- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Lucy B. Barfield, March 12, 1915-January 10, 1999, "A Homegoing Celebration", Thursday, January 14, 1999, 12 Noon, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 525 Dinwiddie Street, Norfolk, VA, 23523, Officiating: I. Joseph Williams, Senior Pastor, Assisting: Rev. Joseph Lassiter and Dr. Sidney Harrison, Associate Pastors
- Date of Original:
- 1999-01-14
- Subject:
- African American women--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Virginia--Norfolk---History--20th century
Funeral service--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century
African Americans--Virginia--Norfolk--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Norfolk, 36.89126, -76.26188
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Lucy Brown Barfield. Birth date: March 12, 1915. Death date: January 10, 1999. Funeral date: January 14, 1999. Church: Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Norfolk, Va.). 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: 144
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_barfieldlucyb19990114
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_barfieldlucyb19990114
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
TEMPLE BEARERS:
RALPH WEST
ARDELL HART
DON MURPHY
THEODORE BREW NGTON KENNETH CURTIS
FLORAL BEARERS:
MEMBERS OF ANTIOCH CHURCH HOSPITALITY DEPT.
"IN HEAVEN WE'LL KNOW OUR OWN" THANK GOD FOR THE FAITH THAT TEACHES WHEN THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE ARE OVER WE SHALL MEET OUR OWN, OUR LOVED ONES, AND SHALL KNOW THEM ALL ONCE MORE.
WHAT MATTERS THOUGH LIFE BE DEARY
AND WE TREAD ITS PATHS ALONE, IF, WHEN THE JOURNEY ENDED
IN HEAVEN WE SHALL KNOW OUR OWN.
THE FAMILY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: THE FAMILY EXPRESSES THEIR MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE
FOR THE MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS YOU HAVE SHOWN
DURING THE ILLNESS AND HOMEGOING OF OUR BELOVED
"MAMA LUCY". WE WILL FIND SOLACE IN REMEMBERING THE
WARMTH AND THOUGHTFULNESS OF ALL WHO SHARE IN OUR
TIME OF SORROW. MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU IS OUR
PRAYER......THE FAMILY
COMMITTAL and INTERMENT:
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL PARK 1101 CAMPOSTELLA ROAD CHESAPEAKE, VA.
FOLLOWING INTERMENT: THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE GUEST AND A FELLOWSHIP DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT THE FOP
LODGES #3 .. 1111 HARMONY ROAD, NORFOLK, VA. (SEE INSERT FOR DIRECTIONS)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ENTRUSTED TO:
GRAVES FUNERAL HOME
1653 MARTI LUTHER KING BLVD.
NORFOLK, VA.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LUCY B. BARFIELD MARCH 12, 1915- JANUARY 10, 1999
"A HOMEGOING CELEBRATION"
THURSDAY- JANUARY 14, 1999 12 NOON
ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 525 DINWIDDIE STREET NORFOLK, VA. 23523 OFFICIATING:
I. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, SENIOR PASTOR ASSISTING:
REV. JOSEPH LASSITER and DR. SIDNEY HARRISON, ASSOCIATE PASTORS
I changed my address to Heaven, and I have bid this world
goodbye. I will live forever with Jesus in my home beyond the sky. I shall have no more pains or heartaches and from tears I am now free; because I have changed my addres to heaven and
that's the place you'll find me.
LUCY B. BARFIELD DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SUNDAY-
JANUARY 10, 1999 WHILE IN HER HOME. SHE WAS BORN IN SCRANTON, N.C. TO THE LATE COLUMBUS and FANNIE BROWN. LUCY WAS THE WIDOW OF JOHN H. BARFIELD. SHE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE NOFOLK NAVAL BASE AND A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE FEMALE USHER BOARD UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED.
LUCY, LOVINGLY CALLED "MAMA LUCY", WAS A DEVOTED HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER. SHE LOVED EVERYONE AND NO ONE WAS A STRANGER TO HER SUNDAY DINNERS. SHE WAS A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN, WHO BELIEVED IN HER GOD AND HER FAMILY. A PRECIOUS JEWEL HAS GONE FROM US AND PLACE IN OUR HOME IS VACANT WHICH CAN NEVER BE FILLED.
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH DEAR MEMORIES, HER CHILDREN: MAVIS RUSSELL, ROBERT BARFIELD and CHESTER BARFIELD, A SPECIAL DAUGHTER: ALVERTA SWINSON and DAUGHTER IN LAWS: IDA and JOHNNIE M. BARFIELD; SISTERS: LOUISE SWINSON and FLORIDA SMITH OF NORTH CAROLINA and FLORENCE SMITH OF NORFOLK; SISTERS IN LAW: RENA MOVE and MARIETTA JONES; EIGHT (8) GRANDCHILDREN: VERNON, PAULETTE, BRENDA, MICHAEL, GOWAN, EBONY, KENNY, DONZELL; FIFTEEN (15) GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DONNA, KATRINA, CHERETA ., ORTIZ, VERNETTA, BRIAN, CHRISTINA, TOSHA, SHAWON, LISA, DONNA, JEREMY, TORONTO, MALIK. AISHA,; THIRTEEN (13) GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVE AND FRIENDS.
PRAYERFULLY SUBMITTING -THE FAMILY
ORGANIST- REV. MICHAEL SUMLER CHOIR - MEMBERS OF ANTIOCH'S MUSIC DEPT.
ORGAN PRELUDE...................................................ORGANIST
PROCESSIONAL........................SCRIPTURAL SENTE~CES
HYMN OF PRAISE...................ANTIOCH CHURCH CHOIR
SC Rl PTU RES ............................................................................... OLD TESTAMENT- PSALMS 91 NEW TESTAMENT- JOHN 14:1-6
PRAYER OF CONSOLATION..................a
HYMN OF COMFORT..........................ANTIOCH CHURCH CHOIR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and CHURCH STATEMENT........ CHURCH CLERK/SECRETARY
WORDS OF EXPRESSIONS.......................(LIMITED - 2 MINUTES) GRANDDAUGHTER: PAULETTE
SILENT READING OF THE OBITUARY.............u SOFT ...... MUSIC "BE ENCOURAGED..
SELECTION............................................ANTIOCH CHURCH CHOIR
MESSAGE OF COMFORT...........PASTOR I. JOSEPH WILLIAMS (INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP)
RECESSIONAL and HYMN OF CELEBRATION.........................."SOMEBODY PRAYEO FOR ME"
VIEWING OF THE EARTHLY HOUSE........CHURCH VESTIBULE
"I believe in God, The Father Almighty, The Maker of Heaven and Earth "