Transcription of a funeral memory book for Marcus McLemore

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This is the transcription of a funeral memory book for
Marcus McLemore
submitted by Ken Snyder

Part 1 - Part 2

Note: Any line followed by (P) was preprinted in the book. All others were handwritten.
(Page) means a new page.

This is page for page the order of the book;

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Memories (P)

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ONE (P)

WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN DEAR TO US (P)

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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD (P)

THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, (P)

THAT WHOSOEVER BELIVETH IN HIM (P)

SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE (P)

EVERLASTING LIFE. (P)

JOHN 3-16 (P)

(Page) Christ's picture

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THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD (P)

HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE (P)

NAME OF THE LORD (P)

JOB 1-21 (P)

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I am the resurrection, and the life: he that (P)

believeth in me, though he were dead, yet (P)

shall he live: and whosoever liveth and (P)

believeth in me shall never die. (P)

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Crossing The Bar (P)

Sunset and evening star, (P)

And one clear call for me! (P)

And may there be no moaning of the bar (P)

When I put out to sea. (P)

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, (P)

Too full for sound or foam, (P)

When that which drew out from the bound- (P)

less deep (P)

Turns again home. (P)

Twilight and evening bell, (P)

And after the dark! (P)

And may there be no sadness of farewell (P)

When I embark. (P)

For though from out our bourne of time (P)

and place (P)

The flood may bear me far, (P)

I hope to see my pilot face to face (P)

When I have crossed the bar. (P)

--Alfred Tennyson (P)

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His Love and Care (P)

I know not what the future hath (P)

Of marvel or surprise, (P)

Assured alone that life and death (P)

His mercy underlies. (P)

And if my heart and flesh are weak (P)

To bear and untried pain, (P)

The bruised reed he will not break, (P)

But strengthen and sustain. (P)

And so, beside the silent sea, (P)

I wait the muffled oar; (P)

No harm from Him can come to me (P)

On ocean or on shore. (P)

I know not where His islands lift (P)

Their fronded palms in air; (P)

I only know I cannot drift (P)

Beyond His love and care. (P)

--John G. Whittier (P)

(Page) Lead, kindly light

Lead, Kindly Light (P)

Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom. (P)

Lead thou me on! (P)

The night is dark and I am far from home - (P)

Lead thou me on! (P)

Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see (P)

The distant scene - one step enough for me. (P)

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou (P)

Shouldst lead me on. (P)

I loved to choose and see my path; but now (P)

Lead thou me on! (P)

I loved the garish day and, spite of fears, (P)

Pride ruled my will; remember not past years. (P)

So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still (P)

Will lead me on, (P)

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till (P)

The night is gone; (P)

And with the moren those angel faces smile (P)

Which I have loved long since and lost awhile. (P)

--Cardinal Newman (P)

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Family Record (P)

Father (P)

Marcus McLemore

Mother (P)

Florence McLemore

Other Members of Family (P)

Ernest McLemore

Hattie Dewitt nee McLemore

Clyde McLemore

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(Box for Photo)

Paste Top Edge Only (P)

Put Last Photograph Here (P)

Name (P)

Marcus McLemore

Born (P)

Tennessee Oct. 10, 1867

Town State Date (P)

Passed (P)

Addington Okla July 29, 1941

Town State Date (P)

Age (P)

73 8 19

years months days (P)

(Page) In Charge of Services

In Charge of Services (P)

Pastor (P)

Rev. M. W. Prestidge

Addington Baptist Church

Place of Services (P)

Baptist Church

Final Resting Place (P)

Addington Cemetery

(places to record section, lot, etc) (P)

Addington, Jefferson, Oklahoma

July 30. 1941

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Bearers (P)

Cullus Headrick

Ernest Headrick

Haskell McLemore

Jewel McLemore

Lonnie McLemore

Dallas McLemore

Music By (P)

Mrs. Lloyd Edmondson

singing by the choir

Selections (P)

Face To Face

An Empty Mansion

The Loved Ones Are Gathering Home

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Sermon Notes (P)

Scripture Text:

It is appointed unto man once to die.

None doubts that death comes to all, saved or unsaved. The names of the Saved shall be called, and they shall answer: for their names are written in the lamb's book of life, when they accept Christ as their savior.

Then we must also give an account of our lives, as lived here on earth, according to the record.

Rev 14 Chapter

Suppose we were to continue life here - thru out all eternity with

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Sermon Notes (P)

all its sin, sorrow and dissapointments without relief.

But one by one, we are passing over where there is no more suffering.

Uncle Mark lived a good, clean life, and was loved by all who knew him.

But excepr a man be born again, he shall not see the kingdom of Heaven.

I had talked to him concerning these things. He confessed that it was settled long ago between him and God. His only regret was that he had failed to live a Christian life.

We shall not grieve over his going because being released from the cares of life, he is at rest.

(Page) Our loved one's life history 1

Our Loved One's Life History (P)

Marcus McLemore was born October 10, 1867, in the county of Monroe, Tennessee. He later moved to Greenfield, Missouri, where he was married to Florence Myers in 1892. They then moved to Pryor, Oklahoma, and here his wife passed away, leaving him with three small children, the youngest, Clyde, only 8 months old. Here he took up the duties of both father and mother to the children. His mother made her home with him untill she died 18 years ago on the exact date of his death.

In 1897, he and children and their Grandmother moved to the Indian Territory and settled on a farm east of Addington. Then they moved to Addington in 1901 and

(Page) Our loved one's life history 2

Our Loved One's Life History (P)

settled in the home in which he passed away.

Known and loved throughout this part of Oklahoma, he had gone through the burdens and hardships as all pioneers. He passed away among friends and loved ones after all could be done to make his going easy.

For the last years, he has made his home with his two sons, Ernest, Clyde and Clyde's wife, Jewell, who loved him as if he were her own father. There were three grandchildren in the home that he loved as his own and who loved Pa as much as their own Daddy. He leaves his daughter Hattie, Clyde, Ernest and seven grandchildren.

(Page) Relatives Attending 1

Relatives Attending (P)

Mrs. Dallas McLemore

Dallas McLemore

Mrs. Murrel Roden & Baby

Mr. Murrel Roden

Mrs. Grace McLemore

Mr. Earl McLemore

Peggy McLemore

Mr. Cullus Headrick

Mrs. Helen Headrick

Charles Henry Headrick

Betty Ann Headrick

Jerry Sam Webb

Ella Ree Webb

Carl Dallas Webb

Mrs. Ina Webb

Roy McLemore

Roy Webb

Orby McLemore

Lonnie McLemore

Mrs. Lorene McLemore

Aunt Allie Prestidge

(Page) Relatives Attending 2

Relatives Attending (P)

Derrel Gene McLemore

Ida Mae Riley

Helen Riley

Mrs. Memmie Riley

Wayne Riley

George Riley

Ramsey McLemore

Junior Headrick

Mary Lou Webb

Haskell McLemore

Jewell McLemore

Georgia Headrick

Roy Webb Jr.

Evelyn Webb

Mr. & Mrs Ralph Brooks

Betty Lou Brooks

Chester Brooks

Charley Headrick

Mr. & Mrs. Don Brooks

Allie Sue Webb

Ineta Jane Webb

(Page) Friends Who Called 1

Friends Who Called (P)

Clara Huffer

Mrs. John Smith

Willis C. Worley

James Otis Peck

Mrs. Walter Calhoun

Mrs. Nettie Phariss

V. T. Dimery

Mrs. V. T. Dimery & Children

Mrs. Janie Stimes

Mrs. Faydene Stimes

T. C. Spivey

Andrew Spivey

Cliff Headrick

Emma Akin

Mrs. Virdo Stimes

Don Morris

(Page) Friends Who Called 2

Friends Who Called (P)

Oscar Scott

Mrs. Oscar Scott Jr.

Mattie Cerney

(Page) Friends Who Called 3 blanks (6)

(Page) Auto List

Automobile List

Bearers with Boyston

Roy Webb Jr. with Minister

Ambulance

Morris car with family

Clyde's car driven by Murrel

Murrel's car driven by Earl Mc

Ralph Brooks

Dan Brooks

Dallas McLemore

Cliff Headrick Duncan

Ella Goodger Waurika

Oscar Scott "

Melburn Capps Addington

G. C. Mock "

Homer Wheeler "

Jack Harold "

Dick White "

Jim Keith "

Williamson's "

W. H. Calhoun "

(Page) In memoriam

In Memoriam (P)

Oh yet we trust that somehow good (P)

Will be the final goal of ill, (P)

To pangs of nature, sins of will (P)

Defects of doubt, and taints of blood. (P)

That nothing walks with aimless feet, (P)

That no one life will be destroyed, (P)

Or cast as rubbish to the void, (P)

When God hath made the pile complete. (P)

I falter where I firmly trod, (P)

And falling with my weight of cares (P)

Upon the world's great altar-stairs, (P)

That slope thro darkness up to God. (P)

I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, (P)

And gather chaff and dust and call (P)

To what I feel is Lord of all, (P)

And faintly trust the larger hope. (P)

My own dim life should teach me this, (P)

That life shall forevermore, (P)

Else earth is darkness at the core, (P)

And dust and ashes all that is. (P)

I hold it true whate'er befall; (P)

I feel it when I sorrow most, (P)

"Tis better to have loved and lost, (P)

Than never to have loved at all. (P)

--Alfred Tennyson (P)

(Page) Flower Remembrances 1

Flower Remembrances (P)

Civic Leage Addington

Baptist Church "

Ramsey McLemore "

Bessie and Children "

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Brooks Hastings

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Brooks Waurika

Dallas, Marie & family "

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ash "

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Conners "

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Scott "

Morris Funeral Home "

Hattie

Ernest, Clyde, Jewel & Borgs

Aunt Ida

Earl & Family

Mamie & Family

Jewell

Orby

Ray

Haskell

(Page) Flower Remembrances 2

Flower Remembrances (P)

Andrew Spivey

David Wray

Roy Gravely

Hill Dillard

Bruce Burnett

Ellie Suttle

Irwin Evans

Bill Griffin

Preacher and Aunt Allie

Roy, Ina & Children

(Page) Flower Remembrances Blank (1)

(Page) Flower Remembrances 3

Flower Remembrances (P)

Uncle Mark, we know and will miss you from the home. You are loved so well but we'll not grieve o'er your going, for we know you are at rest.

Just a few short years and we will be crossing the river (The River of Death) to meet you but we won't have to cross alone, Jesus will be there to pilot us across as he did you. There you, with dear old Daddy will be there to meet us, as we cross over. Be looking for us, for we will all be there. One who love you - Ina.

(Page) Why

Why (P)

Why should we weep for those who die, (P)

They fall -- their dust returns to dust; (P)

Their souls shall live eternally (P)

Within the mansions of the just. (P)

They die to live -- they sink to rise, (P)

They leave this wretched mortal shore; (P)

But brighter suns and bluer skies (P)

Shall smile on them for evermore. (P)

Why should we sorrow for the dead? (P)

Our life on earth is but a span; (P)

They tread the path that all must tread, (P)

The die the common death of man. (P)

The soul, the eternal soul, must reign (P)

In worlds devoid of pain and strife; (P)

Then why should mortal man complain (P)

Of Death, which leads to happier life. (P)

--Alfred, Lord Tennyson (P)

(Page) Transition

Transition (P)

So live that when thy summons comes to join (P)

The innmerable caravan which moves (P)

To that mysterious realm where each shall take (P)

His chamber in the silent halls of death, (P)

Thou go not like the quarry slave at night, (P)

Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed (P)

By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave (P)

Like one who wraps the draperies of his couch (P)

About him and lies down to pleasant dreams. (P)

-- William Cullen Bryant (P)

(Page) Faith

Faith (P)

Wait in majestic peace (P)

The hour of heaven. Generously trust (P)

Thy fortune's net to the beneficent hand (P)

That until now has put His world in fee (P)

To thee. He watches o'er thee still. (P)

His love (P)

Broods o'er thee, and as God lives in heaven, (P)

However long thou walkest solitary, (P)

The hour of heaven shall come. (P)

--Ralph Waldo Emerson (P)

(Page) Angel Picture

(Page) Abide with me

Abide With Me (P)

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; (P)

The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. (P)

When other helpers fail and comforts flee, (P)

Help of the helpless, O abide with me. (P)

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; (P)

Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away; (P)

Change and decay in all around I see; (P)

O Thou who changest not, abide with me. (P)

I need Thy presence ev'ry passing hour. (P)

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r? (P)

Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? (P)

Through cloud and sunshine, Oh, abide with me. (P)

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; (P)

Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. (P)

Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee-- (P)

In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. (P)

--Henry Francis Lyle (P)

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Comfort (P)

The Power who pities man has shown (P)

A blessing for the eyes that weep. (P)

The light of smiles shall fill again (P)

The lids that overflow with tears; (P)

And weary hours of woe and pain (P)

Are promises of happier years. (P)

There is a day of sunny rest (P)

For every dark and troubled night; (P)

And grief may bide an evening guest, (P)

But joy shall come with early light. (P)

And thou, who o'er thy friend's low bier (P)

Dost shed the bitter drops like rain (P)

Hope that a brighter, happier sphere (P)

Will give him to thy arms again. (P)

For God hath marked each sorrowing day, (P)

And numbered every secret tear, (P)

And Heavens's long age of bliss shall pay (P)

For all His children suffer here. (P)

--William Cullen Bryant (P)

(Page) Postscript

How sweet to sleep (P)

Where all is peace, (P)

Where sorrow cannot (P)

reach the breast, (P)

Where all life's idle (P)

throbbings cease (P)

And pain is lulled to rest. (P)

(Page) Envelope for cards

(Page) Back cover

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submitted by Ken Snyder

uploaded Tuesday, June 25, 2002