- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- The Home Going Services for Mrs. Bessie Johnson, Berry Grove Baptist Church, Cedartown, Georgia, Sunday, july 13, 1975 4:00 p.m., Rev. J. C. Murray, Officiating, Interementin the Collard Valley Cemetery, Robert L. Parks Funeral Home, In Charge Of Arrangements
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1975-07-13
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Cedartown--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Cedartown--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Bessie Johnson. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: July 10, 1975. Funeral date: July 13, 1975. Church: Berry Grove Baptist Church (Cedartown, 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_johnsonbessie19750713
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_johnsonbessie19750713
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PALLBEARERS Officers of
The Berry Grove Baptist Church and the
New Bethel Baptist Church
The family wishes to thank the many friends for their many acts of kindness. May God add His richest blessing.
The Home Going Services for
MRS. BESSIE JOHNSON
Berry Grove Baptist Church
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1975 4:00p.m.
REV. J. C. MURRAY, Officating
INTEREMENT IN THE COLLARD VALLEY CEMETERY
ROBERT L. PARKS FUNERAL HOME In Charge Of Arrangements
Mrs. Bessie Johnson, daughter of the late Mr. Green Gibson and Mrs. Lorena Gibson, and the husband of Mr. Nathan Johnson passed away at the Polk General Hospital July 10, 1975, at 6:45p.m. after a brief illness.
She joined the Berry Grove Baptist Church at an early age. A member of the Senior Choir, she also served on the #1 Usher Board and participated in all activities of the Church. She was joined in Holy Matrimony September, 1930. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAN~, MR NATHAN JOHNSON OF CEDARTOWN.
She is survived by: 1 daughter - Mrs. Catherine Johnson of Indianapolis, Indiana; 1 son - Mr. David Johnson of Detroit, Michigan; 8 grand children; 4 great grandchildren; her mother - Mrs. Lorena Gibson of Cedartown, Georgia; 4 sisters- Mrs. Helen Carter, Mrs. Irene Findley, Miss Lorena Gibson, and Mrs. Clifford Pollard, all of Detroit, Michigan; and a host of other relatives and friends.
The Lord is My Shepherd and I shall not want.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional
Music
Song ................................... The Choir Come Ye Deconslate
Scripture
Prayer
Song ................................... The Choir When I've Gone The Last Mile of The Way
Remarks ...................... Deacon Albert Pace Rev. S. E. Beeamon
Eulogy .......................... Rev. J. C. Murray
Song .............................. Robert L. Parks I Trust In God
Recessional ................................ Music