- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Ms. Ruth Gwendolyn Douglas, The Episcopal Church of The Epiphany, Wednesday, April 24, 1996, Three O'Clock In The Afternoon, Reverend Tom Rutherford, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1996-04-24
- 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 Ruth Gwendolyn Douglas. Birth date: November 13, 1941. Death date: April 18, 1996. Funeral date: April 24, 1996. Church: Episcopal Church of The Epiphany 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: 549
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_douglasruthgwendolyn19960424
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_douglasruthgwendolyn19960424
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
WITH GRATITUDE
The Douglas Family is thankful to have so many friends who are sharing our sorrow at this time. Pray that God will continue to guide us in his ways. We love each of you.
The Family
IN WVING MEMORY
OF Ms. Ruth Gwendolyn Douglas
John 11:25-27
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and who ever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the word."
ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO
E. .L.. COLLINS FUNERAL HOME
3000-3120 s.. CJnm:h Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306 Phone: 583-7782
The Episcopal CJnm:h of T.'ae Epiphany WOOnesday, Apri124, 1996
Three O'Clock In The Afternoon Reverend, Tom Ru1herford, ()ffic.iating
OBITUARY
God saw 1be road was getting rough, The hills were bani to climb;
He gently closed 1hose weary eyes and whispered, Teace be thine.
*****
Ruth Gwendolyn Douglas, the first born
to the late Dr. WilliamS. Douglas and Mrs. Eunice Beatty Douglas on November 13,
1941 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Angels of mercy carried her to her final home, on April18, 1996 at eight-thirty in the morning at the Sibley Hospital.
She attended Spartanburg District Seven Schools, Palmer's Memorial Institution in Sedalia, N.C., Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., and Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Ruth was a Micro Biologist with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C.
She leaves loving and unforgettable memories to a sister, Jacqueline Douglas Farr; a brother, WilliamS. (Billy) Douglas,
Jr., of the home; aunts, Mrs. Ruth Owens of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Gladys K. Douglas of
Spartanburg, S.C., Betty Lark of Columbia, S.C., Nita Monson of Springfield, Mass., And Frances Wright of Detroit, Mich; uncles, James A. Beatty of Charleston, S.C., J.D. Beatty and Bill Lark, both of Columbia, S.C.,
Dr. J. Marion Douglas of Spartanburg, S.C., and Dr. George Owens of Jackson, Miss.;
two nephews, Joe C. Farr, m of Durham,
N.C., and Jason Douglas Farr of Spartanburg, S.C., and a host of other cousins and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Burial of The Dead
Rite One- Page 469 Book of Common Prayem
Psalm Twenty Three- Page 476
Gospel Reading John Chapter 11
Verse21-27
Prayem Page480
Connmmion Rite Ooe Page333
PrayerPage482
COMMENDATION- Page 482
COMMITIAL Lincoln Manorial Gatdeos