- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory, Rosalia W. (Rose) Benton
- Date of Original:
- 1993-08-28
- 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 Rosalia Whitehead Benton. Birth date: July 4, 1921. Death date: August 22, 1993. Funeral date: August 28, 1993. Church: Thorton Mortuary (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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bentonrosaliaw19930828
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bentonrosaliaw19930828
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Saturday, August 28, 1993 2:30p.m.
Thornton Mortuary Gordon Forrest Chapel 3346 M.L.King Jr. Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia
Reverend Cameron Alexander Officiant
I shall not list my troubles, Instead I will recfte,
Of beauty, fun and what I love Of everything that's right.
I shall not count my problems, Instead I shall add up
How friends a,nd times and memories Still overflow my cup.
Don't detail flaws and defects, In-stead elaborate,
On wonders ofthe universe And how your God is great!
-Jean Wood
"In the world you will have troubles, but have courage because I have overcom~ tht? world." -John16:33
~Salia Whitehead Benton was born July 4, 1921 in
Atlanta, Georgia to James and Eddie Mae Huckaby
Whitehead. She was baptized at Beulah Church. Rosalia
graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in
1938 and attended Spelman College.
Rosalia moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she met and
married the late Mr. Lloyd Benton. She was a member of
St. James AME Church, and a host ofthe Community Civic
and Youth Organizations.
After Lloydpassed in 1969, Rosalia moved to Houston,
Texas in 1970 and joined Wheeler Baptist Church under
th.e
pastorate ,_
of Reverend
Bill
Lawson.
Rosalia
returned
~
home to Atlanta in 1985 to care for her mother and
remained active in many Civic Community and Youth
organizations, including the Rosa Counseling AARP S. W.
Fulton Chapter 3793, the NPUL and ACORN.
Rosalia departed this life on Sunday, August 22nd,
leaving to cherish her memory a sister and brother-in-law,
Grace and Ralph Rucker of Sacramento, California;
brother, Matthew Whitehead ofAtlanta, a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends.
Prelude
Processional
Selection
"God Will Take Care Of You"
Scripture
Prayer
Selection
"My Way"
Resolutions
-
Obituary
(read silently)
Remarks Selection Eulogy Recessional
Active Pallbearers
Jacques Taylor Kenneth Yancey Jimmy Whitehead
Thomas Reid Johnny Jackson Eddie Joe Whitehead
Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair.
Perhaps you sent a funeral spray,
if so, we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say.
Perhaps you were not here at all, just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much, whatever the .part.
-The Family
Arrangements Entrusted To:
. / Thornton Mortuary 3346 M.L. King Jr. Dr., SW
Atlanta, Georgia (404) 691-4685
Interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery 2275 Simpson Road Atlanta, Georgia
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