- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Obsequies for Mrs. Allie Lindsey Gideon, Friday, April 17, 1970, 1:00 P.M., Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rev. Calvin E. Houston, Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 1970-04-17
- Subject:
- African American women--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--United States--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States---History--20th century
Funeral service--United States--History--20th century
Mourning customs--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--United States--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Allie Lindsey Gideon. Birth date: October 10, 1894. Death date: April 12, 1970. Funeral date: April 17, 1970. Church: Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church. 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_gideonallielindsey19700417
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gideonallielindsey19700417
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Flower BearersMembers of Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church
Coleman Street Community Club
PallBearersMembers of Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church
The f amily of the late Mrs. Allie L. Gideon express their sincere appreciation for the many courtesies, telegrams, c.ards of sympathy, florals and thoughtful expressions in this their sorrow.
tiSome natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them where to choose their place of rest, ~nd PrQvidonce their guide, Through Eden took their solitary way. 77
OBSEQUIES
For
MRS. ALLIE LINDSEY GIDEON
Friday, April 17, 1970
1:00 P. M. Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church
Rev. Calvin E. Houston, Pastor
-OBITUARY-
Mrs. Allie Lindsey Gideon was born October 10, 1894
to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Lindsey in Pike County
Georgia. She was married to Mr. Henry Burson in Pike County,
after which they moved to Atlanta, Georgia and she united with the Central Methodist Church \vhere she served faithfully for many years. Later she joined the Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Gideon was employed by the Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company for thirty-five years until her
retirement in 1957.
In July, 1951 she was married to the late Rev. G. W.
Gideon and they lived happily together until his death.
During her years of good he~th Mrs. Gideon, was a member of many organizations and civic groups and she very active in various Christian organizations.
She r etired f rom this life on April 12, 1970 into
a better world. Two nieces, three nephews, and a host of other r elatives and friends vall long mourn her passing.
Let us not think of our departed dead As caught and cumbered in these graves of earth But think of death as of another birth, As a new freedom for the wings outspread, A new adventure waiting on ahead As a new joy of more etheral mirth, As a new world with friends of nobler worth, Where all may tastE a more immortal bread-
---- Edwin Markham
-ORDER OF SERVICE-
Processional
Hyrrm Invocation Old Testament New Testnment Solo
0 God, Our Help, In Ages Past /1111 Bishop H. I. Bearden
Rev. c. E. Houston
Rev. f.'lrs. E. L. Hill Mrs. Etta Houston
RemnrksPilgrim Health nnd Life Insurance Company
Bishop H. I. Bearden
Hymn Eulogy
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less #363 Rev. Calvin E. Houston
Benediction Recessionnl
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Interment: Zebulon 7 Georgia
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