- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Laura Bell Gibson, February 14, 1913- August 25, 1999, Friday, August 27, 1999, 11:00 A.M., Friendship Baptist Church, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Cedartown, GA, The Reverend Willie J. Turner, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1999-08-27
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Cedartown--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Laura Bell Kemp Gibson. Birth date: February 14, 1913. Death date: August 25, 1999. Funeral date: August 27, 1999. Church: Friendship Baptist Church (Cedartown, 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_gibsonlaurabell19990827
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gibsonlaurabell19990827
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Those we love must someday pass beyond our present sight... must leave us and the world we know without their radiant light.
But we know that like a candle, their lovely light will shine to brighten up another place more perfect. ..more divine.
And in the realm of Heaven, where they shine so wann and bright, our loved ones live forevermore in God's eternal light.
Perry Jones American Legion Post 524, Cedartown, GA
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Theta Omicron Omega Chapter - Cedartown/Rome, GA
Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter- East Point, GA
Friendship Baptist Church Usher Board
The family of Mrs. Laura B. Gibson is very grateful for your expressions of kindness during our time of bereavement. We will be forever grateful to the staff of Premier Nursing Home and the Healthfield Hospice, Inc. A special thank you to Mrs. Mary Huff and Dr. Barbara Fields of Atlanta, GA for their dedication, love, and care.
Programs printed by Ben Hill United Afethodist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Cedartown, GA
The Reverend Willie J. Turner, Pastor Officiating
Mrs. Laura Bell Kemp Gibson of Cedartown, Georgia departed this life on August 25, 1999 after an extended illness. She was born in Cedartown,Georgia on February 14, 1913. She was the fifth child of the late Alfred and Mary Ammons Kemp. She married the late Ralph Ellison Gibson, Sr. in 1935. To this union eight children were born.
Mrs. Gibson was a dedicated Christian woman who joined the church at an early age and was baptized at the Friendship Baptist Church. She was an active member of the missionary society and the hospitality committee.
In the community, she was an active member of the Parent Teacher Association and the Band Booster Club. She was also a founding member of the Cedartown Ladies Social Club.
Mrs. Gibson had a beautiful smile and a friendly disposition. She never met a stranger and was helpful to those in need. Her favorite past time was cooking. She set a beautiful table and a delicious meal was always available for friends and family. There was nothing more special than a Sunday dinner at "Big Mama's" house. She also had a special talent for growing houseplants, especially African Violets.
She adored her grandchildren and treated each very special. If you ask each one will tell you that they were her favorite, and each one was. Of course you would know that if you ever had the opportunity to visit her former home and saw all the pictures on the walls, shelves, bookcases, mantels and dressers.
She is survived by her seven children: Ralph Gibson, Jr. (Maccie), James Gibson (Dianne) and Lavonne Johnson (Nathaniel), Cedartown, GA, Bernice Johnson and Barbara Pierce, Chattanooga, TN, Susan Carter (John), Atlanta, GA, and Joseph Gibson (Olivia), Montgomery, AL; two brothers: Addis Kemp, Cedartown, GA and Theron Kemp, Columbia, SC; two sisters-in-law: Mrs. Clifford Pollard, Farmington, MI, and Irene Finley, Toledo, OH; one aunt: Savannah Sewell, Cedartown, GA; twenty-one grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; and a host of other devoted relatives and friends.
THE PRELUDE ................................................ Mrs. Beverly Glover Minister of Music, New Hope Baptist Church, Chattanooga, TN
THE PROCESSIONAL ..........................................."I Love the Lord" THE INVOCATION...............................Reverend McCallister Hollins
Senior Pastor, Ben Hill United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS
The Old Testament ...................................Reverend Lula Harper Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Albany, GA
The New Testament................................. Minister Tonja Watkins Ray of Hope Christian Church, Decatur, GA
THE WORDS OF COMFORT................ Reverend Wayne L. Johnson Senior Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church, Chattanooga, TN
TRIBUTES Neighbor. ............................... :.. ................ Mrs. Ernestine Ellis Granddaughter................................................Mrs. Lisa Jones Niece...................................................... Mrs. Bettye Sain
THE SONG OF PRAISE ............................................ Music Ministry Ben Hill United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA
THE EULOGY........................................ Reverend Willie Turner Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Cedartown, GA
THE RECESSIONAL ....................................."I'm Going Up Yonder"
Polk Memory Gardens Highway 278 East Cedartown, GA