- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Regina Harris Gusby, Sunrise: November 8, 1954 - Sunset: November 12, 2014, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 2:00 P.M., First St. Paul AME Church, 2687 Klondike Road, Lithonia, Georgia 30058, Reverend Lawanda Long, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2014-11-19
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lithonia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Regina Harris Gusby. Birth date: November 8, 1954. Death date: November 12, 2014. Funeral date: November 19, 2014. Church: First St. Paul AME Church (Lithonia, 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_gusbyreginaharris20141119
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gusbyreginaharris20141119
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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My Darling Regina, Tears jill my ryes, my throat hurts, there is a knot in my stomach and my heart hurts something fierce, because you are gone awqy from here, and I miss you. Deep down inside my spirit I am rejoicing because I know that I know thatyou are with the Almighty...Jehovah! You fought a good fight. I picked the Old TestamentScnptures for this service todqy because thry encompass the substance our relationship during the time that we spent together. Asyour fight got tougheryou got stronger withyour spiritual walk. The New TestamentScnptures II Cor. 7: 9-11 Repentance, Rom 10: 8-13 Faith, and John 14: 1-6 Jesus Promise adornyou now, asyourjournry on this earth has ended. You are with Jesus.
I can rejoice in the promise ofour Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, thatyou are free from the troubles ofthis world. You have returned Home to be with God! HALLELUJAH!
I will neverforgetyou and I will alwqys loveyou. OKLAHOMA!!! Robert D. Timmons SFC (RET), DHS/TSA, TSO
Family and Friends
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On behalf of Regina Gusby, the family wishes to express thanks to everyone for their support and condolences.
Your tremendous blessing during this difficult time, our gratitude for you is unending.
May God's blessing continue to be with each of you.
Memorial donations mqy be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
D arryl Allen's PLUS 404.755.0965
Regina Harris Gusby, 60, of Lithonia, Georgia, transitioned to her heavenly home after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. She was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend. She had the most generous loving heart and touched many lives with her presence.
Regina graduated from Austin-East High School in the class of 1972 and attended I<noxville College. She was employed by Bellsouth/ AT&T for thirty years and then proceeded to work for Transportation Security Administration for four years.
Her family and friends will always be thankful for her gift of love that she shared with them. She was preceded in death by her father, Theodore W. Harris II; and two daughters, Tiffany and Brittany Gusby.
Regina is survived by her son, Carlos Gessica) Gusby, Norfolk, Virginia; daughter, Leslie R. Shields, Lithonia, Georgia; mother, Annette Harris, Stone Mountain, Georgia; two brothers, Theodore (Yvette) Harris, Lithonia, Georgia and Mark A. Harris, I<noxville, Tennessee; sister, Janice (Darryl) Walton, Covington, Georgia; grandchildren, Christopher A. Zenn, Cortes M., Gusby, Harlem R.W. Gusby, and Brooklynn S.R. Gusby; nieces and nephews, Yuvonda (Eldridge) Johnson, Christine Harrisand, Brandon Harris, and J enelle (Cecil) Davis; aunts, Jeanette (Frank) Robinson, Isabella Riddle, and Georgetta Hagler; cousins, Patricia Black (Thomas) Childress, Thomas "Tank" (Teri) Strickland, I<aren Vance, Marilyn Black Mcl<inney, Reginald Black, Debbie Black, and Maurice (Stacey) Black; close and devoted friends, Robert D. Timmons, Yolanda (Dusty) Mci<.enzie, Luveetta Barbarin, and Sharon Gant; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Prelude
Processional
Praise and Worship Dance "Now Behold the Lamb"
Prophetess Anette Dellatino "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
Reflections Song
"On Time God"
Gale Wilcoxson, Co-worker Patrice Francher, Friend Leslie Shields, Daughter
Prophetess Anette Dellatino
Eulogy Acknowledgements Recessional
J enelle Davis Tri-Cities Funeral Staff
Postlude
Repast Jolie Event Venue 5240 Panola Industrial Boulevard Decatur, Georgia 30035
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