- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Mr. Theodore Boyd, Wednesday, April 2, 1980, 2:30 P.M., We watch him fade like a flower, but could not make him stay, we nurse him with love tender and kindness until the Lord God took him away he is not dead, just over the hill but in our life he will always live., Mathlama A.M.E. Church, 5570 Handley Blvd., Morrow, Georgia, Rev. Alexander Chisolm, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1980-04-02
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Morrow--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Morrow--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Morrow---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Morrow--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Morrow--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Morrow--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Morrow, 33.58317, -84.33937
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Theodore Boyd. Birth date: May 4, 1907. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 2, 1980. Church: Mathlama A.M.E. Church (Morrow, 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: 505
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_boydtheodore19800402
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_boydtheodore19800402
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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CASKET BEARERS ....... G~AN~SONS FLOWER LAf'IES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRAND rAUGHTERS
EXPrtESSIONS OF THANKS THE FAMILY PESIRES TO EXP~ESS WORDS OF THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING I'URING OUR HOURS OF SADNESS AND SORROW.
MCrOWELL-WALKER MORTURARY EAST POINT, GEORGIA -IN CHARGE-
F UNERAL SE RVI CES
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MR. THEOL'ORE BOYD WEDNESrAY, APRIL 2, 1980
2iao P.M.
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WE WATCH HIM FADE LIKE A FLOWER, BUT COULD NOT MAKE . HIM STAY, WE NURSE HIM WITH LOVE TEN~ER AND KINrNESS UNTIL THE LORD GOD TOOK HIM AWAY HE IS NOT rEAD, JUST OVER THE HILL BUT IN OUR LIFE HE WILL ALL WAYS LIVE.
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MATHLAMA A M. E. CHURCH 5570 HANDLEY BLVD. MORROW, GEORGIA
REV. ALEXANDER CHISOLM, PASTOR
0 BI TUAR Y
MR. THEOrORE BOYr, THE SON OF THE LATE MR. ANP MRS. WILLIE A. BOYD. HE VIAS BORN MAY 4, 1907 IN LOVEJOY, GA. HE JOINEn THE MATHLAMA AME CHURCH UNPER THE LEAPERSHIP OF
THE LATE REV. B. BISHOP IN THE YEAR 1926.
HE MET MRS. ELLEN ROBINSON IN 1927 THEN THEY WERE JOINEf' IN WEDLOCK TO THIS UNION SIX CHILrREN WERE BORN.
HE LEAVES TO MOURN: A LOVING WIFE, MRS. ELLEN ROBINSON BOYD, FOUR ~AUGHTERS, MR . AND MRS . JAMES MAHONE, REV. AND l\1RS . EUGENE STEPHENS, MR. AND MRS. DAVID CAMP ALL OF ATLANTA, MASTER SGT. AND MRS. ROBERT DURDEN OF GERMANY, TWO SONS EL~ER AND MRS. J. F. BOYD OF PITTSBURGH, MR. AND ~RS. RICHARD BOYD OF COLUMBUS,GA. TWENTY SIX GRANDCHILDREN, SIXTEEN GREAT GRANrCHILrREN, FIVE BROTHERS, FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAW, FOUR SONS-IN-LAW, TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, A HOST OF NIECES,NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND FRIENrS.
PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL HYMN . "JESUS KEEP ME NEAR THE. CROSS" #14 4 PRAYER ....... REV. H. E. TER~ELL,PASTOR
GANF CHAPEL AME CHURCH
SCRIPTURE SONG ..... WHAT A FRIEN~ WE HAVE IN ..
JESUS? #190 SONG ... JUST AS I AM EULOGY . REV. ALEXANDER CHISOLM ACKNOWLEf'GMENT RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT CHU~CHYARD CEMETERY