- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Mrs. Sarah Grier Iverson, Monday, June 15, 1998, 3:00 P.M., St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Rev. Terence Renard Gray, Officiating, Interment, Woodlawn Memorial Park, "Hutchings Services"
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1998-06-15
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Macon--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Sarah Grier Iverson. Birth date: January 16, 1915. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: June 15, 1998. Church: Saint Paul A.M.E. Church (Macon, 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_iversonsarahgrier19980615
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_iversonsarahgrier19980615
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PALLBEARERS
Raymond Sheppard Oscar Vinson Lawrence Card
Raymond Baker Reginald Vinson
Walter Vinson
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Officers of the Church
A Mother's Love
A Mother's love is something no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away.... It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking And it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking. ... It believes beyond believing when the world around condemns And it glows with all the beauty of the rarest, brightest gems,
It is far beyond defining, it defies all explanation, And it still remains a secret like the mysteries of creation. .. .
A many splendorous miracle man cannot understand And another wondrous evidence of God's tender guiding hand.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude for all the many kind expressions of sympathy shown them during their time of bereavement. May God bless all of you.
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1998 3:00P.M.
ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH
REV. TERENCE RENARD GRAY, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK
OBITUARY
The world was blessed on January 16, 1915 with Sarah Ann Grier Iverson, the daughter of Estella Grier Butler and Ephraim Butler.
She was a graduate of Bibb County Public School, and Georgia Baptist College. She also attended Fort Valley State College.
She was a life long member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church where she served faithfully until she relocated to Cleveland, Ohio.
Sarah Grier Iverson and Freddie Iverson were united in Holy Matrimony in 1944. To this union four children were born, Harold Ephraim (Husamadeen) of Macon, Freida 0. Iverson Surrett (Anthony D. Surrett) of Atlanta, Fred Iverson, Jr. (Farug A. Husamadeen) (Tihira Husamadeen) of Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph Michael Iverson (Yusef Husamadeen), deceased, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sarah was a dedicated teacher who loved children and her work. She taught at Falling Creek Elementary School in Jones County and worked as a n urse at Sunny Acres Hospital for 25 years in Cleveland, Ohio.
She was a member of Rosa Jackson Jazzettes Exercise Club, and the Fort Hill Advisory Committee.
She loved her family, friends, and community.
She leaves to mourn in addition to her children: her husband, Mr. Freddie Iverson; one sister, Mrs. Ophelia Williams; one sister-in-law, l'vlrs. Mary George; one uncle, Mr. Freddie Grier; seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Thanatopsis
So live, that when thou summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moue:
To that mysterious Realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed,
By an unfaltering Trust, approach thou grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
William Cullen Bryant
ORDER OF SERVICE
The Rev. Terence Renard Gray, Presiding
The Prelude ............................................. "In The Garden"
The Processional (Viewing) .............. Ministers, Pallbearers & Family
The Hymn of Comfort ................. ........... "What a Friend" Choir & Congregation
The Prayer Of Consolation ...................... Charlie Powell
The Liturgy of The Word Old Testament ............................................Psalm 101 Pastor L. Franklin New Testament .. ........... (Beatitude) St. Matthew 5:5 Pastor Tim Booker
The Solo ........................................................ Dovenna Holt
Tribute To Mama ..................... Harold Ephraim Iverson (Husamadeen)
The Acknowledgment ......... .. Rev. Terence Renard Gray
The Selection ........................ ..................................... Choir
The Eulogy ............................ Rev. Terence Renard Gray
The Hymn of Assurance** .......... Choir & Congregation "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" #415
The Recessional .......... Ministers, Pallbearers & Family
The Interment ........................ Woodland Memorial Park
**All Standing**
