- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Memory of Juanita Brown, 1923-1985, Sunday, February 17, 1985, 2:00 p.m., Robinson Funeral Home Chapel, Littleton, North Carolina, Rev. Fred Thorpe, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1985-02-17
- Subject:
- African American women--North Carolina--Littleton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Littleton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Littleton---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Littleton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Littleton--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Littleton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Halifax County, Littleton, 36.43459, -77.91193
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Juanita Brown. Birth date: September 26, 1923. Death date: February 12, 1985. Funeral date: February 17, 1985. Church: Robinson Funeral Home Chapel (Littleton, N.C.). 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_brownjuanita19850217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_brownjuanita19850217
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Pall Bearers
'l'o Be Selected
Jt"lower l:Jearers
The family wishes fo t.!wnk everyone lor all a.cts of hindness s!wu.m them during the loss ol their lfJued one.
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ROBINSON FUNERAL HOME 147 Eaf.t Main
Littleton, N<nth Carolina
''Where Sympa.thy Ja E:r.presscd 1'hrough K.iruJnt>ss a.nd SenJH,:e''
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Order of Service
PROCESSIONAL HYMN -- "What A Friend 1-Fe Jlau~ In Jesus" . , .. , . ..... , Choir SCRIPTURE
PRAYER
HYIV1N- "A.rna.zing Grace" EXPRB:SSIONS OF SYtvi:PATHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND OHITU.A.RY SOLO ............... . ............. ..... . Sis. Marie J. Robinson 1<-:!ULOGY J'ARTING VIEW ............... . .... Funeral Director in Charge RECESSIONAL
Interrnent
The Brown Cemetery
Obituary
"Give her of the first of her hands. And let her own works praise her in the gates."
- Proverbs 31
Ms. Juanita Brown, daughter of the late Tom and Debra Brown, was born on Sept~mber 26, 192:3, and departed from this earth to eternal life on F'ebrua:ry 12, l98G at Kings County Hospital in Bronx, New York.
She became a member of the Carter's Chapel Baptist Church at an early age. and remained a member unt.ilehe moved to Bronx, New York. She then attended Shearin Baptist Church where sheserved faithfully in her quiet mann{lr, throughout her life until her health began to fHil.
Ms. Brown was a loving mother, who exemplified h'r love for her children and grandchildren, through the personal sacrifice~-; she made for them. The scuned bands fron:1 cooking, washing, serving and nursing thos<~ who becam(; ill. How blessed we aH.) to witness the going for heavenly reception of one \Vho w~1s .such a jewel, a precious stone.
She leaves to cherish her memory five children: Mary L. Perry ofFrankJin, Virginia, Joyce Bass ofChesapeakf', Virginia, Chntred Ingram of Roanoke RHpids, North Carolina, Vametta Ennis of Bronx, New York, a:nd Rubin Brown of Baltimore, Maryland; t.hree sisters, Clarine Liggins of Newark, New .Jersey, Corine Johnson of Baltimore, Maryland, al)(l Cl.emetine Mason of Brooklyn, NeN York; twelve gra:nrkhildren, four great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
There comes a. thne for all of us !+'hen we must say goodbye, But faith and hope and loue And trust can never, never die; Although the curtain.. falls at last Is that a ca.use to grieue? The future's fairer than the past,
ll only we belieue,
And tru.:;;t in God's eternal care; So when the J.ltaster calls Let's say that life is still more fair Althoul{h the curtain falls We watched you slowly fade away, We prayed so hard for you to stay; But God took you home to share his loue. 'l'o live eternall_y with His angels above.