- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of The Life of Abram Thompson, Sr., Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 11:00 A.M., Friendship Baptist Church, 437 Mitchell Street, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend William V. Guy, Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2002-12-17
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Abram Thompson, Sr. Birth date: September 30, 1923. Death date: December 11, 2002. Funeral date: December 17, 2002. Church: Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 141
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_thompsonabramsr20021217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_thompsonabramsr20021217
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Ytzl/6earers
Frank Bolden Anthony Thompson Abram Thompson, Jr.
Antonio Ingram Marcus Butts Bryan Ingram
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Friendship Baptist Church Deaconess Board
Linda J. Jones
Linda Young
Patricia Johnson
Linda Harris
Diana West
Rita Gibson
Pamela F. Minor
Connie Glenn Mabry
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The family of Abram Thompson, Sr. extends sincere gratitude for your prayers, expressions of kindness and comfort during the illness and passing of our love one.
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Carl M Williams
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
492 Larkin Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313
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Jl6ram Jhompson) cSr.
Tuesday, December 17, 2002 -11:00 A.M.-
Jriendship 23aplisl G.hurch
437 Mitchell Street, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend William V. Guy, Pastor Officiating
06iluary
ABRAM THOMPSON, Sr., the third of six children, was born to the late Joseph and Ella Wilson Thompson on September 30, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Walker Street Elementary and Booker T. Washington High Schools. In his early youth, he and his family were members of Providence Missionary Baptist Church on Larkin Street under the leadership of Dr. C. D. Hubert.
Mr. Thompson worked for the Railway Express Agency, Inc. until his retirement, where he was employed for over thirty years .
He married the former Dorothy Lee Bolden and to that union was born five children, Avon, Dorothy, Altermiece, Anthony, and Abram, Jr.
Mr. Thompson was family oriented. He was loving and very devoted to his family. While working, Mr. Thompson scheduled weekends and early hours in order to be at home with his children when they returned from school. He encouraged his children to excel and displayed this same affection for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Thompson, departed this life on Wednesday, December 11, 2002. He will be missed by his loving and devoted wife, Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson; three daughters, Ms. Avon Thompson (Walter Whitehead), Mrs. Dorothy T. Ingram (Charles), and Mrs. Altermiece T. Sumblin Gates (Dennis); three sons, Mr. Frank Bolden (Mari) of Charleston, South Carolina, Mr. Anthony Thompson (Aibonita), and Mr. Abram Thomspon , Jr.; grandchildren, Antonio Ingram (Kenya Cummings), Marcus A. Butts, Bryan Ingram, lngra and Tiffany Sumblin, Cabella Gates, Anthony Thompson, Jr., and Joclyn Thompson; one brother, Mr. Robert Thompson; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Mansfield Thompson, and two sisters, Susie Thompson Webb and Juanita Thompson Dansby.
A Plan of The Master Weaver
Our lives are but fine weavings that God and we prepare, Each life becomes a fabric planned and fashioned in His care.
We may not always see just how the weavings intertwine, But we rnust trust the Master's hand and follow His design,
For He can view the pattern upon the upper side, While we must look from underneath and trust in Him to guide...
Sometimes a strand of sorrow is added to His plan, And though it's difficult for us, we still must understand That it's He who fills the shuttle, it's He who knows what's best, So we must weave in patience and leave to Him the rest...
Not till the loom is silent and the shuttles cease to fly Shall God unroll the canvas and explain the reason whyThe dark threads are as needed in the Weaver's skillful hand As the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.
Order oj deruice
ORGAN PRELUDE ............................................................. Mr. Kenneth Wynn PROCESSIONAL AND SENTENCES FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE INVOCATION HYMN .................... "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" ........................ #340
Friendship Hymn Choir OLD TESTAMENT READING NEW TESTAMENT READING HYMN ..................................... "Come Ye Disconsolate" .......................... #228 TRIBUTE .............. ............................................... Ms. Louise Jackson Williams
Family Friend SOLO ........ .............................................................. Ms. Belinda James Griffith
''Precious Lord" MEDITATION ................................................................. Pastor William V. Guy ORGAN MEDLEY ........................................................... Christmas Selections PRAYER RECESSIONAL
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Lincoln Memorial Cemetery 2275 Simpson Road, Northwest
Atlanta, Georgia