- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith Jones, Sunrise: July 4, 1928 - Sunset: March 19, 2015, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 12:00 Noon, Grissom-Clark Eastlake Chapel, 227 East Lake Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30317, Pastor Tyrone King, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2015-03-25
- 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 Mary Elizabeth Smith Jones. Birth date: July 4, 1928. Death date: March 19, 2015. Funeral date: March 25, 2015. Church: Grissom-Clark Eastlake Chapel (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_jonesmaryelizabethsmith20150325
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_jonesmaryelizabethsmith20150325
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
CJ>al6earers
The Grandsons
PCower )f.tterufants
Family and Friends
(])o Not Stantat my qrave atufWeep
Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep.
[am a thousand winds that blow. [am the diamond glints on snow. 1 am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die.
By: Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004)
}f.c~nowfediJement The family of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith Jones wishes to thank everyone for the prayers, cards, messages, sympathy, and all the blessings and comfort you have been to us durng this time of bereavement. A speci 1 thanks to the Higher Level Worship Baptist Church family and Pastor Tyrone King; and Emory University Hospital Hospice Team, Doctors, Nurses, and Candler Road Dialysis Center.
cp,o fessiona[Services fntrustec to:
Grissom~Clark Funeral Home
227 East Lake Drive, SE Atlanta, Georgia 30317
(404) 373-3191 www.grissom-clarkfu.com
"Our Family Serving Your Family"
In Loving 9demory
Of
9drs. 9dary P.Eiza6etn Smitfi. Jones
Sunrise July 4, 1928
Sunset March 19, 2015
Weanestfay, :March 25, 2015
12:00 Noon
fjrissom-CCat(fast{a~ Cliape{
227 East Lake Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30317
Cl'astor l:fyrone 7(jng, Officiating
06ituary
9dary Jones was born Mary Elizabeth Smith on our country's
Independence Day, July 4, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Erastus C. and Maggie V. (Ashe) Smith who relocated to the Atlanta area from Harris County, Georgia. She had one brother, Henry Lee Smith (U.S. Navy veteran), who preceded her in death on January 4, 1982. She grew up in the old 4th ward of Atlanta and graduated from Washington High School. She was employed by Crawford Long Hospital, Lovable Bra Company, and Scripta Pen Company. Her legacy as a loving mother and grandmother was demonstrated as she continued to care for her family after the deaths of her husbands, Benjamin Jackson and Elijah Jones, and while losing her eyesight. She will long be remembered as a kind, giving woman, who put others first, while going through several health .challenges. Mary's oldest son, Benjamin Kenneth Jackson (Patricia), went home to the Lord on May 9,2011. She leaves behind four daughters, Jacquelyn Smith-Thrasher, Karen Jones (Gregory) Barnes, Stephanie Jones, and Patricia Jones; son: John T. (Becca) Jones; ten grandchildren, Sherry (Robert) King, Angela Thrasher, Regina (Robert) Dowell, Jasmine Jones, DeAndrea Crawford, Andrew Jones, Tiara Jones, Marquez Barnes, Antonio Jones, and Dennis Washington; seven great-grandchildren, Carlton, Tyler, Corey King; Alexis Webb, Michael Harley, Nicholas Thrasher, and Jaida Jones; She will be missed by a host of cousins and other relatives, especially the Rogers Family (Christine, Robin, Kim, Sharon, Jacqueline, Emmanuel, and their children).
Order ofService
Prelude
Processional
Scripture Reading Old Testament. ..................Elder Noble Benefield New Testament. ...................Elder Richard Moton
Prayer........................................Pastor Tyrone King Selection.......................................Tuwanna Whatley Remarks/Reflections (2 Minutes Please)
Obituary (Read Silently) Selection
Eulogy.......................................Pastor Tyrone King, Higher Level Worship Baptist Church
Acknowledgements........................Grissom-Clark Staff Recessional
Interment
South-View Cemetery 1990 Jonesboro Rd., S.E.
Atlanta, GA 30315
CJW~ast
Higher Level Worship Baptist Church 6788 Rockbridge Road Stone Mountain, Georgia 30088