- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebrating the Life of Margaret Curry Brown, August 2, 1938 - August 6, 2018, Monday, August 13, 2018, 12:00 P.M., The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, 1879 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316, Rev. Dr. William E. Flippen, Sr., Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2018-08-13
- Subject:
- African American women--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 Margaret Curry Curry Brown. Birth date: August 2, 1938. Death date: August 6, 2018. Funeral date: August 13, 2018. Church: The 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 466
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_brownmargaretcurry20180813
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_brownmargaretcurry20180813
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
CELEBRATING ~HE LIFE OF
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AuGusT 2, 1938 -AuGusT 6, 2018
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2018 12:00 P.M.
THE GREATER PINEY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 1879 GLENWOOD AvE SE, ATLANTA, GA 30316
REV. DR. WILLIAM E. FLIPPEN, SR., PASTOR
on August 6, 2018 at Hospice Atlanta. She was born on Carolina to Mary Margaret Williams Curry and Haywood
Margaret graduated from high school in 1956 from Mather Academy in Camden, South Carolina and in 1960 she received a Bachelor's Degree from North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Aft~r moving to Atlanta, Georgia with her family Margaret received a Master's Degree in Library Science from Georgia State University.
Margaret was retired from the DeKalb County School System where she worked for many years as the media specialist at Columbia High School. She was actively involved as a Golden Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and in the Friends of Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library. Margaret was a longtime member and elder of Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur where she worked weekly at the food pantry. In addition, Margaret was a member and regular participant at the Lou Walker Senior Center where she took classes and participated in many programs.
In 1964 Margaret married Dr. William Crews Brown former DeKalb County Commissioner and they were married until his death in 2004. Margaret leaves to cherish her memory her daughter Philippa B. Brown and her granddaughter Taylor E. Stone both of Atlanta, Georgia, her brother Heyward Curry of Bridgeport, Connecticut, her sister Betty McNeil of Charlotte, North Carolina, her brother Haywood Curry, Jr. (Linda) of Decatur, Georgia, her brother Billy Joe Curry of Belmont, North Carolina, and her cousins Martha Jane Cobb of Belmont, North Carolina and Norris Curry of Cleveland, Ohio, as well as a number of nieces and nephews.
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W. !mara Canady - Officiant
Prelude Processional Call to Worship Invocation ............................................................................................................. W. !mara Canady
Musical Selection ............................................................................~'How Great Though Art, Reverend T. Renee Crutcher
"Essence of Life" Video Tribute Tributes (3 minutes Please) ...................................................................... Barbara Gordon
Morris E. Williams III Michael Reeves
Eulogy...................................................................................................................... Philippa B. Brown Poem ........................................................................................................................ Andrea Ashmore Closing Prayer & Benediction ....................................... Reverend Marvin Simmers Final Prayer ..........................................................................."Precious Lord Take My Hand"
Reverend T. Renee Crutcher Recessional
When I am gone, release me, let me go I have so many things to see and do.
You mustn't tie yourselves to me with tears, just be happy that we had some years. I gave you
my love, you can only guess how much you gave to me in happiness. I thank you for the love you each have shown, but now it's time I traveled on alone. Do grieve a while for me if you must then let your grief be comforted by trust. It's only for a while that we must
part, so keep our memories within your hearts. I won't be far away, for life goes on,
so if you need me call and I will come. Though you can't see or touch me I'll be near, and if you listen with your heart you will hear, all of my love around so soft and dear. And then when you must come this
way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say, ((we1come horne.,
Don't Grieve for me, for now I'm free; I am following the path that was laid for me. I took his hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that peace at the close of the day. If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Oh yes, these things I too, will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life's been full, I savored much, Good friends, good times,
a loved one's touch. Perhaps my time seemed all to brief, don't lengthen it now undo my grief. Lift up your hearts and share with me, God wanted me now,
and He has set me free.
The Family gratefully acknowledges with sincere gratitude our many Friends for the acts of love and kindness shown during the illness and
passing of our loved one. Words are inadequate to truly express the peace and joy you have brought us through your expression of love.
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Special Thanks to the following
Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church Dr. William E. Flippin, Sr. - Senior Pastor
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - Gamma Iota Chapter Hampton University
The Friends of The Wesley Chapel Dr. William C. Brown Library The Lou Walker Senior Center
The Community Achievement Center The 100 Black Men ofDeKalb County
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