~ Service ~ Monday, March 2, 2020

11:00 AM Williams Chapel AME Church

1198 Glover Street Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115

Reverend Stanley Rivers, Pastor

Active Pallbearers

Stewards and Trustees of Williams Chapel A. M. E. Church

Honorary Floral Attendants

Women In Ministry (WIM)

Active Floral Attendants

Agnes Brogdan Hildebrand Women Missionary Society

Interment

Belleville Memorial Gardens

Orangeburg, South Carolina

Acknowledgement

The family of the late Reverend Lorena Fuller wishes to express its sincere appreciation for every act of kindness that has been expressed through prayers, cards, telephone calls, visits, thoughtful gestures, flowers and the many other

acts of kindness you have displayed at this time of bereavement. Your love and heartfelt acts of sympathy have been strengthening. The love you have expressed

will be a continuing source of comfort to all of us. May God bless each of you.

~ Arrangements Entrusted To ~

Glover’s Funeral Home Olivia Glover, Directress

April Dickson, Licensed Mortician “Committed To Excellence In Quality Care & Service”

2562 Charleston Highway * Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115 (803) 536-3200

Programs Designed by Monica Young of Sensational Xpressionz at (803) 308-4761

Celebration of Life

for

Reverend Lorena Brown Fuller

Repast

Chappelle M. Davis Fellowship Hall

Order of Service Reverend Stanley Rivers, Presiding

Gathering/Prelude………………………………….. Brother Chuck Wilson, Jr. Processional……………………………………………….. Clergy and Family

Hymn of Praise #65………………………………. WCAME Choir and Family “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah”

Scripture Old Testament: Proverbs 31: 10-31—Rev. Eva W. Summers

New Testament: 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-18—Rev. Dr. Christopher Mathis

Solo…………………………………………………… Sister Rhonda Wright

Reflections of Life Women In Ministry Central Conference Coordinator: Rev. Roberta Jackson

Women In Ministry Episcopal President: Rev. Dr. Mary A. Rhodes Family: Sister Janice F. Fuller

Acknowledgements…………………………………………. Sister Marie Artis Musical Interlude…………………………………... Brother Chuck Wilson, Jr. Words of Comfort……………………………………. Reverend Stanley Rivers Hymn of Celebration #448………………………... WCAME Choir and Family

“It Is Well”

Recessional……………………………………. Clergy, Family and Community

~ Benediction ~ Committal ~ Interment ~ Belleville Memorial Gardens Orangeburg, South Carolina

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

By Mary Eliza Beth Frye

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there; I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there; I did not die.

REVEREND LORENA BROWN FULLER, 75, of Orangeburg, passed away on February 26, 2020. She was born on February 2, 1945 in Rains, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Lee Brown and Lillie Mae McMillian Brown of Rains. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Lee Carroll Brown of Washington, D.C. and Fred Brown of Rains, South Carolina. She is survived by three sisters; Mary (James) Ebron of Tampa, Florida, Camila Owosela of Brentwood, Maryland and Cora (James) Brantley of Rains, South Carolina. A niece Daphne Garris preceded her in death. She graduated from Terrell’s Bay High School in Rains and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Claflin University. She met Dr. Joseph W. Fuller III of Orangeburg, South Carolina and they married December 16, 1971. Together they raised three children: Dr. Jennifer L. Fuller of Cincinnati, Ohio, US Navy Retired Gas Turbine System Electrical (SW) Chief Petty Officer Joseph W. Fuller IV (Joey) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Janice R. Groves of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Rev. Fuller was a retired elementary school teacher who taught hundreds of students. She taught at Bowman Elementary, Marshall Elementary and Felton Laboratory Schools. She was known for her honesty, fairness and refusal to let students slack off. She had a deep love and devotion to the church since childhood. This motivated her to attend seminary and earn her ordainment through the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was an integral part of the ministerial staff at Williams Chapel AME Church. She taught Sunday School, served as the Worship Leader for the Shepard’s Corner soup kitchen, and was a member of the Women in Ministry in the Orangeburg District of the Central South Carolina Annual Conference. She was known for her kind-ness and willingness to help others.

In addition to her spouse, children and siblings, she leaves behind three grandchildren:

Brandon Daniels of Austin, Texas, Joseph W. Fuller, V of Virginia Beach, Virginia,

and Skylar Groves of Rock Hill, South Carolina; daughter-in law: Angela M. Fuller of

Virginia Beach; nieces: Kimberly Bennett, Carlita Cochran, Karen Proctor, and Tomeka

Brown; nephews: Allen Fuller, Rodney Bennett, Boris Brown and Jamie Brantley and a

host of relatives and close friends.

God’s Garden

God looked around His garden and found an empty place.

He then looked down upon the Earth and saw Lorena’s tired face. He put His arms around her

and lifted her to rest. With the help of His angels

they flew her to her heavenly place. God’s garden must be beautiful.

He always takes the best. He knew Lorena was suffering,

He knew she was in pain. He knew that she would never

get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough

and the hills too hard to climb. He closed her weary eyelids

and whispered “Peace be Thine”. It broke our hearts to lose her,

but she didn’t go alone; For part of us went with her on the

morning God called her home.