- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory Mr. William George Brent, Friday, march 17, 1978 - 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M., Johnson's Funeral Home 462 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610, Rev. W. C. Fisher, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1978-03-17
- Subject:
- African American men--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Illinois--Chicago---History--20th century
Funeral service--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for William George Brent. Birth date: May 16, 1907. Death date: March 15, 1978. Funeral date: March 17, 1978. Church: Johnson's Funeral Home (Chicago, Ill.). 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_brentwilliamgeorge19780317
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_brentwilliamgeorge19780317
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1978-7:00 P.M.-9:00P.M. JOHNSON~S FUNERAL HOME 462 West Division Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 Rev. W. C. Fisher, Officiating
OOhituar~
William George Brent known as Billy Brent to all his friends. Billy was the second eldest child of eleven children. He was born on May 16th, 1907 to William and Celeste Brent in Alexandria, LA.
He departed this life on March 15, 1978 at 11:45 A.M.
Billy moved to Chicago along with his family in the early twenties where he attended school. In 1932 he left Chicago and went to Syracuse, New York where he married Thelma Williams. From this union three children were born. Billy was a former contender for the Middleweight Championship of the World. He leaves to mourn him: one daughter, two sons, two grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters, two brothers-in-law, a sister-in-law and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Sleep on Billy, take your rest We loved you, but God loved you best.
THE FAMILY
OPENING HYMN
SCRIPTURE PRAYER
SOLO ................................Dr. Charles B. Holmes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CARDS,
TELEGRAMS AND CONDOLENCES RESOLUTIONS
REMARKS SOLO
OBITUARY ........... ... .....................Earnse Muse EULOGY ..........................Rev. W. C. Fisher, Pastor
St. Joseph M. B. Church REVIEWAL
BENEDICTION
RECESSIONAL
-INTERMENTRESTVALE CEMETERY SATURDAY, MARCH 17th, 1978-10:00 A.M.