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Willie Kirkland Obituary

COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Mr. Willie James Kirkland Sr. will be held Sunday 2:30 p.m. (viewing 1:30 p.m.) at Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 6844 Lower Richland Blvd., with burial to follow in the church's cemetery. Visitation will be held this evening beginning at 6:00 at Leevy's Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel.

Surviving are his son, Willie James Kirkland Jr.; mother, Alice Kirkland; brothers, Thomas Sr. (Leslie), Gary (Genie), and Bruce Sr. (Teresa) Kirkland; sisters, Phoebia (Jack) Finley, Shirley (James) Bradshaw, Dorothy Kirkland, Barbara (Jerry) Wilson, Brenda (Robert) Kershaw, Gwendolyn (Frank) and Peggy (Frank) Kirkland; and a host of other loving relatives and friends. www.leevy.com

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Published by The State on Apr. 14, 2012.

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April 23, 2012

No more pain and no more tears.
We shall all see the Lord one day.
My Prayers are with the Kirkland Family.
Love, William.

Eric S.

April 19, 2012

With much love I will Miss you Uncle Jimmy.

willie kirkland

April 19, 2012

you've change your life around and followed the path of god.. I love you daddy and I'm going to miss you... your son jay

With Love

April 15, 2012

“When a man knows God, he is free
his sorrows have an end, and birth
and death are no more.

When in inner union he is beyond
The world of the body, then the third
World, the world of the Spirit, is found,

Where the power of the All is, and man
Has all: for he is one with the ONE.”

Cynthia Jacobs

April 14, 2012

My prayers are with the Kirkland family.

Doris Layton

April 14, 2012

My prayers are with the family at this time. Bro. Kirkland, you will be truly missed as part of our Progressive Church family. Thank God for getting to know such a nice brother as yourself.

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