- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Mother Olivia Alice Howard, May 25, 1922- August 30, 2013, We Celebrate Mother Howard's Life Today, Saturday, September 7, 2013, Elven O'clock in the Morning, Viewing/Visitation 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., Wallace Funeral Directors, 106 Agnes Street, Harrisburg, PA, Chaplain Donnie L. Graves, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2013-09-07
- Subject:
- African American women--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg---History--20th century
Funeral service--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--History--20th century
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, 40.2737, -76.88442
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Olivia Alice Howard. Birth date: May 25, 1922. Death date: August 30, 2013. Funeral date: September 7, 2013. Church: Wallace Funeral Directors (Harrisburg, Pa.). 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_howardoliviaalice20130907
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_howardoliviaalice20130907
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
'Getting Tired'
God ~<lW you w rc gerting tired, and n cure was not to be. So He pur His t~rms around you and whispered,"Come to me."
With t 'Hrful eyes we war hed you and saw you pass away. Although we lov d you dc1rly, we c uld not make you stay. A golden heart topped heating, hardworking hands at rest.
lt hroke our heart. to lo~ you, bury )U didn't go alone, or part of us went with y u the day ( 10d call d you home.
'Blessed Assuran e'
Blessed assurance, Je us L min ! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! H ir of Salvation, purchase f od. Born of His Spirit, washed in His Blood.
This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of r<lpture now burst on my sight, AngeL descending, bring from above. echoes of mercy, whisp rs of love...
Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest, Watchin and waiting, looking above, filled with His g odness, lost in His love
Our Pallbearers - Nephews
Our Flower Bearers -Nieces
A Note of Thanks from the Family
We, the family of Olivia Alice Graves Howard, humbly thank each and every one
for the many acts of kindness, monetary gifts, t1owers, cards, telephone calls, fo~d and every other expression of sympathy extended during our time of bereavement.
Special thank-you's are extended to Wallace Funeral Directors, Minister Stacie Brown and the Antioch Tabernacle UHC
Family, Pastor W. Braxton Cooley Sr. and Th First Baptist Church of Steelton
Family, and Pa tor Kevin Scott and the hiloh C . . .I.C. Family.
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MAY 25, 1922- AUGUST 30, 2013
We Celebrate Mother Howard's Life Today
Saturday, September 7, 2013 Eleven 0'clock In The Morning Viewing/Visitation 10:00- 11:00 A.M.
Wallace Funeral Directors 106 Agnes Street, Harrisburg, PA Chaplain Donnie L. Graves, Officiating
THE OBITUARY
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"I have fought a good fight, 1have finished my course,
I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7
In the early morning hours of Friday, Augnst 30, 2013, at the Middletown Hom , Middletown, PA, the Lord called Olivia home. Olivia was born May 25, 1922, in Reidsville, North Carolina, the fifth of eleven children born to Joseph and Savannah Richmond Graves. livia was raised in the Elm Grove Baptist Church, attended Washington High School and worked in the cigar factory in Reidsville.
In January, 1946, she married Henry A. Howard Sr. This union was blessed with four children, Lillian, Henry Jr., Savannah and James.
Henry and Olivia moved to Newport News, VA, where Henry worked in the shipyard for several years. They moved back to North Carolina and lived there untill957, after which they moved to Pennsylvania, where they briefly resided with her sister Althea and brother Ashby before moving to Bressler, PA, Steelton, PA, and finally Harrisburg, PA.
Olivia joined Beulah Baptist Church, Steelton, in the early 1960's. She later joined Antioch Tabernacle UH where she erved on the Mothers' Board and attended church every Sunday until her health began to fail. She would hold the babies during church service and help fold the church bulletins whenever possible.
Olivia was employed by the Dietz Family and Karns Interior Decorators, Camp Hill, PA, until she retired. A devoted homemaker and excellent cook, she sewed, canned, made biscuits, pies and cakes from scratch for her family, friends, pastor and her church family. We will all miss her delicious cakes and pies.
Olivia was predeceased by her parents, husband, five brothers, Ashby, James, Joseph, Norris and William (Haves, and two isters, Althea Turner and Beatrice BlackwelL She leaves to honor and cherish her legacy and memory, four children, Lillian L. Carter, Henry A. Howard Jr. and hi wife Debbie, Savannah C. Howard and James F. Howard and his fiancee Aida, all of Harrisburg; three sisters, Velma Garrett and Helen Graves, both of Reidsville, and Leathea Mae Turner of West Jordan, UT; five sisters;in-law, Lorene Graves and Mary Sue Graves, both of Reidsville, Regina Graves of Baltimore, MD, Beulah Seabron of Newport News, VA, and Cleo Voss of Oxen Hill, MD; a well as seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Submitted with the Blessed Assurance of Olivia's Eternal Life, The Family
ORDER OF CELEBRATION
Evangelist Denise Hine.s (NIECE), Presiding
MUSICAL PRELUDE, MINISTER LARRY COLBERT
PROCESSIONAL OF CLERGY AND FAMILY
FAREWELL VIEWING, WALLACE FUNERAL DIRECTORS
INVOCATION, PASTOR WILLIAM HINES (NEPHEW) UPON THIS ROCK MINISTRIES
HYMN OF PRAISE, 'BLE SED ASSURANCE' (back cover)
OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE MINISTER STACIE BROWN, ANTIOCH TABERNACLE UHC
PRAYER OF COMFORT, MINISTER TODD GRAVES (NEPHEW)
MUSICAL TRIBUTE
SHARING AND REFLECTING UPON MEMORIES 2-3 MINUTES PLEASE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CONDOLENCES/RESOLUTIONS READING OF OBITUARY
SISTER CARLENE BANKS, ANTIOCH TABERNACLE UHC
MUSICAL TRIBUTE, 'GOING UP YONDER'
EULOGY, CHAPLAIN DONNIE L. GRAVES (NEPHEW) ST. MARK UNITED METHODIST CHUR H, FAIRBURN, GA
FAMILY RECESSIONAL/MUSICAL POSTLUDE
SERVICE OF INTERMENT, INDIANTOWN GAP NATIONAL CEMETERY 12:30 P.M., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Immediately following rhis HomeGoing Celebration, family and fri ends will be receiq_1ed in the Fellowship Hall ofThe First Baptist Church of Steelton, 1850 S. 19th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104.