- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Mr. Ernest Gwynn, Saturday, October 18, 1980, 2:00 O'Clock P.M., Elm Grove Baptist Church, Reidsville, North Carolina, Reverend Clarence Johnson, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1980-10-18
- Subject:
- African American men--North Carolina--Reidsville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Reidsville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Reidsville---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Reidsville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Reidsville--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Reidsville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Rockingham County, Reidsville, 36.35486, -79.66447
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Ernest Gwynn. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: October 14, 1980. Funeral date: October 18, 1980. Church: Elm Grove Baptist Church (Reidsville, N.C.). 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: 227
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_gwynnernest19801018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_gwynnernest19801018
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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FLOWER BEARERS Members of the Missionary Circle
Elm Grove Baptist Church
PALLBEARERS Members of the Deacon Board
Elm Grove Baptist Church
721 East Morehead Street
Reidsville, North Carolina
-for-
Mr. Ernest Gwynn
Saturday, October 18, 1980 2:00 O'Clock P. M.
Elm Grove Baptist Church
Reidsville, North Carolina Reverend Clarence Jopnson, Pastor
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Ernest Gwynn, son of the late Lun and Betty Watt Gwynn, was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He peacefully departed this life Tuesday, October 14, 1980 at Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake,
Virginia. He joined Elm Grove Baptist Church as a young man serving faithfully
until illness forced him to stop, but he still had the church at heart. He was a member of the Board of Deacons and the Male Chorus. He held the distinction of being the oldest member of each. He was also a dutiful member of North Scales Street Flower Club. He was a retired employee at the American Tobacco Company.
He was a loving father, grandfather, brother, and a genuine friend and neighbor. As well as being a father to his own family, he was a counselor to many others. The decedent will be remembered through the years for his display of kindness and concern.
Lamenting his demise are: one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Mann of Chesapeake, Virginia; two sons, Ernest Gwynn, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia and William Spencer Gwynn of Reidsville, North Carolina; one foster daughter, Mrs. Beatrice M. Griffin of Chesapeake, Virginia; one foster son, James Griffin of Chesapeake, Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Watkins and Mrs. Betty Robertson both of Reidsville, North Carolina; two brothers, Charlie and William Spencer Gwynn both of Reidsville, North Carolina; eight grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; a host of nieces, and nephews; with many close relatives and friends.
A Father's Farewell
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am the swift uplifting rush
I am not there. I do not sleep.
ofquiet birds in circled flight.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the soft stars that shine at night,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am not there. I did not die.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
I'm with you- everywhere.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT-
We thank our many friends and neighbors for every gesture of kindness shown during our hour of sorrow.
-The Family
PROCESSIONAL
SELECTION ...................................... Male Chorus Elm Grove Baptist Church
SCRIPTURE .............................. Rev. Charles H. Wilson
PRAYER ................... . ........... Rev. H. Alexander Smith
RESOLUTIONS: Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Marian Hamlet Church............................... Mrs. Josephine Settle
REMARKS................................ Rev. Clarence Johnson Rev. Alex Winchester
SELECTION ...................................... Male Chorus Elm Grove Baptist Church
EULOGY .................................... Dr. Cardes Brown
RECESSIONAL
SERVICE OF COMMITIAL and
INTERMENT Greenview Cemetery Reidsville, North Carolina