- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Blossie Mae Boyd, Sunrise August 9, 1937, Sunset February 17, 2007, Home Going Service, Thursday, February 22, 2007, 11:00 A.M., Viewing, 9:00 A.M.- 11:00 A.M., Shalom Baptist Church, 4901 North 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19141, Reverend Waddell Hill, Officiating Minister
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2007-02-22
- Subject:
- African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia---History--20th century
Funeral service--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Blossie Mae Boyd. Birth date: August 9, 1937. Death date: February 17, 2007. Funeral date: February 22, 2007. Church: Shalom Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). 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: 252
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_boydblossiemae20070222
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_boydblossiemae20070222
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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God loaned you to us, one August day. He knew we needed something special,
.....and by His grace and mercy, He sent you our way.
You made us smile, You made us cry, Our love for you will never die.
Oh dear heart, you were His, right from the start. Now He has claimedyou back.
We know you're no longer bound to this world So we say to you Grandmom,
We thank Godyou're Freel Freel Free! Love Your Grandchildren
A Mother 's Lov,
It's so hard not to be with you Just when you need me the most You know there's no place I'd rather be now, than by your side But circumstances are beyond my control Until! can be with you again, I'm sending all the love and strength I have inside So keep that in your thoughts, as 1 will keep you in mine.
Pall Bearers ~ Floral Bearers
Family & Friends
When/ Must Leave You
When I must leave you, For a little while, Please do not grieve and shed wild tears And hug your sorrow to you Through
the years, But start out bravely With a gallant smile; Andfor my sake Andfor my name live on and do All things the same, Feed not your loneliness on empty days, Butfill each waking hour in useful ways,
Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer AndI in turn will comfort you and holdyou near, Andnever, never be afraid to die. For I am waitingfor you in the sky!
by Helen Steiner Rice 2000
A Note of Thaniis &4ppreciation
The family ofthe late Blossie Mae Boyd, extend their sincere appreciation to their manyfamily members, friends, neighbors and churchfamily for their
prayers, expressions ofsympathy. and love shown during this time of bereavement. May God bless and keep you all in His loving care.
~REPAST-Immediqtely following the Interment, Family & Friends will be received at:
Shalom Baptist Church 4901 North lOth Street Philadelphia, PA 19141
Service ofComfort Entrusted To:
f Cf:\ Len E. Ellis Funeral Home \ ..V ./ Len E. Ellis, Funeral Director
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Prilltilzg Entrusted To:
J', 529 Rising Sun Avenue
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Tim~ Printing, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA 19140 (215)-228-3883 Fax#(215)-228-4431
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215-208-0699 Fax# 215-670-2296 Email: timsprinting@msn.com
Sunrise August 9, 193 7
Sunset February 17, 2007
Hot~re Going Service
Thursday; February 22, 2007- 11:00 A.M
Viewing: 9:00A.M. -11:00 A.M Shr!llom Baptist Cllurch
490I North 1Oth Street Philadelphia, PA 19141 Reverend Waddell Hill, Officiating Minister
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..A Blossie Mae Boyd, was born on August 9, 1937 to the late
Reverend Robert Lee Davis and Maybelle Hanton Davis in Bowman, South Carolina.
Blossie was the second of four siblings. She attended Old Mt. Zion Bowman Baptist Church where she was baptized at the age of fourteen. She spent her teenage years living in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and she attended Wilkerson High School.
In 1954, Blossie married her childhood sweetheart and they moved to New York. After living in New York for a short while, Blossie moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Blossie worked as a caregiver and was employed at Sojourn Assisted Living Facility for over sixteen years.
Blossie always had a loving relationship with the Lord and she joined Shalom. B:aptist Church under the pastorate of Reverend David Weeks Jr., in 1977. She sang joyfully on the Senior Choir until her employment prevented her fr-om attending rehearsals .
Blossie could always be heard during Sunday morning worship praising the Lord with a powerful "Hallelujah"! Blossie will also be remembered for her delicious pound cakes and her love for shopping.
She leaves to cherish her fond memories: six children, Ernestine, Linda, Phyllis, Morroun, Tedavis, Derrick; two sisters, Rosa Keitt, Victoria King (South Carolina); four sisters-in-law, Dorothy Boyd and Martha Boyd (New York), Mabel Cummings (Poconos, Pennsylvania), Mozelle Miller (South Carolina); brother-in-law, John Boyd (New York); an aunt, Annabelle Davis (New Yol%); seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Prayerfully Submitted, The Family
Psalms 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths ofrighteousness for his name sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley ofthe shadow ofdeath, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, comfort me: Thou prepareth a table before me Jn the presence of mine enemies: Thou anonintest my head with oil; My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy
shallfollaw me All the days ofmy life; And I will dwell in the house ofthe Lordforever. Amen
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Prelude Processional- Clergy & Family Selection- "Blessed Assurance"
Scripture Readings Old Testament- Psalm 5: 1-12. Deacon Coleman New Testament- St. John 14: 1-6, Deacon Freeland
Prayer OfComfort- Deacon Fulton Selection- "He's Sweet I Know"
Acknowledgement ofCards & Resolutions- Alma Withers Solo - Renee Wilson
Words ofComfort- Deacon McKenzie Starling Remarks -Mrs. Virginia Holmes, neighbor I friends
Selection - Choir Reading of Life Reflection (Obituary) -Alma Withers
Solo - Tenea Mims Lyes Eulogy- Reverend Waddell Hill Final Viewing I Closing ofthe Bier, Len E. Ellis F. H. Staff
Benediction I Recessional INTERMENT
Ivy Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania