- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Mr. Henry Goss, Sunrise - January 5, 1935 - Sunset - February 21, 2003, Monday, February 24, 2003, 1:00 p.m., Bethlehem Baptist Church, Usher Street, Covington, Georgia, Rev. Hezekiah Benton, Pastor, Eulogist, Assisted by Others
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2003-02-24
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Covington--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Covington--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Covington---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Covington--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Covington--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Covington--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Covington, 33.59678, -83.86018
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Henry Goss. Birth date: January 5, 1935. Death date: February 21, 2003. Funeral date: February 24, 2003. Church: Bethlehem Baptist Church (Covington, 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: 430
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_gosshenry20030224
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gosshenry20030224
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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- Jlnonymous In foving memory ofmy 6rotfier, !J{uiry (joss. You wi{{ afways 6e in my tliouglits ani in my fieart.
Sister, Juay (joss Woods
Final Remains Entrusted to:
Lester LacKJ,y & Sons !Funera{ !J{ome
1163 Reynolds Street P.O.Box 629 Covington, Georgia 30015 Phone (770) 786-6177
This note is to express sympathy and our appreciation for your trust in us. It is our purpose to give thoughtful service, and if in so doing we have helped to lighten your burden, our aim has been accomplished.
We sincerely hope that our service has been deserving of your confidence. Thank You For Calling On Us.
In Loving !Jv[emory
of
!Mr. !J{enry (joss
Sunrise - January 5, 1935
Sunset- !Fe6ruary 21, 2003
Moncfay, !February 24, 2003
1:00 p.m.
'Bet/i{eliem 'Baptist Cliurcli
'Uslier Street Covington, (jeorgia
!R.f,v. JiezeKjali 'Benton, Pastor, 'Eu{ogist
Jllssisted 6y Otliers
Life S~tclies
I;..
Mr. Henry Goss was the third child born to the loving
parentage of the late Rev. Lovett and Mabel Sanford Goss on
January 5, 1935 in Rutledge, Georgia. There in Rutledge, he attended elementary school. His high
school years were. spent at Burney High School in Madison,
Georgia. Somthing beautiful adorned his life in the marriage to Bertha
Urquhart on September 4, 1964. For thirty-eight (38) years they
have shared everlasting joy, love and happiness. Henry was employed for several years with Sears, Roebuck
& Company. His remaining occupational years were spent with
the Covington Police Department and the Newton County Sheriff
Department. If you visited the courthouse lately, you could find
him there directing you and examining your bags for security
purposes. His warm smile and hearty welcome brightened your
day. We will miss his presence. Left to cherish his memories in addition to his wife, Bertha are
sons: Curtis Goss, Larry Rivers (Barbara), Shelton (Tony)
Bolden, Forlaipea (Bay Boy) Bolden; Brothers: Alonzo Goss
(Grace) Atlanta, Georgia, Leonard Goss (Yvonne), John Clifford Goss, Boston, Massachusetts; Sisters: Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Gaither (Annie Lou), Oxford, Georgia, Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Woods
(Judy) Decatur, Georgia; Mother-in-law: Mrs. Amanda Foster;
Sisters-in-law: Mrs. Dorothy Ponder, Mrs. Alice Rivers, and Mrs. Mary Ann Goss; nine grandchildren, two great-grandc.hildren and
a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, co-workers, neighbors
andfriends.
Order ofWorsl"iip
Prelude ...........................................................................;............. Organist
Processionai ...............................................................Selected Favorites
Invocation
Selection ...................................Bethlehem Baptist Church Male Chorus
Old Testament.. .........................................................Pastor Willie Tigner
New Beginning Church
New Testa;nent.. ..................................................Pastor Robert JaGkson
First Seventh Day Adve_ntist Church
Prayer........................................................................Pastor Theodis Bell
Bethel Grove, Mansfield, GA
Selection ..........................................................Mr. & Mrs. Victor Thomas
Tributes.......................................................................Mr. Almond Turner
Assistant Chief, Covington P. D.
Mr. Willie Davis
Captain, Covington P. D.
Mr. Joe Nichols
Sheriff, Newton County
Mr. Ezell Brown, Lieutenant Mr. Alonzo Goss - Brother Mrs. Joy Bates - Niece
Poem ........................................................:.....Shawonna Gaither- Niece
Selection ..........................................................Mr. & Mrs. Victor Thomas
Eulogy.................................................................Pastor Hezekiah Benton
Acknowledgment. .....................................................Ms. Davidlyn Strong
Benediction
Recessional