- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Deacon Isom Harris Herron, III, 1921-1998, Friday, October 9, 1998, 11:00 in the morning, Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, 1500 Norman Drive, College Park, Georgia, Reverend Dr. Emmanuel McCall, Sr., Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1998-10-09
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--College Park--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--College Park--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--College Park---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--College Park--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--College Park--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--College Park--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, College Park, 33.65344, -84.44937
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Isom Harris Herron, III. Birth date: September 9, 1921. Death date: October 3, 1998. Funeral date: October 9, 1998. Church: Christian Fellowship Baptist Church (College Park, 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: 153
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_herronisomharrisiii19981009
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_herronisomharrisiii19981009
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
~allbearers Selepted Family
and Friends
jflotuer 1Labies
Selected F a~ily ~d Friends
~tknotulebgements
of Tfie fami[y tJ?eacon-'lsom ?-{arris IJ{erron, '1'1~,
wou(cflike to exyress our ayyreciation for tfie many acts ofkindness shown
of durine tfie fiomeaoine our (oved one. -
Tfie Pami(y
Celebration Of Life
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(404) 349-3000
1199 Ufoy Springs Road, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 502 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30312 (404) 688-4680
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!JBeatOU lfsom T!}arri!i T!}err_on, .lf.lf.lf, born on September
9, 1921, the son of Mary McDade and Isom H. Herron, II, in Coahoma,
Mississippi. He attended scho?ls there, graduating from a private high school.
Deacon Isom H. Herron, III entered Alcorn College in 1938 and there met Miss Juanita CrooL:, who became his wife in December of 1941.
He graduated from college in 1942 and was in the U.S. Army for four years,
serving in Europe and in tlb.e Philippines. After th.e war he worked for several years, living in St. Louis, before returni-ng to gradu&te school &nd obtained his MPH in N ortb. Carolina. With hi s growing young family, they
moved to Cb.ic&go in 1951, where he hegan working for the T uberc;-.losis
Institute &s a Health EJ.uca.tor.
In 1956, Deacon Herron took & position with ICA (what is now USAID) in Kingston, Jamaica. He was transferred to Monrovia, Liberia in 1964 and returned to the USA in 1972, to s~Hle in Atlanta and work with the U. S.
Public Heald1 ervice, from_ which he later retired with milit&ry officers' rank of Colonel.
Deacon Isom Herron, III, was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church, ordained a Deacon at the G reater Bethesda Baptist Church in Chicago. He also served as Deacon at Providence Baptist Church in Monrovia, Liberi& and at the Union Baptist Church in Atlanta-. He w&s Deacon Emeritus at Christian Fellowship Baptist Churcb..
Deacon Isom Herron, HII, entered into eternal rest on aturday, October 3,
1998. A sister, Beulah Janet F ran.klin passed away on the following Tuesday.
He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife, Mrs. J u&nita C. Herron of Atlanta, Georg!_a; four children, Dr. Isom Herron, IV of Troy, New York. (twins) - Mrs. Melinda Herron-Peersman of Paris, F ranee and Dr. Merinda Herron of Atlanta and Mr. Quentin Herron of College Park, Georgi&; eleven grandchildren; ' sisters, Julius Marie Herron J&ckson, Velma ..._4..lexis Crayton, Mary Alice Williams, Ruth helby, Earlene Green and Maxine Meeks; brothers, Eldridge St&nford, Otis Stanford and H&rry Earl Stanford; an aunt, Myrtis J. Beckwith; and cousins, nieces and nephews.
1fe 8reat{y {oved his fami{y, his church, andhis friends
andwi{~ 6e sore{y missed.
-rber of ~erbice
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL............"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" page 15
SELECTION...................................... "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
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Glendo! Browder
SCRIPTURES...........................................read by Quentin Herron Twenty- third Psatms The Old Testament
PRAYER............................................................by Isom Herron, N
SELECTION................................ "I Don't Know About Tomorrow" Glendo! Browder
REMARKS................................................... u Herschell Gilbert (Counterpart Deacon)
Di. Asa Hilliard (Foreign Service/Personal Friend)
Collier St. Clair, Sr. (Community and University of North Carolina)
Rev. Charles Rowlett (Alcorn College Friend and Classmate)
JeffAdorka (Liberian Friend) Velma Alexis Crayton
(sister)
OBITUARY(read silently)
EULOGY.......................................Rev..Dr. Emmanuel McCall, Sr. "He Loved Us All"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................Murray Brothers Staff
RECESSIONAL............................. "For All The Saints"- Page 424
_ 3lnterment jforest JLabln ;fflemorial ~arbens
5755 Mallory Road, College Park, Georgia
(Following the Interment, please join the family for a Repast at the Church)