- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Lizzie Mae Johnson, August 12, 1925 - March 19, 2005, Saturday, March 26, 2005, Eleven O'Clock A.M., St. Paul A.M.E. Methodist Church, 989 Walter E. Davis Sr. Drive, Macon, Georgia, The Reverend Ernest L. Gordon, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2005-03-26
- 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 Lizzie Mae Johnson. Birth date: August 12, 1925. Death date: March 19, 2005. Funeral date: March 26, 2005. 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_johnsonlizziemae20050326
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_johnsonlizziemae20050326
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PALLBEARERS
Friends of the Family
WE'LL SEE You ON THE OTHER SIDE
We'll see you on the other side, when God calls us to His throne...
until that day, we'll picture you in your bright and heavenly home.
We see angels around you with their halos shining bright... and we know that you are basking
in the Father's Holy Light.
Our days on earth are numbered and the years do seem to fly... but where you are is timeless and we will neveT say good-bye.
If we could have known your passing was so near the time to be...
we would have changed direction and held you ever so close to us.
For now we have memory to hold within our hearts... and one day we will join you nevermore our souls to part.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The family wishes to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all for the many kind expressions of sympathy extended to us during this period of bereavement.
Service Entrusted To
BENTLEY & SONS FUNERAL HOME
2714 Montpelier Avenue Macon, Georgia 31 204
(478) 742-0952
In Loving Memory Of
LIZZIE MAE JOHNSON
August 12, 1925 - March 19, 2005
SATURDAY, MARcH 26, 2005
Eleven O'clock A.M
ST. PAUL A .M.E. METHODIST CHURCH
989 Walter E. Davis Sr. Drive Macon, Georgia
THE REVEREND ERNEST L. GORDON
Officiating
OBITUARY
'Jlnd God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall their be any more pain; for the former things are passed away. "
Revelation 21:4
Lizzie MaeJohnson, daughter of Gertrude Comer was born on August 12, 1925 in Shellman, Georgia. She entered into eternal rest on March 19, 2005 in Macon, Georgia.
\Vhile living in :Macon, she joined St. Paul A.M.E. Methodist Church of Macon, Georgia.
She was employed in several occupations throughout her life before she had to take an early disability retirement. She later spent the remaining of her disability at home until she had a stroke in 1991. As time when on she seem to have progressed, but in her later years, her health declined. The family placed her in a nursing home where we felt she would get better medical care and attention. But, after many months her health declined more so God decided to call her home early Saturday morning, March 19, 2005, around 4:00A.M.
Our mother was a loving and kind person that always looked out for others and when you met her she always had a smile on her face.
She leaves to cherish loving memories: her only sister, Ms. Ruby Jackson of Macon, GA; six children, Donald Johnson, Laurel, :MD, David Lee Johnson, Hyattsville, MD, Elenzo Thomas Johnson, Macon, GA, Gwen Johnson Tharpe, Upper Marlboro, MD, Kenneth
Johnson, :Macon, GA and Lewis Johnson of Macon, GA She also
leaves to mourn ten grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
Prelude
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional ......................................................................... Last \riew
Hymn ........................................ ""What A Fn'end U-1! Have In Jesus"
Invocation
Scripture Reading (Old Testament) ................................ Psalms 121
Scripture Reading (New Testament) .............................. John 14:1-4
Remarks
Obituary ......................................................................... Read Silently
Hymn ................................................ "Pass N/e Not 0 Gentle Savior"
Eulogy .................................................... Reverend Ernest L. Gordon
Recessional
"~ wanted so, to take yourpain and leave it all behind... to be your
strength, when you were weak, to place your hand in ours. To lift you
up, when you were down, to comfortyou, each day...butas we watched you fight to live, we know you could not stay. Stillyour memory shines so bright, your love live on in us...your spirit soars the highest heights, your soul is finally free. Our "star that shines so bnght," that's what you were to us...we'll notforget the many times you gave so graciously. Ui? know we'll meet again one day, where pain no more shall be...where mothers and children reunite Forever, you and yourfamily.
INTERMENT
\Voodlawn Memorial Park Macon, Georgia
