- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing services for Keesha LaShawn Williams, sunrise, March 7, 1975, sunset, September 22, 2007, Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 1:00 p.m., Beulah Grove Baptist Church Chapel, [Augusta, Georgia], Reverend Marlon Maxey, presiding
- Date of Original:
- 2007-10-02
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Augusta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the October 2, 2007 funeral of Keesha LaShawn Williams. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-W-0141
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_williamskeeshalashawn20071002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_williamskeeshalashawn20071002
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
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Miss Keesha LaShawn Williams was a lifelong resident of Augusta, Georgia. She graduated from Lucy C. Laney High School and was employed at the Fairfield Marriott. She was a Christian, a devoted mother, a fun-loving person full of life, and a prankster; she liked playing tricks on her family, friends and loved ones.
She leaves to cherish her beautiful memory her mother, Ms. Alethia M. Vann; father, Mr. Roosevelt Williams; stepfather, James Williams; a daughter, Pazesha Williams; a son, DeForrest Williams; sister, Janetta Sade' Vann; brother, Hughey L. Vann; stepsisters, Tasha Williams and Vontice Williams; stepbrother, Travis Williams; grandparents, Mr. Augustus (Doris) Vann, Sr.; a devoted friend, Sheldon Coatney; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
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Program
Reverend Marlon Maxey, Presiding
Processional
Poem.................................................................Miss Carlissa Williams " Farewell, My Friend'
Scripture.............................. . .................................... Reverend Maxey
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Reflections.............. J r . . . . . . . i ....................... Mrs. Tara Murray
(Co-worker & Friend)
Ms. Denise Hightower (A Dear Friend)
The Obituary.................... V ............................................ Read silently
Acknowledgements..........................................Ms. Jacqueline D. Vann
Words of Comfort.......................................................Reverend Maxey
Recessional
Interment...........................................................Walker Memorial Park
At the Family's request, please, no repast
"Farewell, My Friend!"
God has called you home To rest and lie around His Throne.
I didn't get to say goodbye, It's so hard, but I gotta cry.
Your love was the grace, Yourface won't be erased.
Sleep on myfriend, We will meet again. God makes no mistakes, He just wanted your touch and your embrace.
PALLBEARERS
Devoted Friends
Antonio Goodwin
Edward Stokes
Sheldon Coatney
Hughey L. Vann
Wayne L. Vann, Sr.
Robert M. Nunally
Acknowledgment
The Vann and Williams Families wish to express their sincere thanks for the calls, cards, visits, flowers, tokens of
love and especially your prayers during this time of bereavement. May God's Grace be with you always.
Services entrusted to W. H. Mays Mortuary, 1221 James Brown Boulevard
Augusta, Georgia 30901
Program designed by Ms. Jacqueline D. Vann