- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Eddie Louis Howard Jr., Sunrise: January 15, 1962 - Sunset: September 20, 2013, Friday, September 27, 2013, 11:00 A.M., Fairfield Baptist Church 6133 Redan Road, Lithonia, Georgia 30058, Pastor Micheal Benton, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2013-09-27
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lithonia---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lithonia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Eddie Louis Howard, Jr. Birth date: January 15, 1962. Death date: September 20, 2013. Funeral date: September 27, 2013. Church: Fairfield Baptist Church (Lithonia, 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_howardeddielouisjr20130927
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_howardeddielouisjr20130927
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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A WEEK AGO, WE ALL
LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL, So WHAT AM I TO DO? THE THOUGHT OF YOU
GIVE BIRTH TO MY TEARS, BUT THE MEMORIES
HELP ME TO GET THROUGH. YET AND STILL I SEARCH
FORA REASON, MAYBE AN ANSWER WILL
EASE THE PAIN. HEAVEN WAS THE SOLUTION I CAME UP
WITH, IT'S OUR LOST AND
JUNIORS GAIN.
YOU HAVE A V.l.P. SEAT
AND THERE'S GOLD UNDER YOUR FEET, AS YOU DANCE IN THE STREETS OF HEAVEN
TO A SERENE AND ETERNAL BEAT. STILL IT'S A HARD PILL FOR ME TO SWALLOW
SO I CHASE IT WITH A PROMISE, FOLLOWED BY HIS WORD.
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU YOUR MANSION ONLY FOR THE SPECIAL ONES IS WHAT I'VE HEARD. AND YES, YOU ARE SPECIAL YOU WILL ALWAYS BE TO ME,
NOW IT'S YOUR TIME TO REST, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SEE
THAT ALL OF YOUR STRUGGLES ARE NOW OVER AND ALL OF YOUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE.
YOU CAN TRIM ALL OF YOUR HEDGES IN HEAVEN BECAUSE GOD RESERVED THIS JUST FOR YOU.
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SUNRISE: JANUARY 15, 1962 SUNSET: SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
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11:00 A.M. Fairfield Baptist Church
6133 Redan Road Lithonia, Georgia 30058 Pastor Micheal Benton, Officiating
Eddie Louis Howard, Jr., affectionately known as "Junior," was born on January 15, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Ida Mae Howard and Eddie L. Howard, Sr. Eddie, Jr. departed this life on September 20, 2013.
He joined Fairfield Baptist Church at the age of eight and was baptized by Reverend C. L. Nall.
Eddie graduated from Redan High School in 1980. He played the drums in the marching band.
Eddie was a great baseball player, a big Atlanta Braves' and Falcons' fan. He liked to read, work in the yard, and his greatest passion in life was his love for family and friends. Everyone he met was "special."
He was a heavy equipment operator. Over the years, he worked for Biolab, Flanders Construction Co. and Anderson Construction Co.
The past few years, he worked part-time for the church; for Mr. J.
D. Hook; Ms. Lavetta Carty and he cleaned yards for family and friends.
Junior was preceded in death by his mother, Ida Mae Howard; maternal grandparents, A. W. Durden, Sr. and Rebecca Durden; paternal grandparents, Hunter Howard, Sr., Everlean Howard and Gertrude Howard; uncles, Hunter Howard, Jr., Willie Howard, Thomas Howard, and Grover Howard; aunts, Lula Mae Lawson (Edmond, Sr.) and Etherlean Moody (Alonzo).
He leaves to cherish his memory: a loving father, Eddie L. Howard, Sr.; a devoted sister, Sylvia Graves; one nephew, Sedrick Goolsby; one niece, Latonya Hight; a very special cousin and best friend, Linda Hight; a kindred brother, James Durden; a kindred sister, Marie Oxner; aunts and uncles, Curtis and Shirley Durden; A. W. Durden, Jr. and Bessie Durden; Willie Roy and Lucille Durden; Walter and Annie Ruth Durden; Willie and Irene Gresham; Jasper and Catherine Howard and Mrs. Gaynell Howard; godbrothers and sisters, Kevin, Kandace, Kaletta, and Reverend Calvin Forte; godmother, Blonetine Moody; special little angels that affectionately called him "Uncle, Jr.": Genesis, I<:.yris, Caseyona, Casiyaha and Cashawn Hight; Zaniya, Mariah, and Aaliyah Hight; Nyla Tenney and Caleb Jeffries; beloved friend, Renita McNeal; a host of close family and friends.
Prelude Processional Congregational Hymn Scripture Readings
Old Testament New Testament Prayer Selection Reflections (Two Minutes, Please)
Poem Selection Eulogy Acknowledgements Recessional Postlude
Reverend Olen Rush
Reverend Ralph Thomas Sister Luella Daniels
Minister Shirley Durden Minister Lamar Durden
Mr. William Moore Brother Rodney Gresham
Reverend Roy Durden Pastor Micheal Benton Tri-Cities Funeral Home Staff
INTERMENT
Emmie Smith Cemetery Kilgore Road
Lithonia, Georgia 30058
REPAST
6171 Shadow Rock Drive Lithonia, Georgia 30058