- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Obsequies for Mrs. Mary Randall Benford, Friday, March 20, 1981 4:00 P.M., Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Rev. W. R. Wilkes, Officiating , Rev. C.L. Hollimon, Pastor, " Hutchins Services"
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1981-03-20
- Subject:
- African American women--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--United States--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States---History--20th century
Funeral service--United States--History--20th century
Mourning customs--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--United States--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mary Randall Bedford. Birth date: may 3, 1930. Death date: March 16, 1981. Funeral date: March 20, 1981. Church: Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bedfordmaryrandall19810320
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bedfordmaryrandall19810320
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PALLBEARERS
Willian1 Grant J.L. Early Charles Cofer
Samuel Wright Thomas A. Grant
Morris Bell
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Class of "4 7" Ballard High School
AFTERGLOW
I'd like the tnemory of me t be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow Of smiles when day is done.
I'd like to leave an echo Whispering softly down the ways, of happy tJ.,nes and laughing times
And bright and sunny days. I 'd like the tears of those who grieve
to dry before the sun Of happy memories /leave behind - when day is done.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The fan1ily <?xpresses their apprec 1alton and gratitude for the rn<1ny ca rd s, tclegranls, flowers and other deeds of kindnf-~S s <~x t encied us durin~} the passln~J o f our lov!d one.
bs.equies
1J1or :!Irs. :!llllaru i!lanllallfBenfnrll
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1981 4:00P.M.
MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH REV. W.R. WILKES, OFFICIATING
REV . C.L. HOLLIMON, PASTOR
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary R. Benford was born May 3, 1930, to th e parentage of the late Watson and Eunic Randall m Bibb County, Ga.
She departed this life March 16, 1 981 . At an early <.t~ J e she joined the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church serving faithfully until leaving the city. She received her early educational traming at M.M. Burdell Elementary School and graduated from Ball ard Hi gh School and Fisk University in Nashville , Tenn.
She worked for several y ears in Gastonia, N .C. as R gron al Director of the Pedmount District Girl Scout s of A men a . In 1954 she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, she b .came affil rated w rth the East Mt. Zion Baptist Church . She serv ed as Social W rker for the Beleview Hospital, later working as se1 lc drrec t or of Copper Craft Guild receiving many awards.
In 1 9 70 she moved back to Macon, Ga ., w s marri d to James Benford. She was active in So tal an I Civi
Organizations, The Keep Macon Clean Campaign nd , Social Worker for the Head Start Program. She j oin ,d Gr c. y s Chapel
A.M.E. Church in 1 971, served as organi st , TrtJSI ~ and
Stewardess Board. She w as an or a ist for St Pau l A .M.E Church in Forsyth, G., and sec ret ary of t he Mi ~ '-> ionmy Daughters of Zion.
Mrs . Benford is sur vived by a devoted husb nd , Mr J - n H s Benford , four brothe rs, W.R . Randa ll , W hit Plam. , N.Y . Ch driL s Randall, Sacram ent o, Calif., G orge T. and Carl Randnll, M a on , Ga., thre e aunts, Miss Lucy Morto n , M adiso n , Ga ., Mr s . MagsJH) Mack, Birmingham, Al a. and Mrs . Am anda Lou c:lt l' of At lclnl<.l, Ga.; two uncles, Mr. Green Burn tt; J m e Burr H. t l, Tr .nt m ,
N .J., her mother -in -law, Mrs . M ary Ben fo r J o f M 1 ...c 11 t lu Pc sisters -in -law, Mrs. Matti e Randa ll , nd Mr s MetI> I ~ HwHi dll , Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. M ' ry JorH'S of S<l vt~ rH d h , \J .
ni ec es, Miss Barbara Randall , Kan sas Cr t y, M o ., Mrss(~s Br end <l c.md Pamela Randall, Cl eveland, Ohi o, M rs ssH Kill.J Wr ll n r n ~> . and Mrs. Rose King; 2 neph ews , Bryan Rcmd <Jl l, Whrt n f tarns , N.Y., Charles Kin~J, Detroit , Mi c h ., a (!f!vot nd c ou sr n , M rs. lucy Early and a hos t o f fri end s.
PROGRAM
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Processional
S le c tion ..
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Inv ocation . ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . R<!V. , L. Hollirnon
Selection
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Scriptur .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Rev . Richard G rnnl (l ~J N ew Pleasant Grove Bapti s t Ch ur h
Res luti n . .. . . . . . . . . . . M1ssronary Daugh ters o f Zion
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. M is s S ell a h M itc hell
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. .. . . . . . . R v . W .R. Wilkes Grays Chapel A .M . E. Ch u rc h
Recess1ona l . .. . .... . ... . .
No Vi w my o f Rernum s
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