Funeral program for Mrs. Bertha L. McCray Levant

Saturday, February 24, 2018
11:00AM
Historic Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
1268 Mount Pleasant Drive
Claxton, GA 30417
Reverend Dr. C.L. Anderson, Officiating
Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church
Reverend Michael P. Dickerson, Pastor/Eulogist
Historic Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
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Interment: Historic Mount Pleasant Missionary Church Cemetery
Mrs. Bertha Louise McCray Levant, was the fifth of five siblings born on March 12,
1940, to the union of the late Mr. Powell McCray and Bertrice Simmons McCray. She
was born and reared in Evans County (Daisy) Georgia. Both of her parents and all of her
siblings preceded her in death. Early as a young child, she accepted the Lord as her Savior
and became a member of Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church of Daisy, GA.
In 1957, she graduated from Evans County High School with honors as a
valedictorian. She excelled in academics and sports as a participant of the basketball and
track teams. In 1960, she married Homesilee Primous and from that union, six children
were conceived. They relocated from Georgia and raised their children in Brooklyn,
New York. In New York, Bertha became a faithful member of the Southern Baptist
Church under the leadership of the Reverend Clarence Williams. She later joined St.
Paul Community Baptist Church under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend Dr.
Johnny Ray Youngblood. Bertha joined the Womens Ministry of St. Paul Community
and was certified as an evangelist and teacher. Her passion for teaching excelled through
St. Paul Community Baptist and later through Hamilton Memorial, Mount Pleasant
Missionary and Sams Creek Baptist Churches. She faithfully served for 12 years at St.
Paul Community until leaving to care for her mother in Daisy, GA. While in Georgia,
Bertha reunited with the Historic Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Ghurch under the
leadership of Reverend Dr. L. Perry McNeal.
In 1994, she met the love of her life, the Reverend Johnny Levant, who was serving
at the Hamilton Memorial United Methodist Ghurch in Atlantic Gity, New Jersey. Their
love for Gods word and their friendship blossomed into a love and compassion for each
other. They married in December 2000 and relocated in the spring of 2003 to their home
in Daisy, GA. The Reverend Johnny Levant was installed to the pastoral leadership of
Sams Greek Baptist Ghurch in October 2006. As the First Lady of Sams Greek Baptist
Ghurch, Bertha served tirelessly and faithfully until her illness in 2012. Berthas greatest
passions in life were the Lords scriptures, her husband. Reverend Levant, her children,
family and friends.
She leaves to cherish her memories, her loving and devoted husband of 17 years
Reverend Johnny Levant, their daughters and sons- Sherri Primous (Brooklyn, NY),
Garol Johnson (Brooklyn, NY), Juliet (Judy) Ruiz (Phillip Ruiz, Sr. - deceased) (Roswell,
GA), Michael Levant and wife, Ollie (Trenton, NJ), Phyllis (Lisa) Primous (Chicago,
IL), Robert Primous and wife, Eryka (Brooklyn, NY), Felicia Doby-Primous (deceased),
Hope Tamara Primous (deceased), Ulyssus Fredrick and wife. Holly (Trenton, NJ); ten
grandchildren: Kendall Primous, Danielle Blocker, Phillip Ruiz, Andrew Ruiz, Talibah
Primous, Zahirah Primous, Kyra Johnson, Adrianna Johnson, Michael K, Levant, Jr, and
Jaquay Fredrick; five great-grand-children; three God-daughters- Patricia A. Robinson,
Sherri (Sumayah) Glark and Elizabeth Porter; two sister-in-laws, five brother-laws, and a
host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
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Reverend Dr. C.L. Anderson, Officiating
Processional......................................Music Selection
Viewing...........................................Music Selection
Selection............Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Choir
Invocation................................Rev. Dr. C.L. Anderson
St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, Daisy, GA
Scripture
Old Testament..........................Rev. Victor Brewton, Sr.
New Testament..........................Rev. Raymond Williams
Selection............Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Choir
Reflections by....................................Dr. Will White
Moderator of Mt. Calvary Association
Solo.................................................Sandra Boggs
Resolution
Acknowledgments...........................Harpers Funeral Home
Obituary (Read Silently)...............................Soft Music
Selection............Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Choir
Eulogy....................................Rev. Michael Dickerson
Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Claxton, GA
Recessional
The family will receive friends and share repast at the
Evans County Community Center,
720 Church Street, Claxton, GA 30417.
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Deacon Calvin Riley Robert Primous
Rommie Littles Kendall Primous
Donald Byrd Deacon Ernest Bennett
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Deacons, Ministry of Historic Mount Pleasant Missionary
Baptist Church
We shall be eternally grateful to our many friends and
bretherns who have been so kind and though ful during
our hour of grief and sorrow. Your prayers have lightened
our burdens and your kind deeds have given us strength to
endure. We are confident that God will provide us with the
opportunity to thank each of you personally real soon. May
God continue to bless and keep you in our prayers.
Special thanks to the staff at Azalea Health & Rehabilitation
Center, Affinis Hospice and Dr. Jesse B. Scott.
Professional Services Entrusted To:
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125 North Broad Street Claxton, Georgia 30417
(912) 739-2658
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