- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Service for Abner Devoe Harderman Jr., Saturday, May 25, 1991, 12:00 Noon, Saint Paul A.M.E. Church 989 Morrow Avenue, Macon, Georgia, Rev. Terrence Gray, Officiating Pastor, Bishop John H. Adams, Presiding Bishop, Rev. Dr. W.P. Carter, Presiding Elder
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1991-05-25
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Macon---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Macon--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Abner Devoe Hardeman, Jr. Birth date: September 16, 1915. Death date: May 21, 1991. Funeral date: May 5, 1991. Church: Saint Paul A. M. E. Church (Macon, 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_hardemanabnerdevoejr19910525
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_hardemanabnerdevoejr19910525
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Perhaps you sang a lovely song
Or sat quietly in a chair Perhaps you sent a funeral spray
If so we saw it there Perhaps you spoke the kindest words
As any friends could say; Perhaps you were not there at all
Just thought of us that day Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so much whatever the part. The Family
Collins Funeral Home Gray, Georgia
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989 Morrow Avenue Macon, Georgia
Rev. Terrence Gray, Officiating Pastor Bishop John H. Adams, Presiding Bishop
Rev. Dr. W.P. Carter, Presiding Elder
The Obituary
Abner Devoe Hardeman, Jr., the third son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Abner Devoe Hardeman, Sr. was born on September 16, 1915 in Houston County of Kathleen, Georgia.
He attended Washington High in Atlanta, Georgia and Hudson High School in Macon, Georgia.
At an early age, Abner was called A.D. not by his family, but by his many friends.
A.D. was converted at the tender age of five and was baptized by his father, The Rev. Hardeman, at Trinity A.M.E. Church in south Atlanta, Georgia. God blessed A.D. with a beautiful tenor voice. He and his two brothers, B.A. and Gabe, along with another friend formed a quartet. This dedicated singing quartet sang on many special programs at Cosmopolitan A.M.E. Church which was pastored by their father.
In 1936, he married Bertha Jackson and to this happy marriage God blessed them with a son, Alphonso Devoe Hardeman.
A.D. Worked at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where he retired in the late 1970's.
He and his brother, Gabriel, helped install the big new organ in old St. Paul on Powell Street under the administration of their father's pastorage.
In 1988, A.D. joined St. Paul A.M.E. Church where he became a Junior Trustee while his brother The Rev. Gabriel S. Hardeman was pastor. He was also a trustee in several other churches in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
On Tuesday, May 21, 1991, the Lord called Abner Devoe Hardeman from labor to reward.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Mrs. Bertha Hardeman; a son, Alphonso Hardeman, New York City, New York; two brothers, Rev. Gabriel S. Hardeman, Atlanta, Georgia and Willie Hardeman, Albany, Georgia; three sister-in-laws, Mrs. Daisy M. Hardeman, Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Georgia Hardeman, Albany, Georgia, and Mrs. Betty Hardeman, Daytona Beach, Florida, and a host of relatives and friends.
Order of Service
PRESIDING ...........................................................................Rev. Terrence Gray PROCESSIONAL
OPENING HYMN .......................... ................................................................Choir
PRAYER ..............................................................................Rev. Benjamin Ridley
SCRIPTURE: The Old Testament ......................... .... ........................ Rev. T.A. Morgan The New Testament ....................................................Rev. E.S. Mallory
SELECTION ...................................................................................................Choir
REMARKS ...............................................................................Bro. Charlie Powell Dr. E.J. Jones, Presiding Elder
SOLO .................... ................................................................Miss Peaches Baker OBITUARY (Read Silently)
SELECTION ........................................................"Only A Look- Family Request ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WORDS OF COMFORT ......................................................................Pastor Gray
HYMN ........................................................."Father, I Stretch My Hands To Thee"
EULOGY .................................................................................Rev. Eugene Beeks Pastor
RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT Black Memorial Cemetery
Gray, Georgia
PALLBEARERS
Walter Lamar
Norman Lamar
Thomas Johnson
Charlie Hoskins
James Ruskin
Lawrence Carr