In Loving Memory Of
INVICTUS
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
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In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
-William Ernest Henley
George Dyson Williamson
9.8.1929 - 8.5.2012
a Selected Independent Funeral Home
ORDER OF SERVICE
Hope and Sons Chapel, Dunedin
2:30pm Monday 14th May 2012
Private Cremation
Officiating: H. Robert Wilson
Welcome
H. Robert Wilson
Prayer
H. Robert Wilson
Scripture Readings
Adam Williamson
- Psalm 139
Christine Williamson
- John 14
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The Day Thou Gavest
Lord Is Ended
The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
The darkness falls at Thy behest ;
To Thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping,
While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.
As o’er each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.
The sun that bids us rest is waking
Our brethren ‘neath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord ; Thy Throne shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away ;
Thy Kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.
Anecdote
H. Robert Wilson
Fisherman’s Prayer
God grant that I may live to fish to my dying day
And when it comes to my last cast
I then most humbly pray
When in the Lord’s soft landing net I’m peacefully asleep
That in his mercy I’ll be judged big enough to keep
Tributes
Michael, George, John
and David Williamson
Joy & Vivienne Henderson
Grandchildren and
poem Invictus
Eulogy
Lester Flockton
Hymn
The Day Thou Gavest
Final Prayer
& Committal
Memorial Booklet
As a tribute to George would you please sign the
Memorial Booklet in the foyer of the Chapel.
Tributes
If you would like to send the family a message, share a story,
or pay tribute to George, please do so in the online
tribute book at www.tributes.co.nz
Pallbearers
Michael, George, John
and David Williamson
Stephen Aitken
Jefferson Kinghorn
Invitation
The family warmly invite
you to remain afterwards
for afternoon tea in the
adjacent Reception Lounge.