Funeral program for Sister Maray Lee Bacon Byrd

Home Going Celebration Service
for
Saturday, October 12,2013
12:00 J^oon
St. John baptist Church
317 j{onh Grady Street
Claxton, Georgia 30417
^eiperend StanfordjJnderson, Officiating
^Professional Services Entrusted to: ^
Moody *s Juneral Home ^
201 Church Street
Claxton, Georgia 30417
(912) 739-4932
Sister Mary JCe ^acon
June 17, 1935
Sunrise
Sunset
October 7, 2013
~ The T)ash ~
I read of a man who stood to speak
^t the funeral of a friend.
He refeiTed to the dates on his tombstone
J^rorn the beginning to the end.
He noted that first came the date of his binh,
^nd spoke the following date with tears,
^ut he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
J^or that dash represents all the time
That he spent alwe on eaiih,
^0nd nou'^ only those who loved him
JCnow what that little line is wonh.
J^or it matters not, how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash.
\Klmt matters is how we lived and loved
^nd how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard,
^re there things youd like to change?
J^or you never know how much time is left.
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider udiats true and real
^nd. always try to understand.
The way other people feel.
^0nd be less quick to anger',
^nd show appr'eciation tnor'e
^nd love the people in our lives
Tike weve never loved before.
If we Weat each other with r'espect,
^nd rnor^e often wear a smile
I(emembering that this special dash
Misht onlu last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read
With your lifes actions to r'ehash.
Would you be pwud of the th ings they say
Jibout how you spent your dash?
/must irork the works of him that sent me, irTiile it is dai/:
the night comet/?, irdien no man can irork John 9:4
Celebration Service
^esider - ^^erend Victor ^rewton, Sr.
We are confident, I say, and ivilling rather to be absent from the body,
and to be present with the Xord.. 2 Coiinthians 5:8
Musical delude...............................................The Music Ministry
^wcessional and a Mnal Glance......................Ministers, J^amily ^ J^riends
Scripture fading
Old TBStament....................................^verendjames Howard
jTew Testament...................................^\?erend Gregory Stafford
Invocation................................................ . ..^ieverend ^kyArthur
Selection.............................V..............Jennie ^acon, Sr.
Expressions (8 minutG^lease) ^ ^
^s a family M^ber\:.:::^.......
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^rt^r Jounce Qx$ndine ^acon

^s I JCnew .......
Hall
^s a J^riend/0
.............-i.'i... .^.
Acknowledgments
Solo
Words of Comfort
jTo Viewing
benediction ^ ^
bfcessional.............................Jwmisiers, Jimeral T>irectors, andJdmily
f. d:, yd. Silently
b)iane Holland
erAnthony Collins
hd StanfordAnderson
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day
nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. ~ St Matthew 25:13
..-J^or what is your life?It is even a rapor that appearethfor a little time,
and then mnisheth away .James 4:14
I*rofile of
In the ^eginning'^
Time to be ^om... 8cclesiastes 3:2
Maiy JCee ^yrd, was bom June 17,
1935 in Claxton, Georgia to her late proud
parents, Willie ^acon and Maty Oxendine-
^acon. She was the eldest of her seven (7)
siblings. Jerome ^acon, her eldest brother,
preceded her in death.
Maty attended and graduated from S ^
the Ivans County Training School in 1953,
which is presently the Ivans County Community Center, ^fter gnduation, she
aueitded a nursing school in Savannah, Ga. Maty fee sacrificed the completion of her
nursing career to help her father care for her six (6) younger siblings and her ill mother
who passed away that same year.
Time to Serve
Maty fee joined SaintJohn baptist Church at an early age. f)ue to the decline
in her health, she urns unable to remain at home and had to be placed in a nursing
home. She understood that the church is not just four walls, but believers are the
church. Since 2009, she was spiritually fed by Gods seivants, who took the time out to
serve her in the nut'sing home. She especially enjoyed her cousin. Minister Issie
Johnson, who ministered to her while in^zalealand jTursing Home in Savannah, Ga.
Time to be Imployed
Maty worked as a house keeper/event seivice worker, ice house sales person,
hotel housekeeping, homemaker and housekeeper for United Methodist Church in
Claxton, Ga.
Thejoumey Continues^
Time to be Educated
Time to J^ve
jlfter the unfonunate death ofMaiy JCees mother, her father found lov>e and
manied her God-gwen mother, &der Mattie ^acon who also preceded her in death.
This mariiage was a blessing for Maty and her siblings, because now there were more
hands to help care for the young siblings. She was then able to begin to pursue and
' build a life for herself. In 1954, Maty Xge manied the lope of her life, JCeland ^yrd, Sr.,
a soldier in the U.S.^rrny. She happily followed him on all of his militajy
assignments. They lived in^aska, Germany, Seattle Washington, jfewJersey,
Georgia, and JCorea. Sadly, her husband preceded her in death after a tragic accident.
Thejoumey &nds^
Time to 5Die Ecclesiastes 3:2
Maiy Tee had an appointment to keep, so she made her quick depai'ture early
Monday morning, October 7, 2013 at Camellia Health ^ I(ehabiUtation Center,
Claxton, Go. Today we celebrateJesus for lending her to our family and friends for 78
wondejful years.
Time to Mourn Ecclesiastes 3:4
In addition to her parents, her brother Jerome, and her husband Teland, Maiy
Tee was also preceded in death by a dear son, Teland ^yrd,Jr. and special friends,
^ben Hanis and Joseph J^ord.
Maiy Tee leaves to cherish her life legacy and many fond memories, three (3)
loving and devoted daughters, Marilyn Tolice, Savannah, Ga, Velvetjackson, Claxton,
Ga, and ^ta Hood (Manpin),^ugusta, Ga; three (3) strong and dedicated sons. Elder
Ttennis <3yrd. (^enlm), Indianapolis, In,^nthony ^yrd Minister Vivian) Hagan, Ga,
and^ntwan ^yrd (T)ebra) Tawtori, Ok; three (3) sisters, Jirst Tgdy Manha ^acon
(bishop Jennie, Sr.), GlennsvUle, Ga, Evangelist Elizabeth ^acon ^binson,
Jacksonville, M, and Prophetess TPreddie Paeon Chance, Savannah, Ga; two (2)
brothers, Maurice Oxendine Paeon (Parbara), Hinesville, Go, and Pteacon^ben
Paeon, peid-sville, Ga; two (2) aunts, Elease Paeon McJCenly), Taura, MP), and Ppbbie
i Paeon, Samnnah, Ga;fifteen (15) grandchildren, seventeen (17) great-grandchildren, a
host of nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends, and the entire Claxton,
'Georgia Community at large.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4
Reflecting On Fond Memories

AXION
Holding Them Close to our Heart
^Sistm"metC Is3(miin^
When I Must Xsax>e you
When I must leav>e you, for a little while-
^kase do not grieve, and shed wild tears
^nd hug your sorrow to you, through the years,
^ut start out bravely, with a gallant smile;
^ndfor my sake, and in my name
Jjpe on and on, all things the same.
J^eel not your loneliness, on empty days,
^utfill each waking hour, in useful ways,
^ach out your hand, in comfort and in cheer
^nd I in turn will comfort you, and hold you near;
^nd never, never, be afraid to die,
^or lam waiting for you in the sky!
J^ugh, J!ix>e, Xove My Sisters
Till we meet again!
^ig Sista, Mary Tee
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Pallbearers
Grandsons/Jfephews/J^nends
Jlower^Ueridarits
J^ieces, J^arnily, J^riends, ^ Ushers
P^past
The family invites you to join them for a repast following the burial ceremony at
St. Johns baptist Church Social Hall
317 jfojth Grady Street
Claxton, Ga.
Acknowledgements
The family of the late Sister Maty Tee ^yrd expresses sincere appreciation for
evety act of kindness exemplified during the illness and demise of our beloved mother
and sister. We give special thanks to the following facilities:Azalealand Jfursing
Home, Savannah, Ga, Take Crossing Health Center, AppHag, Ga, Camellia Health #
^habilitation Center, Claxton, Go, and the ^ta ^ Mannn Hood Care Home, 8vans,
Ga. Special thanks is also extended to St. John Baptist Church, <^ishop Jennie ^acon,
Sr., J^irst Christ Holiness Church, Inc., and Apostle W. ^.Jefferson and the Jfew
Greater Owens Temple Ministries, Inc.
~ The J^amily^
Service of Committal and Interment
Oak Grove Cedar Creek Cemetary
Manassas, Ga 30417