- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Rev. Jerrie Ann Blue, Saturday, April 20, 1996, 11:00 A.M., Neriah Baptist Church, 2967 Holcomb Avenue, East Point, Georgia, Rev. Terrance Curtis, Pastor & Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1996-04-20
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--East Point--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Jerrie Ann Byrd Blue. Birth date: April 22, 1941. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 20, 1996. Church: Neriah Baptist Church (East Point, 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: 500
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bluejerrieann19960420
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bluejerrieann19960420
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Patricia Langford
Jeanette Turner
Betty Bradshaw
Willie B. Taylor
Nancy Strong
Ellen Huff
Mary Helen Pettiway
Dea. Jewell Allen Charles Dowdell
John W. McClure Wilbert Smith
The Family of Rev. ,Jerrie Ann Blue, is
eternally grateful for all the expressions of kindness ~ concern , love and thoughtfulness shown to us. You have provided for encouragment, comfort and strength in so many ways.
(~ w}'
dE.t!7ic &!:1 YJy.ofE.~ion.a.
~us 'Cirlfo:rnlyill's Jlfun.eral ~m.e, ~nt.
1315 Hendrix Avenue East Point, Georgia 30344
404-768-2993-4 Fax 404-763-2154
for
Saturday, April 20, 1996 - 11:00 A. M. -
GremzhCIB~~
2967 Holcomb Avenue East Point, Georgia
.fl6ev. &T~ ~~
Pastor & Officiating
Reverend Jerrie Ann Blue, was born April 22, 1941 to William Clifford Byrd and Estella Flagg Byrd, in Atlanta, Georgia. She became a member of Neriah Baptist Church at age Ten .
Rev. Blue graduated from South Fulton High School in 1959. She Continued her education at Morris Brown College where she became a member of Alpha Kappa Sorority, Inc. She taught in the Atlanta Public School System. She Furthered her education at the University of New York, Buffalo. While there she earned a Masters Degree in Education and Counseling .
She soon after Married Willi.am T. Blue and they were blessed with a loving daughter, Erica Lynn Blue.
Rev. Blue worked in the field of Education and Student Affairs at the University of Florida and Park College in Parksville, Missouri. In 1990 Rev. Blue received a call to the ministry while a member of St. Mark's Church in Kansas City, Missouri. She soon pursued a Master of Divinity Degree at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, M:ssouri. After graduation in 1993, she worked as a Chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis.
Finally, she served as pastor of First Christian Community Church in Caseyville, Illinois until her death.
PRELUDE ... ........ ... .. .... ... ...... .. ...... ... ..... ..... ... .. .. .... Organist
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN
SCRIPTURES ......... .. ................ ...... ... .. .... Rev. Nathania! Taylor Old Testament New Testament
PRAYER ....... ........ .... .... ..... ...... ........... .... Rev. Hopie Strickland
SOLO ............ ........... ............... .. .. ... ..... ............ Ms. Ellen Rucker
OBITUARY .................. .... ......... ........... ....... ...... ...... (Read Silently)
REMARKS ........ ... ... ... ... .. .... .. .............................. (Three Minutes)
Rev. Samuel E. Mann Ms. Mary Helen Pettiway
Dea. Anthony King Mr. James Jackson
SOLO .... .. ... .. .. ...... .... ..... ............. .... ... ....... .. Mr. Loye Lenon
WORDS OF COMFORT .... ........... ............. ........ Rev. R. N. Martin
EULOGY ..... ........... .. ....... .... ..... ... .................. Rev. Terrence Curtis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......... .......... ..... ....... Mrs. R. N. Martin
RECESSIONAL
POSTLUDE
Interment:
.Er/Jwok~~
2275 Simpson Road Atlanta, Georgia