- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Anton Brown, September 22, 1921 Sunrise, July 22, 2015, Sunset, Saturday, August 1, 2015, 11:00 A.M., Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, 1879 Glenwood Avenue, SW, Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend William Flippin, Pastor, Reverend Malcolm Jefferson, Eulogist, Kingdom Fellowship Christan Center
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2015-08-01
- 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 Anton Brown. Birth date: September 22, 1921. Death date: July 22, 2015. Funeral date: August 1, 2015. Church: Greater Piney Grove Baptist 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_brownanton20150801
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_brownanton20150801
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Anton truly enjoyed living life to the fullest. He enjoyed traveling and being with his family. He was a man of God, a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather.
Anton was a faithful servant of God and was a member of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, as a child and then again in his adult life. He was a member of the Choir and Trustee Board. He moved his membership to Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Stanley Smith.
Anton was proceed in death by his mother, Fontella Gainer, one brother, Ossie Brown, four sisters, and daughter, Deborah Domneys.
Anton leaves to cherish wonderful memories to his loving and caring wife, Loraine; his son, Greg (Karen) Brown; two daughters, Alfreida (Vincent) Jennings and Jennie (Josh) Davis; one sister, Loretta Graham; seven sisters-in-law, Hazel Brown, Martha Mitchell, Ju]ia Woodard, Bonnie Jean Favors, Jennie Henry (Larry), Dorothy Culberson and Delia Johnson; one aunt, Thelma Gainer; one uncle, Joseph Burston; eleven grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and other loving relatives.
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Pastor Stanley Smith
Not the Time or the Place (Marvin Sapp)
Greater Piney Grove Fellowship Hall