- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Doris Mae (Butler) Harper, May 17, 1931-October 19, 2003, Friday October 24, 2003, 1:00 PM, Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 2071 Hosea L. Williams Drive SE Atlanta, GA, Reverend William Smith Pastor Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2003-10-24
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Doris Mae Butler Harper. Birth date: May 17, 1931. Death date: October 19, 2003. Funeral date: October 24, 2003. Church: Israel Missionary Baptist Church (Atlanta, 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: 163
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_harperdorismaebutler20031024
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_harperdorismaebutler20031024
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Doris Mae (Butler) Harper
May 17, 1931 - October 19, 2003
Friday October 24, 2003 I :00 PM Israel Missionary Baptist Church
2071 Hosea L. Williams Drive SE Atlanta, GA
Reverend William Smith Pastor Officiating
From the moment I entered the world your love became my guide. Yours, ever the face I searched for and adored, only then could my tears be dried.
J\ nd my lost or broken toys or dreams be found.
.r\.And made whole again once more, until the moment I leave this world to cross the other side and find you waiting there for me on Heavens shore.
O nly then will my tears be dried and my lonely, broken heart uplifted and made whole again once more.
-The Family
Doris Mae (Butler) Harper was born May 17, 1931 in Atlanta, GA to the late Freddie Butler Sr. and Bertha (Butler) Usher. She received her formal education in the Atlanta Public School System.
At an early age she accepted Christ and became a member of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Later she joined Israel Baptist Church and served on Usher Ministry # 1 and the Mother Ministry. She also participated in the Senior Citizen Ministries at New Piney Grove Baptist Church and St. Phillips AME.
Doris Mae Butler united in marriage to the late Luther L. Harper and together they owned and operated the 11Walk In Grill" on Pryor St. She later was employed by Red Lobster where she retired.
Mrs. Harper leaves to cherish her loving memory seven children; Bertha (Lula) Bell, Joyce and (Willie) Leonard, Jacquelyn and (Michael) Starks, Helen and (Charles) McTUre, Rev. Gregory and (Comethia) Butler, Janice Harper, and Demetrius Harper; one sister; Thelma Ponder; two brothers, Freddie Butler Jr. and Charles Usher; two sister-in-laws, Verdin Usher and Elizabeth Jackson; two brother-in-laws, H.B. Harper and Sanford B. Harper; One God Daughter, Michelle Butler; twentyone grandchildren; thirty-five great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and a host of other very close relatives and friends.
''Miss Me, But Let Me Go''
When I come to the end ofthe road, And the sun has setfor me
I want no rites in the gloom-filled room, Why cryf or a soul setfree?
Miss me a little, but not to long, And not with your head bowed low. Remember the love we once shared,
Miss Me, But Let Me Go.
For this is a journey that we all must take, And each must go alone.
It's all the part ofthe masters plan, A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart, Go to the friend we know.
And buryyour sorrow in doing good deeds,
Miss Me, But Let Me Go.
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Reverend C.L. Bryant Presiding
Prelude
Processional
I'll Fly Away
Selection
Israel Baptist Church Choir
Scriptures Old Testament New Testament
Reverend G.F. Frazier Reverend R. Robinson
Prayer
Reverend E. C. Cochran, Jr.
Solo
Craig Armstrong
Tribute
Reverend Gregory Butler
Remarks (2 minutes please)
Mrs. Olivia Starks Darryl Harper
Sanford Harper
Obituary (read silently)
Solo
Raponza Smith
Eulogy
Reverend William Smith
Acknowledgements
Recessional
Interment
Kennedy Memorial Garden
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Will Kerney Luther White George Dillard Henry Marshall
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New Piney Grove Senior Citizen Ministry Israel ]r. Mother Ministry
St. Phillips Senior Citizen Ministry Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc. 1876 Second Avenue Decatur, GA 30032 (404)371 -0772
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The family of the late Doris M. Harper acknowledges with deep appreciation the many
comforting messages , floral tributes, your presence, prayers, and many other kind and tender expressions ofsympathy extended at this time ofbereavement. Your thoughtfulness has been a source ofstrength and comfort to us and will ~lp to sustain us in the days ahead.
Thani< you and God bless you one and all.