- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mary Lillie Culbreath, Saturday, February 24, 2001, 1:00 P.M., Israel Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend William Smith, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2001-02-24
- 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 Mary Lillie Culbreath. Birth date: November 11, 1940. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: February 24, 2001. Church: Israel 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: 158
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_culbreathmarylillie20010224
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_culbreathmarylillie20010224
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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She's An Angel If I ever 1net a fa1nily of love, I stand before the1n right here today, despite the evils of this world. They continue to love each other, anyway. Always there for each other ti1ne-afterti1ne. Generatioits ofpeople who truly know what it 1neans to be respectful and kind. Ms. Mary was a beautiful person, especially at heart, always loved and cared for her children, right from the very start. She would help anybody, with any task. All you had to do was have the courage to ask. I say this to the family, especially the grandchildren, ifyou dedicate the rest of your life being half the person Ms. Mary was, you will be just beginning to start living. So fa1nily, don't cry and hold your heads down, this is what you all should do. Dedicate the rest ofyour life to her and know that "She'sAnAngel"Watching Over Each and Every One Of You.
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Mrs. Mary Lillie Baxter Culbreath, the second child of five children, was born on November 11, 1940 to Elder J. W. Baxter and the later Mother Florine E. Baxter in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was born into a family of Christian love.
At an early age, she accepted Christ in her life. She was saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost and was an active member of the Fire Baptized Holiness Church . After her marriage to Mr. Obediah Culbreath, she joined Israel Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. Culbreath received her formal education from Bethune Elementary/High School in Piedmont, Alabama. She furthered her education at Morristown College, Morristown, Tennessee. She received a Nursing degree from Beaumont School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia.
She worked as a nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital for ten years. Later, she became an employee at LockheedMartin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia, where she retired in 1999.
Mrs. Culbreath was a devoted member of Israel Baptist Church. She was an active choir member and cherished every phase of her church. She was a devoted mother to her children and a thoughtful and kind grandmother.
She leaves a legacy of love and godliness to her devoted family: husband, Mr. Obediah Culbreath; daughters, Tracey Lakes and her husband, Elder Lonnie Lakes, Terry (Gwennette) Culbreath, and Tiffany Culbreath ; grandchildren, Jennifer Nicole, Tara, Terry (T. J.), Kristin, and Takoiya; siblings, Willie James (Amanda) Baxter, Sr., Carolyn Morris, Betty (Ernest) Durham, and Florine Paicely; many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, cousins, and friends.
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SELECTION ............................................................. Choir SCRIPTURE:
The Old Testament ... The Reverend Lewis Kelly, Sr. The New Testament ...... The Reverend Marlis Taylor PRAYER ................... ............................. Elder Carl Lakes SELECTION ............................................................. Choir REMARKS: (Three minutes, please) ..... Family and Friends Pastor Raymond E. Greenwood Pastor, Higher Ground Christian Center Sister Timpy Hoskins Sister Mary Taylor Sister Rutha Lee Brother Ronald Anderson OBITUARY (Read Silently)
SOLO ................................ First Lady Marion Greenwood EULOGY ............................. The Reverend William Smith SOLO .............. ......................... Evangelist Niyoutha Ross ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................... Pastor Greenwood RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
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