- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Bernice Logan Hicks, November 25, 1905-December 21, 2007, Thursday, December 27, 2007, 11:00 A.M., Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel, 1199 Utoy Springs Road, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr., Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2007-12-27
- 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 Bernice Logan Hicks. Birth date: November 25, 1905. Death date: December 21, 2007. Funeral date: December 27, 2007. Church: Murray Brothers Funeral Home, Cascade Chapel (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: 291
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_hicksbernicelogan20071227
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_hicksbernicelogan20071227
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Jewels and Partners Ben Hill United Methodist Church
Great-Grandchildren
Great-Great-Grandsons
Brandon C. Allen
Justin M. Allen
Andrew C. Allen
Lemuel Arnold
Christian Jones
Clifford Ross
Orlando Smith
Keith Terrell
Rodney Terrell
Arthur (Art) Terrell
Kelsey Walker
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Grandsons and Great-Great Grandsons
Frederick Griffin Gary Terrell Kevin Terrell
Michael Brown
Arthur Terrell James Terrell Coleman Brown
The family of Mrs. Bernice Logan Hicks extends thanks to each of you for your kindness and concern. Your acts of caring will be long remembered. We especially thank the Bonterra Nursing Home Staff, The Ben Hill United Methodist Church Family and the Christian Care Ministry of Ben Hill United Methodist Church for their visits, prayers, and expressions of love during the past ten years.
MURRAY BR01HERS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
404-349-3000 1199 Utoy Springs Road, Southwest
(corner of Cascade Rd. near 1-285)
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
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1199 Utoy Springs Road, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr. Officiating
Mrs. Bernice Logan Hicks, the second of six children, was born on November 25, 1905 in Jackson, Georgia to the late Mrs. Dovie Lummus Logan and Mr. Greene Logan.
Her childhood was spent in Jackson. After moving to Atlanta,
Georgia, she was united in holy matrimony to Mr. Arthur L.
Hicks on February 13, 1941. He preceded her in death in 1982.
Bernice was employed until her retirement by the family of Cecil Alexander for over twenty-five years as a caregiver.
Until the time of her illness, she was a devoted member of Second Church of Christ Scientists, serving as a Sunday School teacher and Lay Reader. She was a tireless and dedicated worker.
Mrs. Hicks departed this life on December 21, 2007 at the age of 102 as a resident of Bonterra Nursing Center, East Point, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by two daughters, Mamie L.
Gay and Myrtice Poole, one son, Duroc D. Hicks, and five siblings, Annie M. Dent, Rufus Logan, Lois Lovinggood, Lucille McGhee, and Lilla Head.
Mrs. Hicks leaves to cherish her memory, eight children, Ingram W. Hicks, Cincinnati, Ohio, Emily Noiles, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Arthur N. Hicks (Edith), Lompoc, California, Carolyn Terrell, Atlanta, Georgia, Ella M. Dansby, Union City, Georgia, Marie A. Tanner, Atlanta, Georgia, Harriett Hicks Johnson Mack (John), Los Angeles, California, and Henry Hicks Johnson (Billye), Ann Arbor, Michigan; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Mattie W. Lyle, Dayton, Ohio; two brothers-in-law, Chalmus Hicks, Savannah, Georgia and Marion Hicks, Springfield, Massachusetts; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-greatgrand-children, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, all of whom will miss her dearly.
Prelude
Processional
Hymn
Scripture: The Old Testament Reading Minister Lerone Wilder The New Testament Reading Minister Agnes R. Harvey
Prayer of Comfort ........ The Reverend Michael D. Stinson
Ministry of Music ...................... "It Is Well With My Soul"
Reflections:
Mrs . Jackie Sims, Disciples of Comfort, Ben Hill UMC Mrs. Colleen Fruster, Bonterra Nursing Center The Reverend Dr. Roosevelt Allen, Jr., Pastor Holy Bethel COGIC, Grandson
Ministry of Music
Eulogy ..................... The Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr.,
Senior Pastor, Ben Hill United Methodist Church
Acknowledgement ........ ................... Murray Brothers Staff
Recessional
Westview Cemetery 1680 Westview Drive, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia
A Repast will be held at Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, Southwest, immediately following the Interment.