- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for James T. Abrams, Monday, April 10, 2000, 11:00 A.M., Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Road, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Walter L. Kimbrough, Senior Pastor, Officiating, Associate Pastors, The Reverend J. Douglas Childers, The Reverend George P. Lanier
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2000-04-10
- 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 James T. Abrams. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: April 4, 2000. Funeral date: April 10, 2000. Church: Cascade United Methodist 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: 472
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_abramsjamest20000410
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_abramsjamest20000410
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
'~precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts, Which never can be filled. After a lonely heartache And rnany a silent tear,
But always a beautiful mernory, Of One We Love So Dear."
Lamar Barnett Randolph Flagg Winfrey Morris
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TAY Club Members Extra Point Club, Inc.
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Las Chiquitas Social Club Ladies of the Handy Park Community Club
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The Abrams family extends its deepest appreciation for the many comforting expressions of kindness and concern exhibited during the illness of our love one, Mr. James T. Abrams, and during our bereavement. Friends are precious commodities and we cherish and thank everyone of you.
Carl M. Williams Funeral Directors, Inc.
"The Tradition Continues"
Carl M Williams
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
492 Larkin Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313
(404) 522-8454
MKO Graphics & Printers (404) 523-1560
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Mr. James T. Abrams was born in Shellman , Georgia to the late Lonnie Abrams and Phoebe Majors Abrams Shead. The family later moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He received his early education in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from the Old Stanton High School in Jacksonville. After graduation ,he attended Morris Brown College in Atla nta ,Georgia on a football scholarship, where he earned the nickname "Abe" or "Big Abe." Th is term was frequently and affectionately used among the players at Morris Brown.
After receiving his B.S. degree from Morris Brown College, his fi rstteaching/coachingposition was at South Fulton High School in East Point, Georgia under the principalshipofthe late Frank McCiarin . He served as Head Basketball Coach and Assistant Football Coach. Mr. Abrams earned his Masters degree from New York University in New York City and received his Adm inistrative Certification from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Abrams married Blanche Woods in 1954 and to this union two sons were born, James Tyrone Abrams (Corky) and Wayne Cedric Abrams. They were married for forty-six years.
In the late 1960's, Mr. Abrams left the Fulton County Public School System to become Head Football Coach at his Alma Mater, Morris Brown College, where he coached for three years before returning to the Fulton County Public School System. There, he served as Teacher/ Coach, Assistant Principal at Russell High School and Principal of Woodland High School and Camp Creek Middle School, where he retired in 1989.
During his college and career years, Abrams received many awards, honors and achieved many accomplishments.Among them were College- Captain of Morris Brown College Football Team, reci pient of the William A. Fountain Linesman of the Year Award and Honorable Mention for All American. Career- Coached several State Football, Basketball and Baseball Championship Teams while at South Fulton High School, recipientofthe WSB Radio White Columns Outstanding Achievement in the World of Sports Scroll (1967), WAOK Radio Station Basketball Coach of the Year (1969), Coached the Georgia Interscholastic Association All Star Basketball Team during the years 1960, 1961 and 1966. Mr. Abrams also coached the Girls Basketball Sub Region Championship Team at Hapeville High School, 1974-75. He was the 1961 Coach of the Year for the Atlanta Quarterback Club and Georgia High School Association AAA Basketball finalist Head Coach in 1967. He was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame (Extra Point Club, Inc.), the Morris Brown College Athletic Hall of Fame and the SIAC Hall of Fame. As a testament to Mr. Abrams' coaching ability, several of his players went on to play professional football , basketball and baseball. Among them, Alfred Jenkins, Atlanta Falcons, Donald Adams, Atlanta Hawks, Charles Greer, Denver Broncos and John Milner, New York Mets.
Mr. Abrams' many interests included fishing, cooking and catering . He was active in several organizations: the Morris Brown College Athletic Foundation , where he served as Director; one of the Founders of the TAY Club, MBC-CAU Labor Day Football Classic Committee and the Extra Point Club, Inc. Additional memberships include Morris Brown College National Alumni Association, the Handy Park Community Club (President 1981) and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. He was a member of Cascade United Methodist Church .
Mr. James T. Abrams, longtime Principal, Assistant Principal, Teacher/Coach in the Fulton
County Public School System and former Head Football Coach at Morris Brown College, succumbed April4, 2000 after a recurring illness. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife,
Blanche; sons, James T. Abrams (Corky) , Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Cedric Abrams (Cheryl Lisa), Milledgeville, Georg ia; loving mother, Mrs. Phoebe Shead, Jacksonville, Florida; sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin (Melverine) Mitchell and Ms. Minnie Burton, Jacksonville, Florida; granddaughters, Errica and Errin Abrams, Milledgeville, Georgia; aunts, Ms. Freddye Jones, Ms. Queen Barnett, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Pearly) Daniels, Shellman, Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. James (Rhetta) Brantley, Miami, Florida, and Ms. Louise Bussey, Chicago, Illinois; uncles, Mr. Louis Majors, Cuthbert, Georgia; sisters-in-law, Ms. Bernice Thomas, New York, New York, and Ms. Clara Sealey, Buffalo, New York; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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PRELUDE ......... ........ ........... ................ ............. ... ...... .............. . Jarvis Wilson
PROCESSIONAL
Organist
GREETINGS .... ... .. ........... ... .... ... ... ..... .... ... The Reverend Walter L. Kimbrough
HYMN OF CELEBRATION .... .. .. ... .... ..... ....... ..... .. ...... .. "How Great Thou Art " SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
The Old Testament, Psalm 23 The Reverend J. Douglas Childers The NewTestament ,Revelations21:1-7, 22-27 The Reverend George P. Lanier
PRAYER .............. ...... .... ................. ........ ....................... PastorOiujimi Brown
SOLO .............. ......... .. 'The Lord's Prayer" ......................... Mr. Henry Porter OBITUARY (Read Silently)
TRIBUTES:
Mr. Nathaniel Washington, Longtime Friend Mr. Brandon Southern, Longtime Friend Dr. Fran k Glover, , Longtime Friend Mr. Alfred Jenkins, Former Player Mr. Donald Adams, Adopted Son Mr. Robert Barnett, Adopted Son/Longtime Friend Mr. Michael Gray, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Fulton County Public School System, Fayetteville, Georgia Mr. Wayne Cedric Abrams, Son
LIGHTING THE CANDLE OF REMEMBRANCE ...... . Mrs. Blanche W . Abrams
Mr. James T. Abrams, Mr. Wayne Cedric Abrams
MUSICAL SELECTION .. ......... .. ... ... .... .... .... ..... .. .... .... ....... Mrs. Katie Harrison
EULOGY ...... .... ..... ..... .. ...... .... ... ... ... .. The Reverend Charles Scrivens, Pastor Beulah Hills M issionary Baptist Ch urch of Gretna, Florida
MEDLEY OF SONGS: "Amazing Grace"
High School Classmate
"Precious Lord"
"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
Morris Brown College Alma Mater (music only, please stand)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .... .. .............. ........... .. .......... .. Dr. Rubye McClendon RECESSIONAL ...... .. .. ..................... .. ..... 'Walking Up The King's Highway"
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Lincoln Memorial Cemetery 2275 Simpson Road, Northwest
Atla nta, Georgia