- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for Brenda Sheril Banks, November 11, 1949-July 25, 2016, Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 11:00 AM, Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel, 1199 Utoy Springs Rd, SW, Atlanta, GA 30331, Reverend Lawrence L. Young, Officiating, Cascade United Methodist Church
- Date of Original:
- 2016-08-02
- Subject:
- African American women--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 Brenda Sheril Banks. Birth date: November 11, 1949. Death date: July 25, 2016. Funeral date: August 2, 2016. Church: Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel (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: 407
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_banksbrendasheril20160802
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_banksbrendasheril20160802
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
November 11, 1949
July 25, 2016
Tuesda~August2,2016
11:00 AM
Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel 1199 Utoy Springs Rd, SW Atlanta, GA 30331
Reverend Lawrence L. Young, Officiating Cascade United Methodist Church
Prelude
Processional
Spiritual Medley .............................................................................................................. LaTonya Peoples Violin
Scripture Readings
Old Testament- Psalms 121: 1-S ......................................................................... Rev. Lawrence L. Young New Testament- Second Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 .............................................. Rev. Joyce E. Banks Gross
Prayer ............................................................................................................... Rev. Joyce E. Banks Gross
Spiritual Medley .............................................................................................................. LaTonya Peoples Violin
Reflections (three minutes, please) ......................................................... Holly Smith, Spelman Archives David Carmichael, Georgia Archives
Doris E. Johnson, President ofSpelman Class of1971 Camille S. Zeigler, Childhood friend
Sharon Owens, Director ofAlumni Affairs, Spelman College
Words of Comfort ......................................................................................................... Rev. Angela Davis
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" ............................................................................................... Joe Gransden Arlen/Gransden
Acknowledgements
Recessional
Interment....................................................................................................................... Lincoln Cemetery 2275 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30314
Repast .......................................................................................... Spelman College, Manley Hall, Atrium 350 Spelman Ln SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
November 11, 1949- July 25, 2016
Brenda Sheri! Banks was born November 11, 1949, in Thomaston, Georgia. She was the fourth child born to James Calvin Banks and Mary Fred Jackson Banks. She received her early education in Thomaston and graduated valedictorian ofher high school class.
Brenda was a 1971 graduate ofSpelman College where she received a B.A. in History and a Masters in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archival management from Atlanta University.
Brenda had a very generous and kind spirit. She loved and adored her family, especially her nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. In many secret places throughout her home, she kept a collection of birthday cards, gifts and special items ready to give to relatives and friends at all times for the special occasions oftheir lives.
She was employed with the Georgia Department ofArchives and History in 1972 as Assistant Archivist, she was the only AfricanAmerican professional on staff at that time. She held several positions there, ultimately becoming Deputy Director of the Georgia Archives, where she was responsible for administering the archives program and served as project manager for the construction of a new 172,ooo square-foot state of the art archives facility. After retiring from the
Georgia Archives in 2006, she established Banks Archives Consultants. Brenda was very honored when she was appointed to serve as project manager for the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project.
Brenda served as the President of the Society of American Archivists 1995-1996. She also served as president of the Society of Georgia Archivists, and on the boards of the National Association ofGovernmentArchives & Records Administrators and the International Council on Archives.
From 1999 to 2005, Brenda administered and coordinated a nationwide archives education and training program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and, as Board Chair, had a major role in guiding the Georgia Archives Institute.
Honors include: Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, Governor's Award in the Humanities, Archives Advocacy Award (Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board), Individual Achievement Award in Archives and Records Management (Georgia Records Association), Society ofAmerican Archivists, Distinguished Alumnae Award (National Association for Equal Education Opportunity) Alumnae Achievement Award (Spelman College), and Beta Phi Mu. She was also featured in Black Enterprise and Ebony magazines.
Brenda was a most thoughtful and generous individual who spent a lifetime sharing her creativity and zest for life with all ofher family and friends. She will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.
She leaves to cherish her memory: sister, Sandra Banks Anderson (a brother, James Calvin Banks, preceded her in death), brother, Monroe Graham Eanks; sisters-in-law, Elaine Williams Banks and Mary Wyche Banks; brother-in-law, Wendell Anderson; nieces and nephews, Stephanie Mechelle Banks Perkins, Dr. Lisa Maureen Anderson Kreiling and Jeffrey Kreiling, Monroe Graham Banks, Jr. and Yasmeen Davis Banks; Great nieces, Shelby Greta Banks Kreiling, Audrey Sierra Mechelle Banks; Great nephews, Hamilton Friedrich Drake Krieling and Monroe Graham Banks, III; and many more family and friends.
Dr. Marc Roberts John Glenn Richard Williams Demetrius Ponder
Dr. Wilson Smith Dr. Daniel K. Smith
Ralph Rice
The family ofBrenda S. Banks extends their heartfelt thanks to all who have shown expressions of love, sympathy, kindness, and assistance during our period ofbereavement.
To Those I Love and Those Who Love Me
When I am gone, release me, let me go; I have so many things to see and do.
You mustn't tie yourselfto me with tearsBe happy that we had some years.
I gave you my love, you can only guess How much you gave to me in happiness. I thank you for the love you each have shown,
But now it is time I traveled on alone. So grieve awhile for me if grieve you must, Then let your grief be comforted by trust.
It's only for a while that we must part, So bless the memories within your heart.
I won't be far away, fo r life goes on. So if you need me, call and I will come; Though you can't see or touch me I'll be near. And ifyou listen with your heart, you'll hear All of my love around you soft and clear. And then, when you must come this way alone
I'll greet you with a smile and 'Welcome home!"
-Author Unkn own
Funeral Programs made with care by: New Hope Publishing Atlanta, GA 30331 404-629-0446
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Funeral Services provided by: Murray Brothers Funeral Home 1199 Utoy Springs Road, Atlanta, GA 30331
404-349-3000
Spelman College, Manley Center, Atrium Spelman College- Class of 1971
David Carmichael - State Archivist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Director of the Pennsylvania State Archive, formerly Director of Georgia Division of Archives and History 2000-2012.
Kathleen Roe - Director of Archives Records Management Operations at the New York State Archives, Principal Instructor at the Georgia Archives Institute.
Sharon Owens - Director of Alumni Affairs, Spelman College