- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Homegoing Celebration of Estella Pritchett Aaron, Saturday, April 12, 2008, 11:00 AM, Greater Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church, 401 Donald Street, Mobile, AL 36617, Reverend Wesley James, Officiating Minister, Reverend Ronald O. McCree, Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2008-04-12
- Subject:
- African American women--Alabama--Mobile--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Alabama--Mobile--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Alabama--Mobile---History--20th century
Funeral service--Alabama--Mobile--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Alabama--Mobile--History--20th century
African Americans--Alabama--Mobile--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile, 30.69436, -88.04305
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Estella Pritchett Aaron. Birth date: April 11, 1911. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 12, 2008. Church: Greater Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church (Mobile, Ala.). 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: 195
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_aaronestellapritchett20080412
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_aaronestellapritchett20080412
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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~ 9To/Hegoing Seteo ~ation
o/ cjtetla g>~&~nett c;xfa~on
Saturda_y, April12, 2008 11:00 AM
Greater Morningsta~ Missionar_y Baptist church
401 Donald Street Mobile, AL )6617
Reverend Wesle_y James, Officiating Minister Reverend Ronald 0. McCree, Pastor
"The Lord is m~ shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth m~ soul: he leadeth me in the paths ot righteousness tor his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valle~ ot the shadow ot death, I will tear no evil: tor thou art with me; th~ rod and th~ staff the~ comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence ot mine enemies: thou anointest m~ head with oil; m~ cup runneth over. Sure!~ goodness and mere~ shall follow me all the da~s ot m~ lite: and I will dwell in the house ot the Lord tor ever."
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OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS ................................................................. Ma~or Samuel L. Jones, Cit~ ot Mobile
State Senator Vivian Figures, State ot Alabama
RESOLUTION ................................................................................ . Greater Morningstar Missionar~ 5aP,tist Church Jo~ce Phillips, Church Clerk
HYMNAL "51essed Assurance" ......................................................... . Congregation
MESSAGE.......................................................................................... Reverend Wesle~ A. James
Pastor, Franklin Street Baptist Church
RECESSIONAL
"Go,1ng U p '110nder'' ................................................................
choir
"I' LL 5E: SE:E:ING YOU "
I' m at rest, so please don't cr~ . It gets easier as time goes b~ . I've done m~ best to live a good lite.
For I knew it I did, I would be with Christ.
God has called me home and m~job I've done well. I' ll miss being here with ~ou , but I must sa~ farewell.
Know that I' m happ~ and I' m ver~ content,
tor the things I've done wrong, I must repent.
As I see ~our faces that makes me sad, but I've made it, and tor that I am trul~ glad. You know and I know it's hard living on earth . So ~ou shouldn't cr~ at death, but real!~ at birth.
I have no worries, pain or tears, because I' m with God,
So dr~ ~our tears, I love ~ou all. And this is what I want ~ou to do Put God tirst in ~our lite and I' ll be seeing~ou .
~~ y ne $ ife if a y ttae C/l(atttiatton "
Mrs. Estella Pritchett Aaron 1911-2008
Mrs. E:stella Aaron of Mobile, Alabama passed awa~ at Crawford Long Hospital in the earl~ morning of April 7, 2008 . She was born Aprill , 1911 and lived most of her life in the Toulminville communit~ . Mrs. Aaron was the last surviving child of eight children born to the late William and Tillie Pritchett of Camden, Alabama where she confessed a belief in Christ at an earl~ age in Camden under her father-in-law pastorate. Aher moving to Mobile shejoined the MorningStar Missionar~ Baptist Church. Here she served on the Pastor's Aid Board faithful!~ until she moved to Atlanta because of her failing health.
"Mother" as she was fond!~ called b~ all who met her, alwa~s had a smile on her face and a kind word to sa~. she was a Christian Soldier who loved the Lord and loved to sing his praise. Her fa mil~ was her comfort andjo~ . she was humble ~et strong in character. she loved her Fa mil~ , her church and her God. Her life stands as an inspiring reminder ofjust what God can do.
You are gone now, leaving us with memories to cherish for the rest of our lives. We make this promise that ~ou will not be forgotten ~ou will live on. E:ach da~ we will share the wonderful life ~ou lived, with our children and our children's children and their children. You will live forever in our hearts and ~our living will not been in vain.
Surviving to cherish ~our memor~ are ~our sons, Henr~ "Hank" Aaron and, daughter-in-law Bill~e; James Aaron and daughter-in-law, Ashia; and daughter Alfredia Aaron Scott and husband David all of Atlanta, Georgia. Fiheen grandchildren; Gaile Aaron, Hank Aaron, Jr. , Lar~ Aaron, Dorinda Bowen, CiCi H~del , Da~na Vidal, Marc~e Scott, Barbara Jean Augmon, Pamelia Aaron , Veletta Aaron , Tommie Aaron, Jr., E:frem Aaron, Ciera Aaron and a host of other relatives and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICE
PRELUDE "Sweet Sweet Spirit"...................................................................... Greater Morningstar Missionar~ Baptist Church
Pattie Smith, Church Organist
PROCESSIONAL
"To God Be The Glor~"
choir
Derek Coleman, Church Organist
MUSICAL SELECTION "M_s~ Long White Robe" .................................................................. choir
SCRIPTURE READING.......................................................................
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Aaron Paul Brown, Beloved Great Grandson
PRAYER otCOMFORT........................................................................... Congressman David Scott, Beloved Son-In-Law
MUSICAL SELECTION "Move On Up A Little Higher".......................................................
choir
POETRY READING "He On I~ Takes the Best" ......................................................... Da~na Scott Vidal, Beloved Granddaughter
REFLECTIONS A Mother to Man~ and a Child ot God ..................................... . Henr~ Aaron, .Beloved Son
EXPRESSIONS ............................................................................ Ambassador Andrew Young
MUSICAL SELECTION "Precious Lord, Take M~ Hand" ................................................
Henrietta P Antoinin, Soloist
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Kenneth T W~nn, Ace.
PALLBE(\RERS
Hank Aaron, Jr. Lar~ Aaron
Jerrald "Henrico" Dennis William Powell John Pritchett
Earnest E . Wa ller
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The tamil~ ot Estella Pritchett Aaron is grateful to God tor the gift ot lite and tor the long and fruitful lite granted to our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, and cousin. We are grateful to the Greater Morningstar Missionar~ Baptist Church Famil~ , all program participants, and to ever~ person who has shown us the importa.~ce ot having good friends at times like these . We would like to extend heart-felt thanks to all ot the wa rm-hearted caretakers that looked after "Ms. Aaron" the last ~ears other lite tor the comfort and care ~ou showed
her ever~da~. Tha nk ~ou to the staff ot Lovett Funeral Home, the Cit~ ot
Mobile, the State ot Alabama , and especial!~ to the man~ out of town tamil~ members and friends who traveled tar and wide to help us send Mama Aaron home where she now sits on high , still watching over allot us .
Internment at Magnolia Cemeter_y Repast will be held at Hank Aaron Stadium