- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration Service for the Life of Mrs. Veorie Ross Ezell "Vera", November 17, 1923 - July 2, 2004, Thursday, july 8, 2004, 12:00 Noon, Dodd-Sterling United Methodist Church, 3272 Browns Mill Road, Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30354, The Reverend Robert L. Melson, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2004-07-08
- 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 Veorie Ross Ezell. Birth date: November 17, 1923. Death date: July 2, 2004. Funeral date: July 8, 2004. Church: Dodd-Sterling 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_ezellveorieross20040708
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_ezellveorieross20040708
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Darrell Walton Derrick Ross
David Walton Sammy Felton
The Ezell family expresses sincere thanks to their many friends for all acts of sympathy shown to them during their period of bereavement. May God richly bless each of you.
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3272 Browns Mill Road, Southeast Atlanta, Georgia 30354
The Reverend Robert L. Melson, Pastor Officiating
The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall !fear? The Lord is the strength ofmy life; ofwhom shall I be afraid?"
Mrs. Veorie Ross Ezell was born on November 17, 1923 in Marshallville, Georgia to the late Mr. Hollis and Mrs. Christine Ross. She departed this life for life eternal on Friday, July 2, 2004 from Emory-Crawford Long Hospital.
Mrs. Ezell was educated in the Macon County Schools. She became a member of the Macedonia CME Church at an early age. In 1945, she married the late Mr. Lewis Ezell. To this union were born two daughters.
In 1956, she and her late husband moved to Hapeville, Georgia where they became members of the former Sterling Chapel Methodist Church. She spent her working career as a Domestic Worker.
A woman of immense faith in God, she served her church in a number of capacities. She was an original member of the Church's Food Bank Committee and a member of the Communion Stewardess Board.
Many marveled at her strength, courage and calm assurance in the midst of the adversities she faced. She could say "I'm alright" even though she was enduring the storms of life.
Mrs. Ezell was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Lewis Ezell; two daughters, Joann Ross-Kelly and Ruth Ezell Penn; one son-in-law, John Kelly; two sisters, Ann Boddie and Ernestine Towns; three brothers, John Ross, Willie Henry Ross and Emmitt Ross; three grandchildren, Rose Murchison, John Kelly, Jr. and Docha Eugene McDuffie.
She leaves to cherish her memory: two sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Robinson, Sr. (Barbara) of Fort Valley, Georgia and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Nelson, Sr. (Irene) of Jersey City, New Jersey; five grandchildren, Torrence Bernard Ezell, Vera Kelly, Angela Ezell, Denise Kelly-Washington and Barbara Penn; two sons-in-law, Mr. Eddie James Blanton and John Kelly, Sr.; brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ezell of Macon, Georgia; sister-in-law, Ms. Lucile Ezell; eleven great grandchildren, Charita, Danielle, Marquis, Eddie, Tomeka, Quinterous, Joshua, Kadarius, Keyeon, Katlin and Ken; nieces, Joann Ross, Lorrain Simmons, Deborah Lakes, Christine Smith, Clara Ross, Angetti Massey, Felicia Nelson, Paula Towns Jones and Clara Brown; nephews, Archie Robinson, Curtis Robinson, Emmitt Ross Jr., Jeffery Towns, Hollis Towns, Curtis Nelson Jr., and Gregory Nelson; special relatives and friends, Linda Williams, Savannah Cunningham, Frank Newsome, Annie Willie Harris, and Mae Lester; and a host nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Vera Ezell was the matriarch in this family. Her strength, her Faith in God, her abundance of love, the ability to forgive and the patience and understanding to endure. Her prayers protected us, guided us, blessed us and comforted us. Every thing that we are, every thing good that we do, we owe it to this beautiful and magnificent woman of God. This is the legacy she is leaving her family.
Love is patient, love is kind It does not envy, it does not boast,
It is not proud. It is not rude It is not selfseeking. It is not easily angered,
It keeps no records ofwrongs. Love does not delight in evil. But rejoices with the truth. It always protects, Always trust, always hopes
A!ways preserves.
I Corinthians 13:4-7
Pastor Robert Melson, Officiating
PRELUDE ..................................... ..................Minister Charles Marshall PROCESSIONAL (Scripture Sentences) INVOCATION HYMN ................................................................................................ #369
"Blessed Assurance"
SCRIPTURE .......................................... ................ ..Pastor Marion Knight The Old Testament The New Testament
THE PRAYER ......................................................Reverend Willie Barber
Pastor ofMacedonia CME Church
SELECTION ......................................................... DSUMC Church Choir RESOLUTION FROM CHURCH ..................... Dr. Carolyn McAdams English REMARKS: (Three Minutes Per Person, Please) THE OBITUARY (Read Silently, Soft Music) SELECTION ...................................................Reverend Charles Character
EULOGY ...................................................The Reverend Robert L. Melson, Sr. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
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Mount Harmony Memorial Garden Veterans Memorial Highway Mableton, Georgia
The family will return to the church for a fellowship meal immediately following the interment.