SAINT JOHN’S WOOD CHURCH NW8.
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR

BILLY FURY

Friday 4th February 1983 at 1pm

THE OPENING PRAYER

PSALM 23

Crimond

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want,
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me,
The quiet waters by.
My soul He doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E’en for His own Name’s sake.


Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale
Yet will I fear no ill:
For Thou art with me;
And Thy rod and staff me comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.

THE READINGS

THE ADDRESS

THE REVEREND GARY BRADLEY

ANTHEM

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair
(from the German Requiem by J. Brahms)

THE PRAYERS

HYMN

Now thank we all our God,

Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done,
In whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers' arms
Has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in his grace,
And guide us when perplexed;
And free us from all ills,
In this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given;
The Son, and him who reigns
With them in highest heaven;
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

THE BLESSING

ANTHEM
(arranged Ivor Raymond)
I'm Lost Without You

RECESSIONAL
March On A Theme Of Handel
(Alexander Guilmant)

Underlined items are midi files - click to play- or link to other files.

Hal Carter's memories

(Details of service supplied by Derek Duddington.)


A lectern was dedicated to Billy's memory at Liverpool's
Anglican Cathedral on 13 November 1993.  A copy of the order
of service has kindly been supplied by Jean Todd.