- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Irene Greenhouse Knox, November 5, 1920- Decemeber 13, 2010, Friday, December 17, 2010, 11:00 A.M., Paradise Missionary Baptist Church, 1711 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, The Reverend Dr. Charles A. Harper, III, Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2010-12-17
- 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 Irene Greenhouse Knox. Birth date: November 5, 1920. Death date: December 13, 2010. Funeral date: December 17, 2010. Church: Paradise Missionary 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_knoxirenegreenhouse20101217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_knoxirenegreenhouse20101217
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
November 5, 1920- December 13, 2010
We are deeply grateful for each expression of love and concern extended to us during our hours of bereavement. We have been comforted by your visits, cards, telephone calls and prayers. Your thoughtfulness and kindness will always be remembered. It is our earnest and sincere prayer that God's choicest and richest blessings be your abundant measures.
Special thanks to the staff of Arbor Terrace of Cascade and Parkview Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for your care, love and service during Auntie's illness.
With Sincere Love The Family
Pollard Funeral Home, Inc.
Serving Atlanta Since 1932
827 Pollard Boulevard , Southwest Atlanta, Georgia 30315 404-688-7073
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Friday, December 17, 2010 -11:00 A.M.-
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1711 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30318
The Reverend Dr. Charles A. Harper, Ill, Pastor Officiating
Irene Ceanna Greenhouse Knox was the first of six children born to the union of J. D. and Alma Greenhouse, November 5, 1920, in Marksville, Louisiana. The family moved to Alexandria, Louisiana and Irene graduated from Peabody High School in 1939. She accepted Christ at a very early age. She was honorably discharged from the Army of the United States as a Staff Sergeant W.A. C. section 1.15601h Service Command Unit, on December 30, 1945.
She went to Chicago, Illinois to attend the American Academy of Art and Dress Design, the Metropolitan School of Tailoring where she learned and excelled at men's tailoring. She later devoted over thirty years of service to the Metropolitan School of Tailoring as an Instructor. She met William in a Sunday School Class of the Greater Saint John Church Baptist of Chicago. She was united in holy matrimony to Mr. William Vanderbilt Knox on June 27, 1948 by Reverend C. N. Ellis. They were married over fifty years when William passed in May, 1999. They had a very happy life together. They spent fifty years spoiling each other. As a member of Greater Saint John Church Baptist, she served as the Treasurer of the Service Guild for over thirty years.
Irene and William moved to Atlanta in December, 1997 to be near her family. They lived with their goddaughters, Irene and Juleen with help from Dottie, Burnell and Terrence. Thanks to you for your love! She leaves to cherish her memory, two sisters, Mrs. Dottie J. Binns and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester
Thompson (Burnell); goddaughters, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Stegall (Irene), Ms. Juleen F. Jackson
(Mr. Michael Edwards) and Ms. Susan Smith; godson, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Grimble, Ill (Tres); and a host of nieces and nephews.
TO MY FAMILY I Thought of You and Said A Little Prayer! This morning when I awakened and saw the sun above, I softly said, "Good Morning. Lord, bless everyone I Love!" Right away I thought ofyou and said a little prayer that He would bless you specially and keep you free from care! I thought of all the happiness a day could hold in store: I wished it all for you because no one deserves it more. I felt so warm inside, my heart was all aglow. I know GOD heard my prayer for you, He hears them all you know!!!
LOVE, Irene
PROCESSIONAL ....................................................................................... "Blessed Assurance" SELECTION ..................................................................................................... "What a Friend"
SCRIPTURE READINGS: The Old Testament The New Testament
PRAYER .............................. ..... .................................................... .The Reverend Jamison Collier SOLO ............................................................................................................... Ms. Bonita Moore EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE: (Three minutes, please) SOLO ............................................................................................................. Ms. Kay Alexander EULOGY .................................................................................... The Reverend Charles A. Harper SELECTION ...................................................................................................... Mr. Jarvis Wilson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... Pollard Funeral Home
RECESSIONAL ............................................................................ ........ .... "Highway to Heaven"
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery 2275 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, Northwest
Atlanta, Georgia
Dinner will be served at the church.
Christopher Stegall Eric Thompson, Sr. Theodore Grimble, Ill
Terrence Jackson Eric Thompson, Jr. Reverend Jamison Collier
Nieces