- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Mrs. Thelma T. Burnette, Tuesday, April 18, 1995, 4:00 P.M., St. Paul A.M.E. Church, The Rev. Terence Renard Gray, Officiating, Interment, Macon Memorial Park, "Hutchings Services"
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1995-04-18
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Macon--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Thelma Taylor Burnette. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: April 13, 1995. Funeral date: April 18, 1995. Church: St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Macon, 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_burnettethelmat19950418
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_burnettethelmat19950418
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Walter Lamar, Sr. Lawrence Card William Williams
Norman Lamar Thomas Johnson, Jr.
Roosevelt Walter
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Quinton Burnette Taft Burnette, Jr. Benjamin J. Murphy
Christopher Love Owen Rivers
Christopher Burnette
WELL DONE
Servant ofGod, well done, Rest from thy loved employ; The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy. The pains ofdeath are past. Labor and Sorrow ceased; The life's long warfare closed at last, Thy soul is found in peace.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The family of the late Mrs. Thelma Taylor Burnette express sincere appreciation for the many forms of courtesies extended during our time of bereavement.
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TUEDAY, APRIL 18, 1995 4:00 P.M.
ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH THE REV. TERENCE RENARD GRAY, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT MACON MEMORIAL PARK
OBITUARY
A Chapter Completed, A Page Turned, A Life well Lived. A Rest Well Earned.
Mrs. Thelma Burnette departed this life April 13, 1995.
Mrs. Thelma Taylor Burnette was born in Bibb County to the parentage of late William and Rosa Taylor. She attended Bibb County Schools graduated from Ballard Normal. She was a seamstress. At a very early age, she joined St Paul A.M.E. Church and was very active in the church until her health failed. She was a member of the Chancel Choir for many years, the Phyliss Wheatley Club, The Sons and Daughters of Ruth. She was married to the late Thomas Burnette and to this union six children were born. She was a loving, caring and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.
She leaves to cherish the memory of her love, one daughter, Barbara M. Boddy; four sons, Thomas Burnette of Indianapolis, Ind., Raymond, Albert, and Taft Burnette all of Macon, Georgia; sister, Minnie L. Smith; brother-in-law, Mr. Norris Burnette; fourteen grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICE The Rev. Terence Renard Gray, Presiding
PRELUDE .................................................................. Bro. David Fields
THE PROCESSIONAL
HYMN OF COMFORT
The Choir and Congregation Abide With Me - 495
THE PRAYER OF CONSOLATION Presiding Elder, Benjamin Ridley
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Old Testament .............................. Rev. Charles Pitts New Testament ............................ Rev. E. S. Mallory
MEDLEY OF SONGS .................................................................... Choir
OBITUARY ......................... (Read Silently) ....................... Soft Music
THE REMARKS ....................................................... Dessie 0 . W. Hill
THE REMARKS ............................................................ Louise Mallory The Sons and Daughters of Ruth
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THE SOLO .......................................................... Mrs. Alice C. Lamar
THE EULOGY......................................... Rev. Terence Renard Gray
THE HYMN OF ASSURANCE ................ Choir and Congregation "My Faith Looks Up To The" Tune ._ Olivet
