There will be a memorial service tomorrow, Dec. 19, 2010, in Oklahoma City for Bill Stemmons. It will be done precisely as he asked, with the hymns sung by those whom he requested, in the order that he specified, from the Processional through the Recessional, and at particular points during the message.

He also designated who would play the piano and sing each hymn, and who would bear his casket to and from the service, and to his body’s final resting place. But contrary to what you might be thinking, Bill was not a perfectionist, he was a parliamentarian, a professional one. He just believed in good order.