I never See Hour I am the resurrection and the life sayth the Lord he that believe in me though you were dead yet shall he live whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die for I know that my redeem a little stand on the latter day of Earth and though after my skips have
Destroyed my body and in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for myself and behold not another we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we should carry nothing Out by day and by night Jesus the light of the World walking the light beautiful life somewhere the D drives of Mercy shine bright shine all around us by Day my night Jesus the light of the world walking the light beautyful life somewh let the d r of Mercy shine bright shine all around us by day by night Jesus the light of light of the World Amen now the alpha by Alpha chapter Incorporated will come with her special ceremony at this time [Applause] than okay for I am the resurrection and the life says the Lord he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live oh Master Eternal give to each and us a deep
Consciousness of thy presence that the spirit of attorney May so direct our thoughts gu control our hearts and lives that we may come through thee Servants of all mankind amen Amen the true And SCH and love for All the all our weer shall be to Glory and God said let there be light and there was light and God saw the light that it was good in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God in him was the light and life of men then spoke Jesus again unto them
Saying I am the light of the world he that follow me should not walk in darkness but you have the light of life for God who commanded light to shine out of Darkness has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the
Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ ye are the light of the world let your light so shine before men that they may see you good works yes sir and glorify your father who is in heaven I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end
Sayth the Lord which is and which was and which is to come be Almighty amen oh father of life and Giver of Light look with favor upon thy creature here assembl and grant us thy blessings oh thou who has led man through the ages of his existence upon the Earth of thy Spirit
Us thou who does generate love and goodness in hearts and the desire for Fellowship one with the other in life’s living increase thy spirit in US thou who has called our brother from his task to the reward of noble thoughts and deeds keep in our memory of him that
Thou who art the light of the new heaven the new Earth the New Jerusalem the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end of all creation gr final resting with thee to all and fin our Amen to the family of our Alpha brother Dan White I am honored for the opportunity
To offer these few words of comfort to this family who have endured and who had the honor of having this brother as Dad paa and the like for over 50 years the scripture in Psalms 37 2324 reads the steps of a good man are ordered by the
Lord I would like to say that the steps of a good man comma Dan White were ordered by the Lord and it shows us that God has given directions as to the way his people should walk as we look at the life of Dan White
We see a man who always did the right thing as a youth graduating from Lincoln High School giving leadership and graduating from historic black college and mahary medical school owning a business for over 25 years and through it all giving back to the community from which he came voter
Registration Social Clubs and the like I met Dan over 50 years ago and he always made me feel as though I was the most important person around not just calling me forall but Mr forall and I’m sure he did the same for others I remember the service he gave to
Beta Lambda organized and sponsored a Cub Scout Troop for disadvantaged youth I recall how when I served as administrator in the juvenal justice system how he involved himself in the lives of the young men as a high View school for boys in recent years I served with Dan
In the Midtown Kanas Club where he served timely and with distinction I had the honor of succeeding him as Treasurer when he was no longer able to take care of the details required and in his Gruff manner he brought me a big leather bag of materials and said here now don’t ask me
Another thing but I knew that if I had questions Dan was only a phone call away yes the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and we will see Dan again if we continue to follow those steps that lead to our Savior Jesus Christ
Family God bless you and remember beta Lambda is here to support you today and in the days to come God bless you is my prayer amen amen brothers and our praise this brother who La now are Toet dear [Applause] Weer to th Glory The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ Spirit brother and now May the peace of God who passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds and a knowledge of the love of God and of his son Jesus Christ Our Lord May the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy
Ghost be amongst you remain with you always amen amen Dear all the the true and and for all the of our Dear and Love by us thou weer th Glory for For Want to thank Al Al CH for coming and support family let us continue to pray for the family as we are about to begin the celebration of life for our belov friend and father brother Hand there’s a viewing there those who have not had an opportunity to come family has instructed me that there is a time for viewing as of right now before the service there will not be a viewing after the Service so if you have a desire to come For For Family [Applause] You Going ask for the timing Ble Think [Applause] That’s We would like for you if you will in an orderly way as you come by to VI if you will continue to return to your seat greeting the family we have time to do that after the service we thank you for your love we thank you for your patience and your
Cooperation we are now in the hands of what Memorial Gardens as we prepare for the celebration of life for brother Bab H H H You H Than O The Sh The word of the Lord says that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord let us pause for a few moments and let’s give us a rousing hand clap of praise for a life well live for stret come on God worthy he is worth he is worthy
For I will lift up my eyes into the Hills from which cometh my help my Help Cometh From The Lord amen amen and amen we welcome all of you to the homegoing celebration of our beloved friend brother Dan White we ask that you continue to lift this family up in
Prayer and let them feel your divine presence knowing that every good and every perfect gift comes from the Lord and we thank God for the life of our friend a father an uncle grandfather just a very nice man I’m going to say some else a little bit later
On course brother Dan and I had a very unique relationship but it was a wonderful relationship and sometimes when you are in life you thank God for people that came into your life because not only did they make you a better person but they helped you to
Look at life in a different view to help you navigate through life to get to where God intended for you to be and brother Dan was that kind of man so as we follow the program that has been so beautifully put together by the family we’re going to ask that sister
Mela Underwood will come and give us our prayer Our Old Testament scripture is Stephanie white our new testament scriptures is Ronda Taylor and then we’ll have a musical selection by Cheryl peret Smith and in that order amen and Amen good morning John 3:16 Says for God so loved the world he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life to the family please know God he hears your prayers many have been praying for you and will continue to pray with you and
For you let us pray father of all mercies and God of all constellations you pursue us with untiring love and dispel the shadow of death with the bright Dawn Of Life give courage to this family in their loss and sorrow be their refuge and strength oh Lord reassure them of your continuing
Love and lift them from the depths of grief into the peace and light of your presence your Holy Spirit our comforter speaks for us In groans Too Deep for words come alongside your people remind them of your Eternal presence and give them your comfort and strength in
Jesus’s name we ask these things amen amen and Amen The Lord is my shepherd I shall not M he maketh me to lie down in Green Pastures he leadth me beside the Still Waters he Resto dth my soul he leadth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake yay though I walk through the
Valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy sta com thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me all my days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever John 14 1-6 do not let your hearts be troubled you believe in God believe also in me my father’s house has many rooms if that were not so would I have told
You that I’m going to prepair a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am you know the way to the place where
I’m going Thomas said to him Lord we do not know where you’re going so how can we know the way Jesus answered I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except for Me When peace like a Rend my way when s like SE what my th has told me to say It is Well it Is Well with My Soul it is it is with My Soul it is well it is with my soul my sin oh the Bliss of this Glory thought my sin not in part by the is nail to the
Cross and I bear it no more praise the Lord praise the Lord my Soul but Lord is for thee for th comeing we wait the sky not the grave is our go oh Trump of the Angel Oh the Lord blessing home blessed peace oh my soul it is my soul it is way it Is my [Applause] soul amen thanks sister Mel for her wonderful prayer sister white Taylor for the scriptures and for Cheryl peret Smith for that beautiful selection for it truly is well with our soul we now have our acknowledgements and condolences by Sister Joyce Smith and then life reflections Good morning good morning Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church to the family of brother Dan White Pastor Mark A Smith Senor the officers and members of Beth of bethl African Methodist Episcopal Church of Ky Missour wish to express our sympathy to your family for the great loss you have suffered know that our
Hearts are with you and that we share in the sorrow and the loss you feel may it be a source of inner strength to know that there is a loving God watching over you and that he is ever present we pray that God would strengthen you and give
You peace we were saddened by the news of the passing of brother white but the Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with God brother white was a faithful member we believe that he is now peace with our God please know that our church family
Stands to attention to facilitate Comfort during your time of rement we are only a phone call away but more importantly Jesus is only a prayer way to the white Hardwick and Miller families one day we will trade life sorrow for heaven’s Joy wishing you God’s peace knowing your loved one is
Experiencing all the joy of Heaven weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning Psalms 30th 5 with prayers of sympathy the St James United Methodist Church care and nurture Ministry and Reverend Emanuel clever III senior pastor the family has Al also received condolences St the carousels of Kansas
City and the national office of carousels Incorporated the greater Kansas City Missouri chapter of the links Incorporated Sigma F Theta Boule chapter Kansas City friends of Alan Aly the Missouri court of appeals the Supreme Court of Missouri the Missouri commission for racial and ethnic fairness Delta thigma s sorority
Incorporated including the Kansas City Missouri chapter Epsilon chapter and the lion sisters of Melanie Miller the Charlotte Street Foundation the international women’s foundation and the girls City prep Preparatory Academy Alpha by Alpha fraternity B chapter as you can see Dan White contributed to the growth and development of Kansas City he really did
Did now I would like to get off the script for a minute we are a blended family and so I thought when they told me he was going I cried I looked around and all I saw was gustavia wh with her infectuous mouth saying come on up take a seat I’ve been waiting
Up I am waiting on you oh her smile was just there and he was ready to come to see her and be with her eternally and then I reality hit me and I thought oh no y’all didn’t leave me down here oh my God you all have sitting at
The table drinking milk and honey and I have these people but Lisa M said man don’t worry they know that they left us in good hands I looked at them and said Really but I just want to say that Dan and Gus taught us how how to be a blended family the role was he was over the grill she was over the vegetables and the cocaa and I was over the p and the bread and the sweet potato P This Is How We
Roll But what they have left us is the ability to have eternal love amen to the end of time to the very end of time that eternal love will take care of the tears you’ll know where you are you’ll know what they think and you’ll actually know
What to do and I’m going back them up thank [Applause] You amen it’s all right to go off script is it all of us would want to go off a script so we can say a few things if you have not had an opportunity already with the programs that have been given to you take a few moments as the music continues to play
Softly and the life Reflections Oh Brother D After we’ve had a few moments to look over the life Reflections we will have a video tribute then after the video tribute we have remarks from alpha F Alpa fraternity from family and friends friends the white family and the hardw Miller family in that order amen amen and amen the video Tribute All W all all I The this L I I L Hello everyone my name is Donald Lee and I’m a member of Incorporated M all right I’ll start again so we my name is Donald Lee and I am a member of alar Fraternity Incorporated band chapter and I’m pleased to be able to stand and represent the fraternity today uh fraternity began a
Program um I don’t know maybe 10 years ago called Brothers Keepers and it has uh been my honor to uh serve as Dan’s Brother’s Keeper and so you might want to asked the question okay so why brother Dan White well I’m going to start off by just sharing a few
Words that uh epitomize brother white to me gregarious exact truthful participating particular a Astute engaging and generous so um I think uh it was easy for me to serving that role with brother white because uh he was a great advisor so I shared with brother white about uh the fact that you know take families in Missouri for you know 3 or 4 day
Weekends and brother wife said oh no if you going to take your family on a vacation you got to take them on a real vacation so you got to plan it and when you take them on a vacation if you want to see America you have to
Drive so the first vacation I took the family on out of the state of Missouri was to the 1984 um m alpha General convention in Cleveland Ohio and brother Dan said here’s how you have to go to Cleveland Ohio you have to go through Detroit take the Canadian route to Niagara
Falls go see n fall and then after you see it on the Canadian side you got to come to the Missouri side I mean the US side USA side and see it and then you can drive to C so we we followed his directions and we
Had a great time and and by doing that every year starting with 1984 uh the family and I we took a family vacation and I appreciate brother white join that I mean we saw things that would just simply make one year we were going to Disney World we went through Atlanta while we
In Atlanta we took a little detour and saw Mar King J house grew up in we went to a place called Callaway Gardens which was absolutely beautiful and we had lunch Alle Legion lunch we got there late we got there at 1:45 restaurant closed it at 2: we said hey we all the
Way from Kanas City Missouri we can’t come back tomorrow and they graciously served us and we had a legally 2hour lunch right on the golf course the golfers came up and looked up and said who are those folks they must be somebody special and we
Were so uh and then one trip that we had in fact that same trip driving back from um Disney World we were driving through the mountains of Tennessee and we literally drove through a cloud now I had to let the windows down and stick my arm out in this cloud
And touch it when I stuck it out got soak and wet my my family said Daddy close that W window we’re freezing but anyway I’m not sure too many people can say that they touched the cloud and thanks to brother Dan I had an opportunity to do
That um Dan was also advised I come to Dan with a problem and Dan says with his reaction was no pity part he here check me what’s wrong and we’ll fix it okay if you came here to get some sympathy don’t go someplace else I’m not the pity
Part and I appreciate brother Dan for that cuz he allowed me to focus on the issue and not how I felt okay and so forth so brother Dan was a great advisor for me um when brother Dan daughters decided to take away his car key that was a
Tramatic experience with him so I started I picking up Dan taking to chapter meeting and then I made the mistake of said Dan anytime you want to go someplace just call me and I so then called me and I started taking your places and uh and so but I enjoyed uh driving Dan
Around because Dan was complimentary with my driving I I drive strategically fast okay and so I navigate the traffic very well so brother dad says brother Lee um I can’t do that what did you learn to navigate like that I said brother Dan I’ve had a navigator in beside me for 50
Years and I’m sure y’all can guess who my navigator gly lovely wife okay uh she lets me know that I need to improve my driving skill reg and I’m so glad that I was able to do that because brother Dan recognized it and gave me compliments apprciate that thank you lovely
Wife um now sometimes when Dan and I were out riding around I indicate to you that Dan was very gregarious we’d come to a stoplight and Dan would speak whoever was in the car next to didn’t that hello how you doing we pulled up to
The light one time and next over to us was a traic young lady and Dan said how you doing sweee and her driver looked over and said what light CH we take off we get up to the next light he stops again he said what’s going on over there and I said
Everything’s okay we fine and so forth so you know he had a conversation with his lady friend so then we take off again I decid I should turn right but we we just had a great time being together and I enjoyed him tremendously okay uh and everything so but I do want to
Share one of the last times if brother Dan and I had an opportunity to go to a chapter activity and that we was on December the 4th 2023 we went to our chapter founder day activity and so I had the pleasure of introducing each brother would stand up
And introduce themselves say where they were initiated at etc etc so I had the pleasure to introduce brother Dan so I said hey this is Brother Dan White he was initiated at beta pie l College in Tennessee and he’s been a active Financial supporting brother in this
Chapter for over 60 years brothers did you hear me Financial [Applause] so the brothers gave brother Dan a standing Novation okay and then when we broke up at the soci D had a continuous them of Brothers just coming by doing all type of greetings with him
Okay so um I said okay brother Dan about time for us to go brother D said I’m not ready to go I said okay brother Dan I’ll give you a few minutes I’ll go do something else come back okay brother D time for us to
Go he said I’m not ready to go if you need to go leave without me you got to come with me I know my way home I know how to get home go leave me alone and in the back of my mind I said if I don’t take brother dead home Melody
And Lisa will disposing so uh I was able with a little assistance from the Brotherhood to get brother Dan in my vehicle to take him home and we got in there and started going his first question was where are we going now so um I I truly
Feel blessed that I had an opportunity to know Dan White I cannot tell you the impact that he has had upon my life and um I’m I’m just glad I had an opportunity to spend time with him while he was on this Earth [Applause] Thank good morning please pray for me this is pretty hard for me uh brother D you took everything I was going to say um if you don’t know my name is Lance Parker I’m his adopted son of Kansas City and he would uh anybody back I let me let me go back I
Can still remember the first day I met Dan um it was July of 79 you can tell me anything I just got out of school I knew it all but I’m here to tell you that was my friend he was my mentor he was my advisor and I know I wasn’t the only
One but uh any where we went he would always introduce me that’s my boy he’s from St Louis he didn’t have no shoes he had a plastic cap and had all his belongings in a pillow case he said it so many times one time I
Said damn did I have Sho uh did I have socks said no boy you got no socks but like now said I’m let me I forgot to tell you God good all the he put this man into my life and made it so much better it bu me Good Times bad times I
Had that was 942 three that was my hot D would never answer for gust but my mind going all kind of place I I was going to come up here and tell a story but everybody has their own personal stories with Dan White and he was a giant D was what 56
57 but he carried himself he commanded respect no matter where you went I can still remember he took me to my first festar restaurant top of the think it’s intercon the the the best restaurant I ever been to was red life CL so he told me hey look don’t be uh
Don’t be intimidated by all those forks and Spoon you know what to do but I just want to say uh he Tau me about life and the number one thing was his family family comes first he told me where Melanie and Lisa were anywhere in this
Country he he didn’t have to ask me to do anything I volunteered because I know what he did for me rich rich so uh I was going to tell you a story about Dan but something happened about a week ago uh on a Saturday Melanie and Lisa called me and they were planning
Good services and I was in my thoughts about then and then all of a sudden uh melie said what what do you want to do I just do comments I was going to sing but no you’re better off me just for comment but anyway what do you want to
Do do comments no he got two minutes why did D White come out and Lisa enough she said land you’re not here of the service you’re not bringing the word and you’re not the P so I’m I’m going to keep this short I know I’m close to but uh let me get my
Ass I want to uh say this for Dan gustavia the whites the hard Wicks and the Mills I love you ain’t nothing you can do about [Applause] It good morning my name is Margaret May and this is my son Harrison may my uh husband Walter May and Dan White lived right in this area and attended this church when they were growing up Dan lived on 24th in Florida and my husband lived on 24th in
Cale uh they literally did everything together and when they were growing up and after uh Dan gavia were married my husband and I were married our families literally did everything together uh we reared our children their two daughters and our four Sons like they were brothers and sisters so very very many good
Times and Dan was such an intelligent man back in that era not a lot of men that um look like us actually were college graduates my husband was so proud of Dan and the fact that he was a college graduate and he was so intelligent started his own
Business and we took great pride in the fact that he gave so much of himself his time to the community and especially to being a mentor and teacher um as a volunteer in the community with our young men so so needed so Harrison is with me today um Vincent is actually traveling
And unable to be here today we just want to say to all of you the May and the white family were like family literally we were friends but we were like family and that remains today and no one knows forever but what a wonderful opportunity we have today to
Celebrate such a good great man [Applause] Dan Good morning I’m Anthony this is my wife chery dad was my uncle and a father fig I was able to call him up at any time and get advice whether it was personal or business he’s a great man he’s always there for me he helped me out along the way with great advice
Um a little nervous here but uh I love love my whole family here and uh D was pretty direct to help my son and boy scouts got him in there and uh he was pretty direct you know he punches a couple of times one time he
Saw me and he looked at me and he looked me up and down he said boy you eating good a’t you another time he saw me said boy cuz I was always boy and they always had a point that finger boy you uh you got a job and a business you
Trying to get all the money you a hustler he was pretty straight with me I love him I’m going to miss him I guess all the times we spent at the house they come over all the time holidays we even did vacations together we going to miss it thank you good
Morning again U my husband Miss I’m Cheryl um let’s see I got get my phone okay so my Uncle D did you know the name Dan means God is my judge Uncle Dan um liened in my eyes to Daniel in the Bible um and we’ve heard this said quite
This scripture read quite a few times today but I’m going to read it again Psalms 37:23 says the steps of a good man were ordered by the Lord and He delighted in his way a good man does not allow himself to be led by circumstances other people people or even his own feelings
He allows God to be in control of his life a good man helps others he is a giver as we can tell from the obituary that was there for our reading he lived the life that he was designed to do um Uncle Dan did not allow the Lion’s dens
Of life to prevent him from doing the work that he knew to do so for me it touches my heart and I’m struggling right now that was my Uncle Dan um my husband is family by birth I’m family by love not that he’s not love I wasn’t born under
Anyone’s heart I was born in it and in that I can appreciate one of the stories that I have of Uncle Dan and I’ll never forget it I was pretty new to the family and you know when you’re married into a family you’re not sure how everybody
Feels about you but on this particular day Uncle Dan made it clear we were at a at a function and there were sing your friends and just so happened one of the friends um actually worked with me at Honeywell and I saw him and I can’t even
Tell you his name we just KN each other by face and uh goes you work out in Honey I said yes I do he said uh um D’s my neighbor I said okay great and so when we were sitting here talking to Uncle Dan he goes uh Dan this is my
Coworker here and D looked at and he said how you going to tell me who this is this is my nie this is my niece man right there in that moment like I said I knew that that was my Uncle Dan that was my Uncle Dan um at Aus Services
I told her story about cookies I don’t know if you guys were here but at any rate the uh short story of it is I had to make separate but equal cookie packages for Angus and uncle Danny cuz Angus felt like she was in charge of
Everything so she only gave the can she wanted with that said whenever they were come to our house always had their individual cookie packages so I saw Uncle Dan said Uncle Dan I got your cookies when you’re ready to go we get them out of the cabin he
Said that’s great but you know you remember those one things you made it had the nuts and caramel and the chocolate on I said oh you talking about the Turtles out he said yeah you got some of them so I said yeah I said I got a
Couple in the drawer over there let me know when you’re ready to leave and I’ll give for you he said all right don’t tell G I said okay that y little SEC he said that’s my girl one last thing I have to say um is
About Uncle in in um what I think it was the last party he had the PT Cruiser he felt some kind of way about that PT Cruiser and I can remember when he brought it up to the detail shop to have it detailed and everything he must have talked about that PT Cruiser and he was really proud of it I can say for me um every time I see a PT Cruiser I think a uncle name I never really took notice of that car and said D had it and as hard as it is for me today knowing that
He is he’s left us here you know to carry on um I find comforting knowing that Uncle Dan is now with our gu and they’ll be cruising together forever [Applause] amen good afternoon Church good Afternoon I’m her Hardwick those who don’t know me uh I am Dan’s first son my sonin-law I’m his person I met Dan when I was 23 years I’ve been with him and he’s been with me for 40 years and over those years I feel really privileged because
I’ve had a chance to have an Insight of him in a way that’s really unique and special you got to understand that between Gus Lisa Melanie and God I’m not sure what was more important than Dan and then the rest of his family so when I started dating
Lisa I always felt every time I came in contact with me it was always sizing me up and I remember very vividly my mother reminds me often I was standing in this church right there where his C and we were taking our wedding bows and the pastor looked at Lisa and
He looked at me and he said until death do you part and for whatever reason I froze it was like a moment in time I felt like a deer in headlights I said death till you die and I can hear my [Applause] mother and after the side of my eye I
Saw Dan we call him Chief cuz he was the leader and the patriarch of our family chief he had a double breasted suit on Sharp elegant and I could have swore I saw his hand going to [Applause] his and I don’t know what he was doing he grabing a
Handkerchief whatever he was doing I said yes my mother always says to me from time to time when I’m out of line she said you blunder him you couldn’t even get your valve D had a threat um I love being white I love the man that he was and the man that he
Is we talk about all the things that he’s done because the things that he’s done you think they’re ordinary but they’re not they’re extraordinary especially for a man of color coming through the generations in the time that he came through his educational Pursuits his professional Pursuits and all the things
That he did in the community I always kind of felt like and I can relate to him on a lot of levels that he was always like the underdog can I get this done people always doubted it and that would always come through and I think that get him more
Resolved to be successful and to carry through to make sure his family is protected his children were educated when people did things that were improper that he would set them out he’s 88 years old he stayed he and mother Gus in a beautiful facility on the
Plaza the last three years of his life there as elegant as it was there were times where he was shunned and dealt with it a way that was not Proper and he always maintains his dignity from time to time he would say things people would wonder why he said things well he’s Unapologetic and you know what maybe he should be yeah uh for how he was being treated I love his strength as a man he showed in everything that he
Did you know he was the he was one of the president of alpha Al in order to be a president of alpha Al you have to be a man’s man and Dan White a certain day in many ways he was a God-fearing man he loved love this wife like there was no
Tomorrow adored his children to a Fault and his grandchilden the rest of us P so I’m grateful and thankful for the life lessons that he taught me as his person uh and I teach my brother-in-law um Lisa and I rarely took Dan on me would and Skip is a different story cuz Skip would go
There I think it has something to do with him being a queue and not an alpha but he understands but all in All just want to say we’re privileged and thankful for his life everything that he’s done yes and want to thank all all of you all for the love and support that you’ve given Chief and our family not only today 6 months ago we were standing here and we were still here
Standing and being supportive and I cannot tell you how much that means deeply loving and committed thank you [Applause] family [Applause] from cookouts to cup Scouts daycare pickups to road trip detours Grandpa Chief was the quintessential grand father figer I’ll miss his fatherly wisdom as he let me go get a popsicle
Out the fridge from his basement man cave as he sipped on what he called his medicine and there’s not a day that passes by where I don’t see him doing his signature Point as he’s coming to pick me up from school basketball football and karate practice he was omnipresent in my
Childhood my Coming of Age years until a few days ago my adulthood and because this is a celebration the good news is that he is all the things that i’ like to be to my family and my community present full of life and vigor not afraid to make those around him
Laugh a teacher in several aspects to several people across several Generations I see him in the way that I serve and in the aspects that I want even in the aspects that I won’t readily Embrace like my wife’s pinent for collecting whiskey like he did um as a
Subtle reminder wonder how great he can be in so many different ways ay I’ve had to reflect a lot on fatherhood particularly and grandfatherhood the last few days and so this scripture stood out when thinking about the man being wife 1 Peter 5: 2-3 be Shepherds of God’s flock that is
Under your care watching over them not because you must but because you are willing all right as God wants you to be not pursuing dishonest gain but eager to serve not lording over it those entrusted to you but being examples to the flock Grandpa your power is in your example
And that will live on in all four of us thank you good morning morning my name is Chip Miller I am Melanie and skips son uh Dan and gast’s grandson and I think the thing I hold from them and Grandpa in particular is that it’s important to show up that my
Grandparents showed up to everything every play every sports game every event and I think it is legendary at this point Dan and Gustav delivery service uh which was they picked the fource of us up from every event to and took us to their house and took care of us until
Our parents got off work and most of my memories of my grandpa are in the car if it was going to uh Cub Scouts on Tuesday nights um going to school in the morning going to on road trips uh going into Civil War monuments and um and being in
That PT Cruiser and I I think a lot about as I got older when it would be car rides with just me and Grandpa a lot of my memories are with either the four of us or the two of us are us and Alan May and um but some of those memories of
Just Grandpa and I uh he had a love for Golden Age musicals which is something that we shared and we would get in the car and many people in our family did not want to hear us sing uh but we would get in the car and I would put a a CD of
A music along and he would go d d d and sing along with me I just cherish those memories so deeply um when I moved back to Kansas City after college I remember being at the house when um after day marriage had become legalized and I was
Sitting talking to my grandparents and I said if I ever got married would you come and my grandfather said I wouldn’t miss that party for the world and it is a true honor and a gift that one of the last last times I got to see my
Grandfather was at my wedding and I will hold that memory and so many others in my heart for the rest of my life thank [Applause] you good morning I’m Jordan Miller uh Melanie’s youngest son and Dan and Gusto’s grandson as well um been thinking over the last week about kind
Of the moments um that come to mind want to than of D wife uh like chip said most of these moments are in the car um just driving to practice driving you know home from school going on road trips um our grandparents took us everywhere the the
Thing that sticks out to me the most uh thinking about my grandpa um he you know he liked to know things um and he would always like to tell stories he like to educate you um you know me and Zach at one point he would always say every time
We showed up he would say educate me doctor cuz we we had a lot of nicknames for Grandpa he had a lot of nicknames for us probably more Nick for him um and so you know when I was in elementary school we would come home uh after
School at Grandma’s house we would eat fried chicken before he would take us to cup Scouts um and he would always want us to tell him something and it had to be good because you know like if you you know if you were just lying to him or
Saying something he already knew he would get on you so you had to teach him something new and what I really realized is how you know he you know and this is true for all of us for all his adopted Sons as well um and everyone he would
Meet in life he really wanted you to kind of Shine Your Light and stand in your truth and so um I think about when I was in Middle School um I was participating in the school quiz Bowl team um and so like chip said our grandparents would always be there and I
Think we had like a 8:00 a.m. Saturday contest um and both my grandparents were sitting there in the front row and we had our team of four people over here we were going against another team and trying to answer these questions um and it was pretty early in
The round when you know they had a a bit of commotion because after about every question my grandpa couldn’t contain himself from saying the answer and they had to kick him out the room for that and that’s just the type of person he was anytime he knew something he
Wanted to make sure you knew it too he wanted to learn from you as well um and I’ve taken that and you know I try to live in his Spirit by making sure that people know what you know and lift them up whenever you can thank you [Applause] D
White you know I love me some damn white I’ve been reflecting over the last few days trying to figure out what I want to say and reading the obituary and um one thing that came to mind is that it’s hard for me um to imagine Grandpa as a Young Man
To me he was so good at being a grandpa that the thought of him excelling in other roles as a business owner Community leader volunteer all the all the things that we’ve heard is hard for me to imagine there’s no way in my mind that God bestowed so many talents in one
Person so I’ll have to take you all at your word that Grandpa occup occupied all those positions that he did all of those things that’s not the world that I live in in my world Grandpa was born at 60 years old at 9730 Shepherd’s drrive with an apron on his
Chest with some ribs in the smoker and with some medicine with his medicine in the basement in my world Dan White is one of the best chefs west of the Mississippi he’s the CB scout leader of all leaders imparting valuable skills in Woodworking and exploring nature and at its core being a good
Citizen he’s a ski instructor he’s a source of authority on race relations in America he’s a comedian he’s a man of God he’s a lover of sports he’s a consant trash talker and of course he’s a family man that’s the danam white that I know there’s this concept floating
Around in the world of hip-hop and the term is standing on business maybe y’all have heard yes sir popularized by Drake the phrases come to represent people who are firm in their convictions who are unmoved by the actions of others who are undeterred by the complications and Chaos that often interfere with our
Daily lives now my Grandpa would not have like Drake frankly he’d be repulsed by the rapper’s pension for murdering The King’s English among of course other indiscretions but standing on business that’s damn white he was someone who always spoke his mind he knew and stood firmly in the things that he believed in
He cared deeply and as my father said unapologetically about his family his community and the people that he led I am so honored to carry his namesake Zachary Daniel Hardwick and we’re also blessed to have learned from his legacy we’ll miss you grandpa with a life well [Applause] [Applause] Lived [Applause] [Applause] Why should feel discour W should the Shadows Shadows come and Why why should my heart be long and long for Heav and home when Jus he Sh come Conant friend is he he I he on the SP I know he watches oh over Me I Sing Because I’m Happy and I S because I free He Is is on the spoll I know I know and I know he watches so glad morning when this life is over fly away to home on Godless your soul oh I fly the away Oh F away of Glory i f away we I die Hallelujah by by oh oh wow fly way Lord help us PR and bring a word of comfort to this family we Beck in your spirit to come now and be with this part now let the words of my mouth the
Meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight the Lord our strength and Our Redeemer amen amen Amen sister Lisa and sister Melanie I’m going to have to keep this very short because everybody has already said everything that I chot it down on my piece of the paper and I don’t want to keep you any longer that you’ve already been but since I’m standing
Here I believe that God has a word for us this morning but I want to just say to all of those that have come and said all of the kind things that they said about brother Dan is because they knew him and what he stood
For and I love it when he said he was serious yes he talked trash but he was still serious and we come right now in this season and some of us have been very emotional because of the love that we had for brother Dan and still do but I just stopped by this
Morning to let you know that we look at it as being done here but the message that I have for us today it’s not done it’s just the beginning it’s not done it’s just the beginning I wish you would go with me to the last book of the New Testament Revelations 21:
1-7 I promise you I’ll be short then I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth for the first Heaven and the first Earth had passed away and there was no longer any sea I saw the holy city the New Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven
From God prepared as a bride beauti ly dressed for her husband and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying now the dwelling of God is with man and he will live with them they will be his people and God himself will be with them
And be their God he will wipe away every tear from their eyes there will be no more death no more mourning or crying or pain for the older of things has passed away he who was Seated on the throne said I am making everything new then he said
Write this down for the words are trustworthy and true he said to me it is done I am the alpha had to put that in there and Omega the beginning and the end to him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the Water of
Life he who overcomes will inherit all this and I will be his God and he will be my son we have heard this morning wonderful memories shared by those about Dan and how he impacted their lives as you have read Dan’s life story you may have noticed as I did that Dan
Was a man that excelled in everything he put his mind to failure was not an option at an early age he had a thirst for knowledge he excelled in his primary and secondary education and pursuing a medical career at Lane College he pledged Alpha F Alpha yall somebody ought to shout on that
One except me and we we have to leave that one alone he was a lifelong member he was elected president of the student body and earned the nickname go I can see why he was named go I’m going to get to that in just a minute with all of the
Accomplishments listed in Dan’s life story what impressed me the most was Dan was a doting I think that’s what you said in the obituary a doting father and he cooked breakfast now this is something I didn’t even do he cooked breakfast every morning for his daughters then drove them to school and spent
Weekends grilling gourmet meals for his family and his friends Lord have mer Mercy he was some kind of dad and this funneled over into his mentoring of young africanamerican men through his business Dan was highly respected and loved by those whose life he impacted and this morning in the text
That was read John I believe pinned one of the most passages that would give us hope God has given John the Revelator a vision of heaven and many of us here this morning may have formed a visual picture based on John’s Revelation from God the size and the beauty are beyond
Our wildest imaginations the promise of an eternal home mansions that have been prepared for him and for us the promise of an eternal home says let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me for in my father’s house are many mansions if it were not
So I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go to prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you under myself there where I am there ye may be also being in the presence of God is
Something that all of us are looking forward to I know that brother Dan would love to be here and talk with you right now but I got a little secret to tell once you become in the presence of God yes he going to miss all of y’all he
Going to miss us and he going to miss that trash talking that he used to but when you come into the presence of God God is saying to you and to me you fought a good fight you have finished your course now is the time for you to
Come and receive your reward I’m almost done because he had a beautiful life for 65 years he was married to the love of his life and now as Peaches and her would say we be United and it feels so good Dan is glad to be where he is right now
And you and I are trying to get to where Dan and his lovely bride cavia is right now Lord have mercy can you imagine the reunion that’s going that went on in glory Lord have mercy Dan is now at a place in his life where he hasn’t got to
Worry about none of the stuff and the mess that you and I got to deal with now because now he has received what God had promised him along the way you have done your job you have put a good day’s work you have studied and done the will of My
Father which is in heaven and now I am going to bless you and give you the benefits of Walking Around Heaven All Day Lord have mercy when we get into the presence of God we have the favor of God’s blessings upon us there’s no more crying there there is no more
Heartache there but now Dan is with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ The Mansion that was prepared for him I don’t know what his address was here but his address in heaven is going to be S which is a holy number a number of completeness and I’ve got to before I
Sit down I I got to say this that he joined Alpha F Alpha and in case you don’t know Alpha is the beginning of a journey and he has now started that Journey but he cannot end that Journey without their Omega both of them go together and it
Refers to that God was in F within himself that he is the beginning and he is the ending and when our life comes to the end of this life here on Earth don’t get upset thinking that this is the end it’s not done it’s not over but it’s
Just the beginning of another chapter in the life of a child of God because the word says I will come back for my children and Dan right now is with his Lord and he’s walking Around Heaven All Day I I can see it he got a robe that’s
Been wased in the blood of the Lamb he’s got a crown of righteousness placed on his head God has dressed him now so that he can look good when he came into glory Lord have mercy do you want to get where Dan go yeah reever but not right now I’m going to see
This if you’re not ready get ready but as my grandpa used to say if you stay ready you won’t have to get ready and brother Dan was always ready I loved it when he came to church yes on Sunday morning and half the time I had to go look for
Him cuz he was always downstairs in the basement with brother Ross and some other folks having coffee and talking trash and I said brother Dan why is it you don’t come upstairs when the service starts he said it ain’t none of your business I’ll be there when I get
There and I I used to I said well maybe we need to bring the church down here where you are sitting he said it ain’t going to make no difference because I’m going to do what I want to do when I want to do it and ain’t nothing you can do about
It that’s just the kind of relationship that we had and and and and I hope that Lisa and M don’t get upset with me but when I used to go visit him at the Anthology I’d catch him all over the place he’d be downstairs he’d be
Upstairs and when I go to see him he said what do you want now I said I said I said I said brother then I came by to give you communion communion why I said but then because I want you to be a part of our church and I want to
Share with you the the bread and the wine and he said I can skip the bread give me the juice the medicine the medicine he was I just loved him I loved him and when and when he came to church on Sunday he he just brightened it up
Amen with the way he shared himself and sister gust wherever he was that’s where he was and and and I got to tell this story and then I promise you I’m done they had a cadl and every time I seen brother Dan in that Cadillac it was clean and I said brother
Dan how come you ain’t driving now your business and so I left it alone but every time I saw him no matter where it was he would say that’s my pastor and a few days before he actually made the transition I had went back to see him and he said that’s my
Pastor and let me know that he was still able to recognize who it was that was visiting him and now as we come to the end of this journey I want the family to be encouraged and uplifted to know that God is still in control yes yes and that this is not the
End but like one of apostle Paul said life is like a a race that you run wanting to get to the Finish Line brother Dan has run his last race here he has pass the Baton on to the rest of the family and said run on
Because one day you are going to pass the ATT The Paton to somebody else be a good person be a good Mentor and let God continue to use you to be a blessing to somebody else amen amen amen and amen father God as we come now
We continue to lift this family up that you oh God will continue to underg them with your presence as they go through this season let them know heavenly father that this is not the end but the beginning of another chapter David said ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
Death I will fear no evil for thou art with with me th rod and th staff that comfort me th prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies my cup Runthe goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever and if you will recall the psalmist says I walk through the valley it’s temporary I I don’t stay there but I walk through the
Valley Dan walked through and now he’s with his savior praising His holy name reunited and it feels so good amen now in the hands of Eight we need eight young ladies or men or women whoever wants to come and help with the Flowers then the fall bearers will come that’s okay we we’ll take care Of Get what a day of rejoicing that will [Applause] Be yes we See all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that will be when we hold see Jus we will s and shall Viory to walk but the Heart Is A Highway to Heaven High way To but the P it’s a High J we Sing and will be when we all see Jing yeah me too
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