- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Mrs. Ida J. Howard, Born March 16, 1857, Died November 5, 1930
- Date of Original:
- 1930
- Subject:
- African American women--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--United States--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States---History--20th century
Funeral service--United States--History--20th century
Mourning customs--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--United States--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Ida J. Howard. Birth date: March 16, 1857. Death date: November 5, 1930. Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: (not recorded). 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: 31
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_howardidaj
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_howardidaj
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Born March x6, x857
Died November 5, I930
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LIFE OF SISTER IDA HOWARD
.Sister Ida J. Howard was born near Washington, Ga. , 'Vilkes County, March 16, 1857. Joined the Pompie-Grove Baptist Church, Wilke<s County, 1880. Moved her membership to the Oak-Grove Baptist Church near Sandersville, Ga. in 1886. From that time Sister Howard proved to be an earnest work.er and dutiful member.
It was at Oak-Grove that the First Woman's Mission Society was organized by the late Dr. A. B. Murdan, August ~89, with Sister Howard as its first president.
The organization was first organized as a church auxIliary, but on account of confusion in the state work it was converted into a Burial Society, 1893 at Tennille, Georgia, with Sister Ellen Johnson as the first president of all the Missions and Sister Ida J. Thompson (later Howard) as vice president.
After the death of Sister Johnson, Sister Howard was elected Supreme President and served faithfully for more than thirty years. At the time of her death she was serving 78 Societies with more than ten thousand members under her supervision.
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