- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Mrs. Ellen Johnson, August 21, 1961, 3:00 p.m., Providence Baptist Church, 659 Larkin Street, S.W., Atlanta 14, Georgia, Officiating: Reverends L.M. Tobin and W.R. McCall
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08-21
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Ellen Johnson. Birth date: May 3, 1873. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: August 21, 1961. Church: Providence Baptist Church (Atlanta, 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_johnsonellen19610821
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_johnsonellen19610821
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Offieiating: Reverends L. M. Tobin
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Prelude
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Proc.essional Comforting Words
H~n of Comfort #405 1'He Leadeth Me"
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Scripture ~ II Timothy 1:5
Prayer Dr. William Holmes Borders
Solo e "O Lord Most Holy" ..Cesar Franck
Mr. Francis Long
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Remarks:
Deacon Joseph H. Allen Deaconess Pearl Major Berry
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Organ Meditation #238 . "The Strife Is Qter"
Re ver end Lucius H~ Tobin ne verend Walter R~ McCall
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Hymn of Faith #406 ~"How Firm A Foundation"
Recessional~~Comforting Words Postlude
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*The final rites will be .held at Lincpln Cemetery.
The family of the deceased expresses heartfelt thanks to everyone for every expression of thoughtfulness and consideration during the hours of grief and stress.
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Mrs Ellen Johnson
Mrs. Ellen Johnson was born on May 3, 1873
in Green County and was the widow of the late Reverend Mr. Anthony Johnson to which union ~~s born four children - three girls and one boy. Only two children of that union survive.
Mrs. Johnson~ as a girl, became n Christian and joined the Springfield Baptist Church, where she distinguished herself as a devoted disciple'
of Jesus Christ. In 1929, she moved to Atlanta,
and became a member of the West Hunter Baptist Church until during the mid 40 1s. Later she . joined Providence Baptist Church under the pastorate of Reverend L. M. Tobin. In this Church she distinguished herself still asa symbol of what a Christian is and can become, in service and devotion, until her death.
She leaves to mourn a few relatives and a host of friends.
Flower Ladies: Deaconesses
Mrs. Della Wallace
Mrs. Laura Chapman
Mrs. Eva Kelly
Mrs. Leary Freeman
Mrs. Mamie Battey
Mrs. Pearl M. Berry
Mrs. Ellen Hicks
Mrs. Pearl Green
Mrs. Beatrice Drakeford
Mrs. Carrie Thomas
Mrs. Lynette Waters
Mrs. Ethel Wallace
Mrs. Marie Davis
Pall Bearers: Deacons
Vanester Pugh Joseph H. Allen Oscar Harris
Funeral Director
Ezra Hutchison Will Barlow Jesse Ward
Sellirs Brothers Funeral Home