- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Bertha G. Cauthern, Thursday, December 7, 1989, 1:00 P.M., Zion Hill Baptist Church, 815 Lynhurst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Larry H. Williams, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1989-12-07
- 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 Bertha G. Frazier Cauthern. Birth date: June 1, 1926. Death date: December 2, 1989. Funeral date: December 7, 1989. Church: Zion Hill 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: 188
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_cauthernberthag19891207
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_cauthernberthag19891207
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Deacons Zion Hill Baptist Church
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J. C. Hardy Charles King Harvey King
Andrew Middlebrooks I. G. Tamplin William Walker, Jr.
Metro Atlanta Women Golfers, Inc.
The family acknowledges with sincere appreciation and profound thanks for the many kindnesses shown during the illness and passing of our loved one. We shall always be eternally grateful.
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Atlanta, Georgia (404) 691 -4685
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Thursday, December 7, 1989 -1:00 P.M.-
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815 Lynhurst Drive, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend Larry H. Williams, Pastor Officiating
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Bertha G. Cauthern was born on June 1, 1926 to the late Cleveland and Georgia L. (Sims) Frazier in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia.
She attended Crogman Elementary and Washington High Schools. She married Henry F. Cauthern in March, 1946.
Bertha attended cosmotology school and was a beautician until she started working at Rayloc, Inc. She retired from there in 1986 due to illness. She was one of the founders of Metro Atlanta Women Golfers, Inc., a non-profit organization to promote golf among black women in the Atlanta area.
She attended (Old) Zion Hill Baptist Church where she was an active member until she transferred her membership to New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. She reunited with Zion Hill in 1988, where she was in the choir until her illness left her unable to attend. She was a member of the Advisory Board of Lincoln Memorial Gardens and a member of the Georgia Citizens' Coalit ion on Hunger.
She departed this life on Saturday, December 2, 1989 and leaves to cherish loving memories, a loving daughter, Claudia A . Thomas, Trotwood, Ohio; guardian son, Kourvoisier Frazier; two brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Frazier (Beulah), and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Frazier (Ann); ten godchildren, nine nieces and nephews, twenty-one grandnieces and nephews; two aunts-in-law, Mrs. Jamie McFarlin, Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Mozella King, Thomaston, Georgia; a devoted cousin, Louise King Armour; the Kings and Lawson families, and a host of cousins, other relatives, friends and loved ones.
A !tho your smiles have gone, and y ou hands we cannot touch; We thank God for precious memories,
of the one we lo ved so much; It breaks our hearts to lose you,
but you did not go alone; For part of us went with you, the day God called you home: God knows h ow much we 'II miss you, Your m emories shall never fade; Our thoughts will always wander, to the sp ot where yo u are laid.
PRELUDE ... . .............. . ......... "0 God, Our Help"
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H Blessed Assurance"
SCRIPTURE ................. The Reverend Frank Jones The Old Testament, Psalm 23 The New Testament, John 3:16, 14:1-3
PRAYER
SELECTION ........... . ....... . ................ The Choir
TRIBUTES: (Three Minutes) Mrs. Mary Pugh Ms. Diane Wilson Ms. Mildred Fambro Mr. Tony Stephens Deacon Floyd Bostic
SELECTION ........ . .. ..... .. ... ... . .... ... .. .. The Choir
EULOGY . . ......... . .. The Reverend Larry H. Williams
MEDITATION ...... .. ....... . . . .... . .... .. . The Organist
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . .. Mrs. Constance McGuire
RECESSIONAL .......... "When We All Get To Heaven "
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Lincoln Memorial Gardens 2275 Simpson Road, Northwest
Atlanta, Georgia