- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Transitory Services For Mr. Leroy "Knot" Binion, Sr., Saturday, December 18, 1982, 2:30 P.m., Smyrna Baptist Church, Madison, Georgia, Reverend Franklin Clark, Pastor, Reverend James Bishop Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1982-12-18
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Madison--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Madison--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Madison---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Madison--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Madison--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Madison--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Morgan County, Madison, 33.59568, -83.46794
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Leroy Binion, Sr. Birth date: May 8, 1900. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: December 18, 1982. Church: Smyrna Baptist Church (Madison, 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_binionleroysr19821218
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_binionleroysr19821218
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Order o.f March
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Pall Bearers
GRAND SONS AND NEPHEVVS
Flo wer Bearers
GRANDDAUGHTERS AND NIECES
We wish to express our appreciation of your confidence and sincerely hope that our service has been in f!NfJrl way satisfactory to you.
Most Respectfully
MAPP FUNERAL HOME Washington Street
Madison, Georgia 30650 Phone 342-0221 - 342-1656
TraJJsitor~v Ser vices For
Mr. Leroy "K11ot " Bi11i011, Sr.
Saturday, December 18, 1982 2:30 P.M.
SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCH
Madison, Georgia
Reverend Franklin Clark, Pastor Reverend James Bishop Officiating
Obituar.r
Mr. Leroy " Knot " Binion, Sr., was born May 8, 1900 in Hancock County to Mr. Tull and Mrs. Eliza Binion. At an early age he moved to Morgan County and received his education in the public schools.
He was joined in marriage to Sallie Ree Boone in 1921.
Early Monday rnorning he departed this life. He leaves to mourn, seven daughters, Leona Mapp, Lurene Freeman, Sallie Ree Gilbert, Madison; Jessie Mae Templeton, Houston, Texas; Josephine Bishop, Columbus, Ohio; Eva Clara Parson, Mary Catherine Clark, Atlanta; four sons: Charlie, Leroy, Willie Frank and Talmadge Binion, Madison; fifty-five grandchildren and sixty great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Poen1
There's an open gate at the end of the road
Through which each rTMJSt go alone And there is a light we cannot see
Our Father claims his own.
Beyond the gate your loved one
Finds happiness and rest And there is comfort in the thought
That a loving God knows best.
PrograJJl
PROCESSIONAL . . . .
. . . ''Pass Me Not''
SCRIPTURE . . . . .
. . . . Reverend Franklin Clark
PRAYER . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . Reverend James Bishop
SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Near The Cross"
REMARKS
EULOGY . . .
Reverend James Bishop
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....
Mrs. Dorothy Gilmore
RECESSIONAL. . . . . . . . .
Music
INTERMENT ...... . . . . . . . . . .
Family Cemetery
AckJzowledgeJJ7el7 t
The family wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of love, thoughtfulness, and kindness shown during their hour of bereavement.