- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebrating the Life of Alonza Leroy Carter, Sunrise: April 22, 1916 - Sunset: June 18, 2014, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 11:00 A.M., First Lithonia SDA Church, 3533 Ragsdale Road, Lithonia, GA 30038, Daryl Anderson, Pastor, Pastor David M. Jones, Officiating Minister, Pastor William D. Felder, Eulogist
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2014-06-25
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lithonia---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lithonia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Alonza Leroy Carter. Birth date: April 22, 1916. Death date: June 18, 2014. Funeral date: June 25, 2014. Church: First Lithonia SDA Church (Lithonia, 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_carteralonzaleroy20140625
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_carteralonzaleroy20140625
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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wishes to express their sincere appreciation to all our relatives, friends , and church families who have been so kind, caring, and supportive. We will be eternally grateful to all ofyou for your prayers, visits, gifts ofservice, andfood, cards, flowers, and other expressions ofsympathy. May God richly bless each ofyou.
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Ronald Carter
Melvin Carter
Michael Carter
William Franklin Scott
Michael Burke
Alex Webster
Deacons of First Lithonia Church
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Richard N. Law-McKenzie Michael D. Carter, II Ryan D. Carter
Dwayne Carrington Alex Webster Kermith Scarlett, II
Cheryl Kay Scott
Ingrid Perez
Pearl Carrington
Patricia Carter
Gloria Felder
Melanie Carter
Maxine McKenzie
Barbara Johnson
Deaconesses of First Lithonia Church
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First Lithonia SDA Church 3533 Ragsdale Road Lithonia, GA 30038
"Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are
many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And ifI
go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:1-3
SUNRISE: APRIL 22, 1916 - SUNSET: JUNE 18, 2014
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 11:00 A.M.
fiRST LITHONIA SDA CHURCH
3533 RAGSDALE ROAD LITHONIA, GA 30038
DARYL ANDERSON, PASTOR
PASTOR DAVID M. JONES, 0FHCIATING MINISTER
PASTOR WILLIAM D . FELDER, EULOGIST
Prelude
Aaron Law
Appreciation and Prayer
Pastor David M. Jones
Opening Song
"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
Eldine Nicholas
Scripture
Old Testament -Isaiah 57:15
Pastor Lawrence Hamilton
New Testament - I Thess. 4:13-18
Pastor Gregory Saunders
Musical Tribute
"No More Night"
Danielle Carrington
Remarks*
Pastor Daryl Anderson
Pastor Stephen Ruff
Pastor Larry Johnson
Pastoral Reflections
Pastor Horace Malone
Pastor Melvin Preston
Pastor D.M. Jones
Musical Tribute
"In the Garden "
Lasham R. Carter, Granddaughter
Friend Reflections
Reginald Johnson
Anthony Jones (by Wayne McCarthy)
Neighbor Reflections
Patricia Carter
Melvin & Barbara Johnson
Musical Tribute
"Center ofMy Joy "
A.D. Johnson
Family Reflections
Ellen E. Lindo-Scarlett, Yood
Michael Burke, Nephew
Cheryl Kay Scott
Selected
Obituary
Gloria Felder
Acknowledgements
Olivia Morrison
Life Sketches Presentation
Olson Perry, Sr.
Musical Tribute
"Because He Lives "
Grace Dorsey Landy
Eulogy
Pastor William D. Felder
Song of Encouragement
" We Shall Behold Him"
Grace Dorsey Landy
Benediction
Pastor Daryl Anderson
*The family would appreciate all remarks and reflections be limited to 2-3 minutes
Alonza Leroy Carter was born April22, 1916 in Danville, Virginia. He closed his eyes for his final rest in the early afternoon of June 18, 2014 while working in his backyard garden. Alonza, the son of Alphonso Lee and Mary Lou Carter, was the second of two children. His elder sister, Alberta, and his younger sister, Sara Esther, both preceded him in death. In childhood due to unfortunate circumstances during birthing, his mother and sister-to-be were lost. He was raised by his father resulting in a single parent childhood.
Upon reaching the age of fifteen years old, Alonza drove his Model T Ford to Harlem, ew York and made it his residence. While supporting himself and making choices in life, he JOined the Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church. This is where he met the love of his life, Gertrude Alice Saunders, and swept her off her feet. Alonza and Gertrude enteteo Holy Matrimony September 14, 1946. True to their vows, they shared the next 64 glorious years toget}ler. On November 8, 2010 their :shared love was interrupted when God called Gertrude to rest. This union yielded three sons and one daughter; Alonza, Jr. resting in the Lord, Beverly, Ronald, and Mic~e
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Alonza worked for the Veterans Administration When Gertrude retired in 1988, they decided to Georgia their home. Immediately upon arrival, members within their new church home, First Lithonia SDA become a Sabbath School Teacher, Elder, and Honorary Lithonia Tuesday Morning Prayer Band for many years.
" as he is lovingly known, leaves to cherish C8rterl cKenzie (Wycliff), Ronald H. Carter (De la'w LW'erne Carter. Seven grandchildren: Richar , Charmaine (Vivian). Nine great grandchildren: Skye, Kelly, Kyra, Davian, Tramain, Trisha, Abdoulaye, Safiyatu, Yaamin, and a very devoted niece and nephew, Michael and Bernadette Burke, and a host of other relatives and friends.
((And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. " Revelation 21:4