives and
friends, all of whom were special to him.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional........Softly Now The Light of Day
Hymn No. 429........When We All Get To Heaven
1 St and 4th Verses
Prayer.....................Rev. James Benjamin
The Scripture
Old Testament Psalms 121........Rev. Lee Jones
New Testament..................Rev. Martin Bacon
Revelations 7:9-17
Solo..................May The Work Ive Done
Ms. Anne Batts
Tributes (2V2 Minutes Please)
Dr. L. Perry McNeal
Jerusalem Baptist And
First African Baptist Churches
Deacon J. C. Banks
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
Mr. Ralph Dixon
President, The Claxton Bank
Obituary (Read Silently)...............Soft Music
Eulogy.......................Rev. Isaac Culbreth, Jr.
Recessional............. .Now The Day Is Over
Interment. . . .Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
Masonic Rites At Graveside
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Gregory Stewart
Robert Henley, III
Reno Jones
Ornie M. Hines
Adolphus Oglesby
Lorenzo Bacon
Arnell Jones
Leroy Jones
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
St. Joseph Lodge 76
Mutual Benevolent Society
Deacon and Trustee Boards of
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
FLOWER ATTENDANTS
Friends of the Family
MUSIC
Rev. Clarence T. Williams
First African Baptist Church
Claxton, Georgia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We gratefullly acknowledge with sincere and
deep appreciation all acts of kindness shown to us
during the illness and death of our beloved one.
THE FAMILY
HARPER FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
Id like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post
That here and there Td paid my fare
With more than idle talk and boast;
That I had taken gifts divine,
The breath of life and manhood fine
And tried to use them now and then
In service for my fellow men.
Id hate to think when life is through
That I had lived my round of years
A useless kind, that leaves behind
No record in this vale of tears;
That I had wasted all my days
By treading only selfish ways.
And that this world would be the same
If it had never known my name.
Td like to think that here and there.
When I am gone, there shall remain
A happier spot that might have not
Existed had I toiled for gain;
That someones cheery voice and smile
Shall prove that I had been worth while;
That I had paid with something fine
My debt to God for life divine.
Edgar A. Guest