- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for Mr. John Wesley Fletcher, Jr., "Doll Baby / Doo", Sunrise April 27, 1939 - Sunset January 14, 2014, Saturday, January 25, 2014, One o'clock in the evening, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 147 Jones Street, Cartersville, Georgia 30120, Reverend Dr. Edward Rhodes, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2014-01-25
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Cartersville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Cartersville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Cartersville---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Cartersville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Cartersville--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Cartersville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cartersville, 34.16533, -84.80231
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for John Wesley Fletcher, Jr. Birth date: April 27, 1939. Death date: January 14, 2014. Funeral date: January 25, 2014. Church: Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Cartersville, 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_fletcherjohnwsleyjr20140125
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_fletcherjohnwsleyjr20140125
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Don't Cry for Me
Don't cry for me, for I have done all I can on the earth. I was called home and I couldn't avoid the call. Please don't cry for me. Celebrate my life and the love I have for each ofyou. Know that I am
resting now and worry free.
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We want to extend our heartfelt appreciation for every act of kindness shown. Thank you for. your prayers, flowers,
telephone calls and visits. We thank those ofyou who may have sung a song, rendered a service and or spoke a kind word. Your love has truly consoled our hearts and sustained us during this
transitional period. We thank Godfor you all and pray his blessings upon each ofyou.
Arrangement Entrusted To Mack Eppinger Funeral Home
210 North Bartow Street Cartersville, Georgia
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On 'fuesday, January 14, 2014 C}oddecided tliat lie neededone more musicianfor liis .ftngefic r.Bancf. So lie sent liis quardian .ftnge{to
seCect one ofliis 6est. Jfe diose our 6eCovedJolin WesLey PfetclierJr.,
wlio was affectionate{y ca{Ced "(])o{[CBa6y" "(])oc".
Jolin W. PfetclierJr. was 6om .ftpri{27, 1939 in X;tozyilCe, 'fennessee to tlie fate Jolin W. PCetc/i.er and tlie fate Lois Jfendrick..-
PCetclier. Jfe was 8 years oldwlien tliefami{y movedto Cartersvi{Ce, qeorgia. .ftt an ear{y age lie confessedClirist as liis savior andserved. active{y unti{lie 6ecame critica{{y i{[ In 1957 (])o{[CBa6y graduated from Summer Jfi{{Jfigli ScliooC; afterwards lie ea1'nedliis CB..ft. (J)egree from CBetliune Cooftman Co{Cege in (J)aytona CBeacli, PCorida. Jfis major was Pliysica{P.ducation Ulitli a minor in music..In 1960 lie married tlie Cove ofliis Cife, tlie Cate o/ioCa CR.gina Wiggins (PCetclier). Jfe wor~d as an order{y in tlie Jfa{ijax._Jfospita{ in PCorida, a musician, andaPE teacfterfor :Non-P.ng{is/i spea~ng students. .ftjter 29 years lie returned to qeorgia. Jfe wor~das a musician andrecreationa{ specia{ist in)4tCanta. Pina{{y, lie returnedto Cartersvi{Ce, qeorgia and Cater in Cife dedicatedliis musica{taCents on{yfor tlie cliurcli.
Jfe Ceaves to clierisfi liis memory: liis cliiUren, Jolin W. PCetclier
III (Pump~n), Cliiquita P. PCetclier-CByrd(1Ci1(i), ((J)onaCd), (])ennis PCetclierof(J)aytona CBeacli, PCorida, Jonice Smitli (:Nicey), (Joe) of Quincy, PCorida, Juan PCetclier and::Mone/ig Smitli, ;4tCanta, qeorgia; one sister, (J)r. Patricia PCetclier1(niglit (Lamont) ofit/ionia, qeorgia. ten grandcliiUren, fourteen great-grandcliildren anda liost of aunts, uncCes, cousins, nepliews, nieces, andfriends.
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