- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for L. Lonell Booker, Sunrise: 9-26-35, Sunset: 3-31-17, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Viewing: 10:00 a.m., Service: 11:00 a.m., From the Heart Church Ministries, 5055 Allentown Road, Suitland, MD 20746, Bishop John A. Cherry, II, Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2017-04-12
- Subject:
- African American men--Maryland--Suitland--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Maryland--Suitland--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Maryland--Suitland---History--20th century
Funeral service--Maryland--Suitland--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Maryland--Suitland--History--20th century
African Americans--Maryland--Suitland--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Maryland, Prince George's County, Suitland, 38.84872, -76.92386
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Loel Lonell Booker. Birth date: September 26, 1935. Death date: March 31, 2017. Funeral date: April 12, 2017. Church: From the Heart Church Ministries (Suitland, Md.). 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_bookerloellonell20170412
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bookerloellonell20170412
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
In loving memory, Dad
He never looked for praises, He was never one to boast; He just went on quietly working, For the ones he loved the most.
His dreams were seldom spoken, His wants were very few; And most of the time his worries, Went unspoken too!
He was there ....A ftrm foundation, Through all our storms of life; A sturdy hand to hold on to, In times of stress and strife.
A true friend we could turn to, When times were good or bad;
One of our greatest blessings, the man that we called Dad. Author Unknown
PALLBEARERS
Andrew Adams, Sr., Keith Anderson, Erik Booker, Anthony Fairfax,
McKinley Hunter and Steven Marsh
FLOWER BEARERS
Family and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The family of Loel Lonell Booker sincerely thanks all of you for your prayers, comfort, love and support. Your many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy have been a blessing to us. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless and keep you in perfect peace!
Services entrusted to: Pope Funeral Home Forestville, MD
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L. LONELL BOOKER
Sunrise: 9-26-35 Sunset: 3-31-17
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017
Viewing: 10:00 a.m. Service: 11 :00 a.m. From the Heart Church MinistrieS
5055 Allentown Road Suitland, MD 20746
Bishop John A. Cherry, II - Pastor
OBITUARY
Loel Lonell Booker (also known as "Booker") passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on March 31, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Dallas, TX. He was born in Dallas on September 26, 1935 to Willie Lee and Bennie "Lucille" Patterson Booker; he was the third of seven children. Lonell grew up in south Dallas and attended Lincoln High School.
After Booker graduated from high school in 1955, he made his way to Washington D.C. , to attend Howard University. He started working for the United States Postal Service to make extra money for school. His best friend at work, Wilbur "Jack" Jackson, introduced him to the woman who held his heart for over 40 years, Ardell Fairfax. They fell in love but "Uncle Sam" called him up and he entered into the Army in 1958. After he served his country, Booker returned to work at the United States Postal Service and worked there for almost 36 years until he retired in 1993. He also came back to Ardell_and they were married in 1961 with their hearts linked together until her passing in July 2000.
While attending the Lincoln High School Reunion in Dallas, Booker connected with his classmate, Irma Frank, and they were married in 2002. He moved back to Dallas and became a member of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship on January 24, 2006, serving faithfully in the Parking Lot Ministry. He often mentored and sponsored young men to further their educational and spiritual development.
Booker enjoyed a good western, a great golf match, and of course, he could always be found watching his beloved Washington Redskins. He was a proud season ticket holder for almost 30 years. He loved the times he spent with his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Booker is remembered with love by his wife, Irma Booker; his children: Lynell Booker-Marsh, Cedric Frank, Stefanie Booker Atchison, Thomas Frank, Steven (Toni) Booker and Leslie (Marvin) Middleton; his sister, Betty Page; his brothers: Richard Booker, Paul Wayne (Gloria) Childs, and James (Yvonne) Childs; his brother-in-law, Major Anderson II; 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a host of loving nephews, nieces, blended family, classmates and friends.
Booker was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Lurlene Anderson and Marion Louise (Harold) Wilson; his grandson, Stanley Marsh II; and his granddaughter, Chelsea Frank.
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
0 How I Love Jesus
There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth ; It sounds like music in my ear, the sweetest name on earth.
Chorus 0 how I love Jesus, 0 how /love Jesus, 0 how I love Jesus, because He first loved me.
It tells me of a Savior's love, who died to set me free; It tells me of His precious blood , the sinners perfect plea.
Chorus
It tells me what my Father hath in store for every day, And though I tread a darksome path, yields sunshine all the way.
Chorus
It tells of one whose loving heart, can feel my deepest woe , Who in each sorrow bears a part, that none can bear below.
Chorus
ORDER OF SERVICE
Invocation Congregational Hymn ... ............ .. "0 How I Love Jesus" Scripture Reading
Old Testament: Psalm 121 New Testament: John 14:1-6 Prayer of Comfort Selection ............ .... ...Christal, Kandice and Patricia Long Acknowledgements
Mr. Earl Riggs Mrs. Leslie Middleton Ms. Stefanie Atchison Poem ..... .... .... .. ..................... .... Ms. Joyce Colbert Obituary (Read Silently) Song of Preparation ............. ..................... FfH Psalmist Message of Hope ..... ...... Rev. Walter V. McLaughlin, III Call to Christ The Recessional
Interment: Resurrection Cemetery
Clinton, Maryland