- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory, Mattie Sue Gresham, Sunrise: March 8, 1916 - Sunset: March 13, 2007, New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ, 209 Quincy Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01109, Monday, March 19, 2007, 11:00 AM, Elder Timothy Bouknight, Pastor, Funeral Arrangements Entrusted to: Henderson Funeral Home, 52 Hancock Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01109
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2007-03-19
- Subject:
- African American women--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--20th century
Funeral service--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--20th century
African Americans--Massachusetts--Springfield--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Massachusetts, Hampden County, Springfield, 42.10148, -72.58981
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mattie Sue Gresham. Birth date: March 8, 1916. Death date: March 13, 2007. Funeral date: March 19, 2007. Church: New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ (Springfield, Mass.). 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_greshammattiesue20070319
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_greshammattiesue20070319
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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PALL BEARERS
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Mother with Love
MOM. THIS IS FOR YOU, IT'S OUR WAY OF SA YINC
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AND WE LOI'E YOU
WE LOVE YOU FOR r.4 LL THE SEASONS OF LOl'f: YOU'VE GIVEN US .
YOUR CONSTANT LOlE ..
YOUR CA RiNG LOI'E...
YOUR LOVE THAT ALWAYS .)~.!p, " f!,lt'!C}ERSTAND ,.
YOU GAVE US A LOVE TH:4T f:Er't.iS GROW AS WE HAD TOO
AND REA CHED OUT TO HELP US WHEN WE NEEDED l!Ef.P YOU CONSOLED US WHEN WE NEEDED CONSOLING..
ENCO URAGED US WHEN-WE NEEDED ENCO URAGE!lfEXT
FOUND HAPPiNESS IN OUR H.-IPPINESS
. . _-.H! SHARED A LOT OF TIMES TOGETHER
_ GOOD T!M_ES_A 'D B:4D AND IN ALL THOSE TfA,fES YOUR LOIE NEI 'ER FAILED
H E'VE A1AD A1EA10R!ES TOGETHER, AND IV CHERISH THOSE
JUST AS MUCH AS WE CHERISH YOU
>DUR LOI'JNG SO!\S .-1.\D U -1CGHTERS
THE GRESHAM FAMILY EXPRESSES THEIR S I NCERE PPRECIAT/ON TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AlVD ENDED FAMILY FOR THE MANY ACTS OF F.:!.ND.NESS Sf-/OWN DURING THEIR HOURS OF SORR01V. 1VE THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN YO UR PRA f ERS.
IN LOVING MEMORY
MATTIE SUE GRESHAM
SUNRISE
MARCH q; I9I6
SUNSET MARCH IJ; 2007
NEWJE.R USALEM CHU.RCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
2 09 QUINCY ST-REET SP.RINGFIELD; MASSACHUSETTS OII09
MONDAY MARCH I!J; 2007
ILOoAM
ELDER TIMOTHY BOUKNIGHT; PASTOR
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... .~ The Obituc;ty:
Mc;ttie Sue Cteshc;m wc;s botn on Mc;tch ~ 1916 in
Oglethotpe City Ceotgic; to Otc; Boykin c;nd Eddie
Cteshc;m. She met c;nc/ mc;ttied het husbc;ndAbe
Cteshc;m. To this union ofThitty-two yec;t5wete botn
e1ght ch1ldten: Julie; Mc;e; w~ltet, Nif?CJ~ HJwc;tc/, John
WJ!!Je, Jimmy M4cAtfhut,., M4ffie M~(i-c11Jd R~bett.
Thmughout het ~f: /hrt ~r~, f!J~n}:'f;'?~}Jk:\Cfwlttng,
cqnmiJg, cooktng(the 'fitl~:f.,o.!if!..:~~~{19 'qnd
,,.. spendtilg time with her
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(Robett), John WJ!!Je Ctesh4,flJ~. (.l?~t149. Je4p)/ Jimmy
Mc;cAtthut Cte~h4m, (Mon;~li~2~1J.4lf<?W9td Cteshc;m 4ll ofSptingfielci MA: Mc;tt1e M4e Rob~tfs~ . (Cott41)/ ofBoss1et CityLA, Robett Ctesh4m~ (Sc;ndt4)~ of
Montgomety AL. A long time ft1enci s1stet Betty Je4n
Johnson, Sptingfielci MA. Ctc;ndchlfdten; Jimm1e/ Ey-
vonne, Steve/ Bc;tbqtCJ~ Mc;tgc;tet Penny Thomc;s/ Mc;tk/
4nd Nc;ncy Mitchell. )erty Rickey Kelvin, Ronnie c;nd
Denn1s Coleman. Mich4el Hendtix, Lucy Helen/
Reinet, Jimmy Mc;cAtthut Jt., Monique, Monicc;/ Co-
tt4/, Robett Se4n, BtiH4ny Bt4ndon, Antonio/ W4ltet
Jt., Timothy c;nd Evelyn Ctesh4m. Julie Hodge. Fifty
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