- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Mary Ella McLaughlin Cole, Sunday, January 5, 1986, 4:00 P.M., St. Mary United Methodist Church, Rev. Joseph McAllister, Jr., Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1986-01-05
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Hogansville---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Hogansville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, Hogansville, 33.17318, -84.91494
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mary Ella McLaughlin Cole. Birth date: June 16, 1926. Death date: January 2, 1986. Funeral date: January 5, 1986. Church: St. Mary's United Methodist Church (Hogansville, 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: 367
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_colemaryellamclaughlin19860105
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_colemaryellamclaughlin19860105
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
A Prayer
Lord. Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older, and will some day be old. Keep me from getting talkative. and particularly from the fatal habit of thinking and I must say something on every subject and on every occasion . Release me from craving to try to straighten out everybody's affairs. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details. Give me wings to get to the point. I ask for grace enough to listen to the tales of others pains. Help me to endure them with patience. But seal my lips on my own aches and pains. They are increasing and my love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet; I do not want to be a saint . .. some of them are so hard to live with ... but a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.
Pall Bearers
Ushers, St. Mary United Methodist Church
Flower Ladies
Friends of Family
Arrangements Entrusted To:
THRASH & SONS FUNERAL HOME 117 W. Main Street Hogansville. Georgia
Homegoing Services
For
Mary Ella McLaughlin Cole
Sunday, January 5,
1986
4:00 P. M.
St. Mary United Methodist Church
Rev. Joseph McAllister, Jr., Officiating
Obituary
Mary Ella Mclaughlin Cole was born June 16. 1926 in Troup County to the proud parents. Frank and Claudia McLaughlin. She departed this life quietly January 2, 1986. while visiting her mother in Hogansville. Ga .
She attended the public schools in Hogansville and joined the St. Mary Methodist at an early age. She later moved to Chicago, Illinois and united with the Grace Calvary Methodist Church.
She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Clement Alexander. Later years she was married to Mr. Posey Cole.
She was employed with the Bethesda Hospital in Chicago as a Nurse's Aide for many years.
Mary was a loving and concerned person. She always had a smile and was willing to help someone by giving a smile, a helping hand or a kind word . The word "no" was not included in her vocabulary.
Mary leaves to cherish her memory a loving mother, Mrs. Claudia McLaughlin; one brother, Frank McLaughlin, Hogansville; two sisters, Claudia Lakes, Columbus, 0.; and Lula Johnson, Chicago, Ill.; one sister-in-law, Nora McLaughlin; one brother-in-law, Dr. Cornelius V . Johnson, Jr.; five nephews, Dewitt, Donald, Frank, III, Brett and Cornelius III; two uncles, Mr. Roy McLaughlin and Mr. Johnny Oliver McLaughlin; one aunt, Adeline Ector and a host of relatives and friends.
Order of Service
Processional Hymn ............................................ Choir., Scripture
Old Testament .......................... Donald Allison New Testament .................... Cornelius Johnson III Prayer . ........ .. . ... .............. .. ... Rev. J. C. Jennings Acknowledgements ....................... Frank McLaughlin III Solo ..... ...... .... .. . ..... ........... . Ms. Cordelia Harris Eulogy ............................... Rev. Joseph McAllister Recessional Interment ... ................. .. ......... St. Mary's Cemetery
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Thanks
The Family wishes to express their sincere appreciation for all the kindness shown to them during their hours of bereavement. May God richly bless each of you is our prayer.