- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Service of Worship and Celebration for Cynthia Smith Chandler, Tuesday, July 9, 1996, 1:00 p.m., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30331, The Reverend McCallister Hollins, Senior Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1996-07-09
- 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 Cynthia Smith Smith Chandler. Birth date: July 2, 1954. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: July 9, 1996. Church: Ben Hill United Methodist 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: 520
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_chandlercynthiasmith19960709
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_chandlercynthiasmith19960709
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Lisa Anderson Avis Blanton Delores Byrd Hazel Crawford Barbara Dewberry
Maurice McTier Esther IVIiddlebrooks Cassandra Smith Joyce Smith Linda Webster
Adams Family Reunion Committee Dekalb County Librarians
Georgia Black Librarians Caucus
Alvin Anderson Horace Brown Michael Crawford
Jesse Smith Vance Taylor Michael Terrell
We are very appreciative to our friends who shared in this celebration of the life of
Cynthia Smith Chandler.
We are grateful for the prayers, visits, messages and condolences that you have so generously shared
during our time of bereavement. Thank you for your care and concern.
Sellers Brothers Funeral Home 889 M.L.K., Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia
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Tuesday, July 9, 1996 - 1:00 p.m. -
Ben Hill United Methodist Church 2099 Fairburn Road, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30331
The Reverend McCallister Hollins, Senior Pastor Officiating
Obiluar'J
Cynthia Smith Chandler was the first of three girls born to Ralph and Helen Smith in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 2, 1954. Growing up in a Christian home and family, she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined Bethlehem Church of God Holiness at an early age. In 1982, Cynthia joined the Ben Hill United Methodist Church family.
Cynthia was a student in the Atlanta Public School System. She attended E.R. Carter Elementary School, Washington High School and West Fulton High School. After high school, Cynthia enthusiastically attended Clark College and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1976. After completing her undergraduate studies, she continued her education at Atlanta University and received her Masters degree in Library Science in 1977.
Cynthia began her career as a librarian in Dekalb County immediately following the completion of her graduate studies. She worked with the Dekalb County Library System for more than eighteen years. At the time of her homegoing, Cynthia was serving as Senior Librarian--Branch Manager for the Chamblee Library and acting president of the Georgia Black Librarians Caucus. She was also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Library Association and the Georgia Library Association.
On August 17, 1985, Cynthia was united in holy matrimony to her college sweetheart, Mr. Franklin K. Chandler. In addition to her loving husband, Cynthia leaves many family members and friends to mourn and cherish her loving memory, including her parents, Mr. Ralph Smith and Mrs. Helen Smith, of Atlanta, Georgia; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Smith Price and Ms. Beverly R. Smith, both of Atlanta, Georgia; a sister-in-law, Ms. Yvonne J. Chandler of Denton, Texas; a brother-in-law, Dr. Albenny Price of Atlanta, Georgia; a nephew, Master Alexander J. Price of Atlanta, Georgia; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL HYMN PRAYER
"Blessed Assurance"
Mr. Jarvis Wilson Organist, Ben Hill UMC
No. 369 Rev. McCallister Hollins Senior Pastor, Ben Hill UMC
SCRIPTURE Old Testament- Psalm 23
New Testament- John 14:1-7
Dr. L. McNeill Dowdy Associate Pastor, Ben Hill UMC
Rev. Carol Helton Associate Pastor, Ben Hill UMC
SELECTION
"How Great Thou Art"
Sanctuary Choir
REFLECTIONS Colleague Friend/Family Sister
Ms. Fannie Simmons Ms. Delores Byrd
Mrs. Helen Smith Price
SELECTION
Sanctuary Choir
EULOGY
Dr. Cornelius L. Henderson President, Gammon Seminary
MUSICAL TRIBUTE
Mr. Vance Taylor Friend/Family
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
RECESSIONAL
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