- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Service for Mr. James Alfred Gates, Providence Baptist Church, 61 Bisbee Avenue, Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30315, Saturday, April 7, 1979, 1:00 P.M., Reverend Warren G. Parsons, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1979-04-07
- Subject:
- African American men--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 James Alfred Gates. Birth date: February 1, 1946. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 7, 1979. Church: Providence Missionary 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_gatesjamesalfred19760407
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gatesjamesalfred19760407
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH
61 Bisbee Avenue, Southeast Atlanta, Georgia 30315
Saturday, April 7, 1979 -~ -- --- 1 00 P. N"1.
Reverend Warren G. Parsons,
Pastor
OBrTUARY
\ .'ir. '"'' ;~::--n e .; Alfred Gates~ the younger son of Mr. L ev~ G .s.~"~~.; :1.r:J l'J\rs. Arnie C. 'Gates was born February 1 , 1946 in Coweta County, C?A.
'/Vh '.l e ,J r-~1mes was quite young, the ,family moved to /._t::~.., ;-:1-:e:, 'Nhere he attended the Public Schools, and al c.,~i --cJ '-'v' Lth other m er1:bers of the family joined the Providence Baptist C hurch.
.James was united in .marriage to Nls. Verlena Jackson , to this union two sons, James, Jr. and Kendell Y..ie re born.
He was err,ployed much of his life by the General fv'l otors ColYtpany and later in life he becarr1e self-employ-
ed as a carpet layer.
He leav es to cherish his memories, two sons, a loving moth'e'r'; -' a fathe r, three sisters, one br-other, four ni eces, six n e phews a nd a host ,.of relatives and friends.
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JVe w anted you so much to be loving, kino and wise. So ,vyhet}, God. tqok .yqu, He left behi.n~ a lo<if~-9 ~miTe.~_~
CRDER OF SERVICE
Prelude ------------------- fv'\r. Julius C. Dicks.~~ Jr. Pro. cess t_o.nal -- - - - - ---- -"--- 11 Nearer. My God to Thee "
Invocational Prayer .:.;__ _ ___ Rev3rend Bernard Blount Pastor, Providence Baptist~ Church (Larkin .Street) Scripture-------- - -------- Rev. Rodney B. Parsons
Old Testament New Testament Solo - ------------------ Mrs. Dorothy M i.lner Tribute: ____ _,_______..:,:_..;.. ___ Deacon Melvin Peek
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Eulogy -----------------'- Rev. vVarren G. Parsons Hymn #473 -------------- 11 Wh3n The Morning Comes '
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