- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Service Celebrating the Life of Deacon William Gilbert, March 27, 1918-November 4, 1998, Tuesday, November 10, 1998, 11:00am, Wheat Street Baptist Church, 359 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Michael N. Harris, Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1998-11-10
- 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 William Gilbert. Birth date: March 27, 1918. Death date: November 4, 1998. Funeral date: November 10, 1998. Church: Wheat Street 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 58
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_gilbertwilliam19981110
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gilbertwilliam19981110
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Dear Old Morehouse
J.O .B. Moseley, '29
Dear Old Morehouse, dear Old Morehouse
We have pledged our lives w thee;
And we'll ever, yea forever
Give ourselves in loyalty.
True forever, true forever
To Old Morehouse may we be;
So w bind each son the other
Into ties more brotherly.
Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Make us steadfast, honest, true To Old Morehouse and her ideals And in all things that we do.
Pallbearers
Nephews and Grandnephews
Albert C. Amos Bobby A. Brown Christopher M. Frye
James E. Gilbert, III Richard L. Hardon Charles H. Hardon
Honorary Pallbearers
Senior Deacon Board Wheat Street Baptist Church
Flower Ladies
Booker T. Washington High School Class of '36 Borders Courtesy Guild
Honorary Flower Ladies
Senior Deacon Wives Club
Choirs of Wheat Street Baptist Church Mr. Eddie Adams, Organist
Usher Boards of Wheat Street Baptist Church
Acknowledgments
The family of Deacon William Gilbert deeply appreciates the comforting expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness during the homegoing of our loved one. We are praying God's richest blessings for each ofyou.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS & MORTICIANS
869 M. L. King, Jr. Drive, N.W. Atlanta , Georgia 30314
923 McDaniel Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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404-522-6924
404-522-2591
A Service Celebrating the Life
of
Deacon William Gilbert
March 27, 1918- November 4, 1998
Tuesday, November 10, 1998 11:00 a.m.
Wheat Street Baptist Church
359 Auburn Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Michael N. Harris, Pastor Officiating
Obituary
W illiam Gilbert, the son of the late Mrs. Lucile Gilbert, was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 27, 1918. His elementary and high school education were completed in the Atlanta Public School System where he graduated from the Booker T. Washington High School as the salutatorian ofhis class. He received the Bachelor ofArts degree from Morehouse College with high honors and the Master of Arts degree in history from Atlanta University. He furthered his education by studying educational administration at Atlanta University and law at the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. He began his teaching career as an instructor of Social Studies at the Burney Street High School in Madison, Georgia. In 1942, he was employed by the Fulton County Board of Education and for thirty-four years served in this system as elementary school principal, high school social studies teacher, department head and high school principal. When he retired in 1976, he was principal of Eva Thomas High School in College Park, Georgia. On Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1945, he was married to Robertine M. Holland, also a teacher in the Fulton County School system. When she passed on May 24, 1991, they had been married for forty-five happy years. William Gilbert joined the Wheat Street Baptist Church when he was twelve years old and acceptedJesus as his Lord and Savior. He was baptized by Dr. D. J. Raymond Henderson. He was a member ofthe Senior Deacon Board and served as its acting Chairman and Vice Chairman. He also served on various other Church Committees and was President of the Wheat Street Baptist Church Federal Credit Union for a number ofyears. He departed this life on Wednesday, November 4, 1998. He leaves to cherish his loving memory a devoted brother, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gilbert, Sr. (Margaret); a brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs . Spurgeon W. Holland (Wenifred) of Chicago, fllinois; three nephews, Mr. and Mrs . James Gilbert, Jr. (lLtura), Mr. and Mrs. Jacques F. Ricks (Lilly), and Mr. Albert C. Amos; five nieces, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frye (Margaret), Mr. and Mrs . Tracey Mosley (Toni O'Neal), Mr. and Mrs . Richard Rardon (Berdie), Mrs. Doris Annette Brown, Mrs. Ruth Dismuke; grandnephews, grandnieces, cousins, other relatives, a loving and devoted friend, Ms. Magdalene Perry and many other dear friends.
Can a blind man guide and direct a blind man? Will they not both stumble into a
ditch or a hole in the ground? A pupil is
not superior to his teacher, but everyone
when he is cmnpletely trained (readjusted,
restored, set to right and perfected) will be like his teacher.
Luke 6:39-40 Amplified Bible
Order of Service
Organ Prelude Processional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Nearer, My God, to Thee" Hymn of Faith ................................ "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" Scripture Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Reverend Julius Davis
Associate Pastor, Wheat Street Baptist Church
Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Come, Ye Disconsolate"
Remarks (Three Minutes Please)
The Choirs
Senior Deacons Board .. ........... .. ............... Deacon Hugh Robinson Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deacon Gillbert Evans Co- Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Alice Washington Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Shirley M. Phillips Morehouse College and Morehouse National Alumni Association . ............. Mr. Benjamin F. Logan, Sr.
Solo Obituary (&ad Silently)
"I Trust in God" Mr. Eddie Adams
Eulogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Michael N. Harris
Acknowledgments . . . . ...... .. .. . . .. . .. ................ . . Mrs. Henrietta Rogers
Morehouse College Hymn
(Morehouse Men only will stand during the hymn.)
Benediction
Recessional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "When We All Get to Heaven"
Interment
South View Cemetery 1990Jonesboro Road, S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia