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[music] yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carry them away as with a flood, they are as asleep. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. The days of our years are threescore years and ten,

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And if by reason of strength they be forescore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto thy children.

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And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish thou the works of our hands, yea, the works of our hands, establish thou it. [Music] Our program will proceed as printed. We would like to make this note that in lieu of flowers, the Robert M. King family has

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made a monetary contribution in memory of Brother Pierre Malone. [ Pause ] [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ]

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♪ Come ye, this consolate ♪ ♪ Very languish ♪ ♪ Come to the mercy tree ♪ ♪ Where'er the tree be ♪

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♪ He'll bring the moon and stars ♪ ♪ He'll tell the rain clear ♪ ♪ Angels to the stars above ♪ ♪ And heaven on high ♪

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♪ Gloria ♪ ♪ Dance away ♪ ♪ Fly, O long, free ♪ ♪ O'er all the land of ♪

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♪ Greatness and beauty ♪ ♪ This peace of comfort ♪ ♪ Giver they say ♪ ♪ And angels from starboard ♪

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[MUSIC PLAYING] May we call your attention to the scripture for this occasion. First of all, the 23rd Psalm as our Old Testament scripture. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

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He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me,

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thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou prepareth a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, thou anointeth my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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For the New Testament scripture, we call your attention to 1 Corinthians, the 15th chapter, beginning with the 51st verse and reading through the 57th. Behold I show you a mystery We shall not all sleep

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But we shall be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised in Corruptible and we shall be changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on

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So when this corruption shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on Immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory. Oh death. Where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?

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The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. May we pray. Our Eternal Father,

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as we come to this occasion, We come first of all asking that you might shed your love upon this family today. And may they receive the strength from your presence to know that thou will guide and lead them and strengthen them in this hour of sorrow. We pray that as we view the departed one from our presence,

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that if we must share tears, that they may be tears of appreciation and tears of joy for a life that has been so well lived. We ask that you would be with each of us this afternoon

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and help us that we may also know that our summons will come, that we may prepare our hearts to be ready for the calling of our name, and that we too shall, as Brother Malone, hear thy welcome voice saying unto us, "Well done," And help us that we may join that host that will walk with you in white.

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For we realize that there are some at Sodom who have not yet defiled their garments. And help us, our Father, that this family may know that you are the one who can give strength and courage and renewed vigor to their bereaved hearts. We pray thy blessings upon each one gathered here today and help us that we may go forward

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from this place knowing that we have been better because we have known, we've lived with, and we have cherished the life that has departed from our presence. Guide us, our Father, is our prayer. This we ask in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ.

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And for his sake we pray. Amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] (gentle music)

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♪ We are a million lost children ♪ ♪ But we all know that he loves us more than all ♪ ♪ And there are times when we find we'll answer ♪ ♪ And we'll answer ♪

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♪ Our mother's words and more ♪ ♪ If he or we ♪ ♪ Will teach us ♪ ♪ And this farce of fate ♪

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♪ To obey the man from whence ♪ ♪ For you know ♪ ♪ Yes, he knows ♪ ♪ Just how much you mean by faith ♪

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♪ Even then ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord ♪ ♪ It's happy ending ♪ ♪ You never learn ♪

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♪ How long to marry on ♪ ♪ Who stands for strength ♪ ♪ And keep the glory ♪ ♪ Of the dear old school ♪

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♪ You have the joy ♪ ♪ Of this the children ♪ ♪ In our hearts ♪ ♪ God and we, brother ♪

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♪ Will always answer prayer ♪ ♪ As he does ♪ ♪ Yes, he does ♪ ♪ Just how much ♪

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♪ Me and them ♪ ♪ Deep on the top ♪ ♪ You have at last unleashed your own ♪ ♪ Down in your heart ♪

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♪ Now just what shall I do ♪ ♪ You can fly in your wings ♪ ♪ And the world ♪ ♪ One day it travels too ♪

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♪ There is a land ♪ ♪ Where you are ♪ ♪ Earth and heaven ♪ ♪ As deep as we need ♪

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♪ For every pain, oh yes ♪ ♪ For he knows ♪ ♪ Yes, he knows ♪ ♪ Just how much we can bear ♪

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♪ All along this path here ♪ ♪ You've never learned how long to carry on ♪ ♪ For very long ♪ ♪ Just as much then ♪

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♪ A king or queen ♪ ♪ Of the deep blue sea ♪ ♪ You have the joy of this special hour ♪ ♪ The heavenly Father will always answer prayer ♪

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♪ Holy Christ ♪ ♪ Let me know ♪ ♪ Just how much ♪ ♪ We can bear ♪

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At the crossroads of human history, the traveler pauses to observe a stop sign and then moves on. As fellow travelers, we're privileged to look in the rearview mirror and consider the distance that has been traveled, the contributions that have been made, the life that has been

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shared. We come together today in this way to pay tribute to Brother P. R. Malone. I met Brother Malone 28 years ago, and at that time he was serving as deacon and church treasurer.

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When I was called to the pastorate of the church in 1951, having served six months prior of that time as interim pastor. He's the last of the deacons that were serving during that time. His life is a pilgrimage of faith which has lasted more than eight decades. Brother Malone was unique in the history of this church

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as an officer. He dignified and magnified his office. His was a shining example of faithfulness. He was on the job morning, noon, and night. He rarely missed a worship service. During the 18 years that I saw him in that position and as I was pastor I could count on the fingers of one hand the times that he missed a

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worship service. He did his work with pride and with joy. By faith he expedited business with dispatch. When he accepted a task, he did it well and quickly. He did not like to take a long time doing something that could be done in a short time.

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Needless delays bothered him. He was up and doing, achieving, and pursuing. And by faith, he served as a mediator and peacemaker. On several occasions when members were at odds

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with each other, he took the initiative to get them together. And this he could do with grace because he held no malice, carried no grudges.

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He moved on. He traveled by faith. And once when I asked for a deacon to arbitrate differences between two estranged members with the help of the pastor, it was Brother Malone who volunteered, and in the course of the meeting, he gave the prayer. and the members commented and marveled at the fervency of that prayer and the

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assistance that he gave in that situation. So by faith he traveled and by faith he reached the end of the journey. Robert Frost describes a New England traveler who stopped in his wagon on a cold wintery day and then traveled on with these words. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have

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promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep. By faith Brother Malone became a pilgrim of the way. By faith he labored hard and long in the Lord's vineyard. By faith like the elders before him, he too receives a good report. Through faith he sojourned with us as an heir of the promises of God. He lived

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and died in faith. And now he inhabits a better country, an eternal city, a house not made with hands, whose builder and maker is God. Thanks be to God who gives us this victory through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] I asked the Lord to come upon me When things were going my way

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♪ Please, Anthony ♪ ♪ I will applaud you ♪ ♪ And lift your cares ♪ ♪ Away ♪

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♪ I ask the Lord ♪ ♪ To walk with me ♪ ♪ When darkness was all that I knew ♪ ♪ He said to me ♪

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♪ Never be afraid ♪ ♪ For I will see you through ♪ ♪ I did ask for riches ♪ ♪ He gave me wealth untold ♪

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♪ And told the moon, the stars, the sun, the sky ♪ ♪ And gave me eyes to behold ♪ I asked the Lord to walk with me When darkness was all that I knew and knew

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Peace it be, never be afraid, for I will see you through. I didn't ask for riches. He gave me wealth and told all the poor. ♪ Through the stars, the sun, the sky ♪

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♪ And gave me eyes to behold ♪ ♪ I thank the Lord for all my life ♪ ♪ God ♪ ♪ For every ♪

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♪ Face ♪ ♪ And I count my blessings ♪ ♪ Each day ♪ ♪ He gives me ♪

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When I needed him, I only had two phrases. And he'll come to you if you ask him to. His only outbreak. (Bell)

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(Pause) [ Pause ] Daddy, here rests your head upon the lap of the earth. You were a youth to fortune and to fame unknown.

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Fair science frowned not upon your humble birth, and melancholy marked you for her own. Large was your bounty, and your soul sincere; Heaven did a reward, largely sin.

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You gave to misery all you had, a tear; You gained from Heaven all you wished, a friend. No longer shall we seek your merits to disclose, Nor shall we draw your frailties and shortcomings from their dread abode.

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Both your merits and your frailties alike shall in trembling hope repose in the bosom of your Father and your God. I speak today about Piara Malone, the boy and the young man. Piara Malone, the entrepreneur.

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Piara Malone, the devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Piara Malone, the seven-year infilte. Tom and Molly Pullen Malone moved from Waco, Tennessee to Texas several years before their fifth child was born on August 31, 1894, in the Liberty Hill community near Rockdale.

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They were sharecroppers, and they named their child in honor of one of their Tennessee whites landowners, Pizarro Creasy. At the age of 15, Pizarro Ray Malone was recruited by his pastor, who was also a teacher at Central Texas College, Professor Hill, to attend Central Texas College in Waco. The college gave

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remedial work for most of their students like P.R. had been in the fields most of their lives rather than in a classroom. For the short time P.R. attended the college his family sent him hams and other home-prepared foods as he had no money and no job. The poverty of the students and the rascality of young boys

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led them to engage frequently in crap games. Needless to say, this was frowned upon by college officials, and he was promptly expelled the first time he was His benefactor, Professor Hill, then secured for him a job with Dr. G.S. Connor as a stable boy. He chauffeured Dr. Connor in his horse and buggy on his

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house calls. He cleaned the stables, ran errands, and was a general house boy. He He was ridiculed by boys in his peer group. For to perform these services for white people was acceptable, but to be a house boy for a black family

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held no status at all. He lived behind the family's house, and he did not eat with the family. Piarra was impressed, however,

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that here was the first black family he had ever known which was not destitute, and he had the faith that by observing them he could learn how someday he could make a comfortable living. He applied himself diligently to his duties and and gradually earned Dr. Connor's trust and respect.

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With this respect came responsibility. Dr. Connor let PR collect the rent on the houses that he owned. Later, he allowed him to help in the management

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of his properties. Through Dr. Connor, he met Mr. W.S. Willis, head of the Knights of Pythian's Lodge. Mr. Willis took P. R. on trips to the regional lodge meetings

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and allowed him to count all of the money and to keep a financial record of the meeting. P. R. was always quick with figures, and he closely observed the business transactions

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the two men made in buying and selling property. With their encouragement, he secured a real estate license in 1915 and opened his office in the Conner Building at 121 1/2 South 2nd Street. Real estate was a prosperous business in the roaring twenties.

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During this period, he married Bonnie Newman and took in her daughter by a former marriage. They lived in the Gaiety Hotel on Bridge Street until his wife and daughter died of typhoid during the epidemic of 1920. Daddy's second wife was Vera Allen, Dr. Conner's sister-in-law.

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This seemed an unlikely union, as he had no college degree, while Vera was a graduate of Prairie View College. He was at home with the boys on the street, where she had been sheltered on the farm, away from the rascals.

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He lacked refinement, was plain of face, and was tall and thin like a string bean, but he had charisma. And better yet, he had an ally in her brother-in-law, Dr. Conner. Thus, on September 1, 1927, P.R. and Pharoah were married.

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Among the first things Mama told Daddy to do was to go back to school. Daddy was a man who always listened to any advice which might improve him. So at 33 years of age, he enrolled in Paul Quinn College on a part-time basis and was a student off and on until he graduated at the age of 58.

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As the head of the household, he shared his business and financial matters with his family. He did not believe in business secrets and matters which affected the family. He called Mama "partner," and that's exactly how he treated her. He consulted her for advice before buying and selling real estate.

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Like most people who lived through the depression of the 1930s, accumulating money and saving for a rainy day was more important than spending money on himself. His favorite corduroy coat had two leather patches on the sleeve at the elbows, and those patches were not there for decoration but to cover holes. At the same time he

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never denied or discouraged mama and me from getting anything we wanted. He indoctrinated us so much with his philosophy that you can have anything you want if you plan for it, save for it, and pay cash for it until we didn't want frivolous things. But daddy was more, much more than a provider. Oh yes, daddy was

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much more than a provider. When I was a child he taught me to count. He listened to me say my arithmetic tables. He read the comics to me every Sunday until I I began to recognize the words, and he would encourage me to read ahead of him. When I was a teenager, he was always available to take me and my friends any place we wanted

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to go at any time, and he would share the activities with us. While teaching in Palm Queen one spring, I was scheduled by the NAACP to picket the 7-Eleven store at the corner of Elm and Garrison. About an hour before I was to pick up my picket sign, I called daddy and told him what I was going to do. I was surprised

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that he offered no objection and let me make the entire decision. So there I was on the picket line. About 10 minutes after I was there, however, I saw him drive around the block. A few minutes later, he drove around the block again. This went on my whole hour of picketing. You can understand the comfort I felt knowing he

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was there. I never felt that I had to earn daddy's love. I never felt that I could disgrace him by my behavior, but I knew that good behavior on my part would make him rejoice and be happy. He was always affectionate and always kind. Then in 1971 the most unexpected thing happened. Daddy, who had never been sick

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and who had not seen a doctor in 40 years, whose movements were always so quick, who could not sit still for 20 minutes unless he was taking a nap, who loved going places and being with people, had a stroke. In contrast to his early vigorous life, he was left paralyzed, incapacitated,

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and totally dependent on others. His doctor said it would be a matter of days. However, he lived seven years and three months after his stroke.

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There were many times when he wept about his lost abilities. These were difficult years for us all to face. But in these years, we who survive him have learned even more about him.

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