- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Celebration of Life, Richard Perry Milas Bowden, III, March 10, 1978 - April 10, 1994, Saturday, April 16, 1994, 11:00 a.m., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30331, Reverend McCallister Hollins, Senior Pastor, Reverend Leon Matthews, Associate Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1994-04-16
- Subject:
- African American men--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 Richard Perry Milas Bowden, III. Birth date: March 10, 1978. Death date: April 10, 1994. Funeral date: April 16, 1994. Church: Ben Hill United Methodist Church (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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 502
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bowdenrichardperrymilasiii
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bowdenrichardperrymilasiii
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PALL BEARERS
Cadet /COL. Raphael Heflin Cadet /LTC Reginald Croslan Cadet/MAJ Jamie Tuggle Cadet/CPT Robert Russell
Cadet/lLT Todd Gilmore Cadet/lLT Eric Hunt
Cadet/SFC Wendell Brown Cadet/SFC Robert Lofton
FLOWER BEARERS
Cadet:JrviSG Marchella Favors Cadet/MSG Eunice Parker
Cadet/SSG Clarence Phillips Cadet/SGT Lekisia Parks
JUST FOR A TIME
Oh, How you used to walk With that insouciant smile
I liked to hear you talk And your style
Pleased me for a while.
You were my early love New as a day breaking in Spring
You were the image of Everything
That caused me to sing.
I don't like reminiscing Nostalgia is not my forte'
I don' t spill tean On yesterday's years But honesty mak~s me say, You were a precious Joy How I loved to see you shine Your were the perfect boy And you were mine
For a time. For a time. Just for a time.
-Maya Angelou
"We are grateful to you for your expressions of concern." -The Family
OBITUARY
Richard Perry Milas Bowden, III was born March 10, 1978. He was the son of Mrs. Melva R. Jones, Mr. Richard Perry Milas Bowden, II, and Mr. James Jones, who has been a very loving and devoted stepfather.
He was a former student of South Cobb High School and more recently attended Benjamin E. Mays High School, where he was a sophomore.
Richard's outgoing personality, and a loving and respectful disposition, touched the lives of many. His radiant smile was ever present, an expression of joy that gave us all a smile that will forever live on within our hearts.
He leaves loving memories to parents: mother, Mrs. Melva R. Jones; stepfather, Mr. James Jones; father. Mr. Richard Bowden, II; sister, Courtney Bowden; grandparents, Mrs. Jacqueline Rozier and the late Eugene Rozier, Mrs. Doris Bowden and Mr. Richard Bowden. Sr.; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Sampson, Mrs. Fannie Hearst, Mr. J. C. Bowden and the late Mrs. Minnie Lee Bo~den; aunts, Mrs. Beverly Bridges, Ms. Michelle Bowden. and Ms. Tonya Rozier; uncle, Mr. Jacques Taylor; great-great aunt. Mrs. Addie Holt Johnson: a special cousin. Ms. Rewa Dabney; and a host of other relatives and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICE The Reverend Leon Matthews, Officiating
PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN
SCRIPTURE Old Testament New Testament
SOLO
"Blessed Assurance'
Congregation
Bro. Erskine Powell Rev. Gregory Sutton
Mr. Toby Pearson, Jr.
PRAYER
Rev. Gregory Sutton
SOLO INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Mr. Toby Pearson, Jr. Ms. Rewa Dabney, Cousin
AC:KJ.'J"OWLEDGEMENTS MEDLEY OF HYMNS EULOGY
Mrs. Cynthia Woods Mr. Jarvis Wilson, Organist
Reverend Leon Matthews
RECESSIONAL
POSTLUDE
Interment
Lincoln Cemetery