- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Memorial Services for the late Dr. J.W.E. Linder at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church, Sunday, April 28, 1940, 11:00am under the auspices of The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Date of Original:
- 1940-04-28
- Subject:
- African American men--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 J.W. E. Linder. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: April 28, 1939. Funeral date: April 28, 1940. Church: Big Bethel A.M.E. 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 6
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_linderjwe19400428
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_linderjwe19400428
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Memorial Services
FOR THE LATE
DR. J. W. DER
AT
Big Bethel A. M. E. Church SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1940
11:00 A.M. Under The Auspices of Th e
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY
PROGRAMME
Processional ............................................................................................................Choir Hymn............Lord in the Morning Thou Shalt Hear-381 C. M. Prayer.......................................................................................Rev. Charlotte Gore Selection .....................................................................................................................Choir Scripture....................................................................................Rev. D. T. Babcock Solo ..................................................................................................................Bro. Furlow Consecration.......................................Conducted by (Rev.) Miss Gore In Memory.............................................................................Rev. D. T. Babcock Sweet Hour of Prayer..................................................................................Choir Invitation ..............................................................................................................Pastor Offering Announcements Communion
Note: The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will conduct a brief ceremony at the cemetery immediately after this service.
IN MEMORIAM OF DR. J. W. E. LINDER
Dr. Linder fell victim to an acute apoplectic stroke while enroute home from a Bigger and Better Business Program on which he had been the final sneaker. From this affliction he did not rally and left us four days later (April 28, 1939).
Dr. Linder was of cne of the first families of Georgia, being the son of the late Congressman George W. Linder, of the Georgia House of Representatives during the Reconstruction Period. At the time of his death he was a member of the E xecutive Board of the National Medical A ssociation , a trustee of Morris Brown College , Chairman of the Steward Board of Big Bethel A. M. E. Church, Chairman of the official Atlanta delegation to the 1940 African Methodist Episcopal General Conference in Detroit, Mich., General Chairman of the 1939 Citizens' Committee of the N ational Negro Health Week Carnpaign, and a goodwill envoy to the forthcomin g pageant in Jackson, Miss., which commemorates "Seventy-five Years of Prog r ess" by the Negro, having been appointed to this position by Gov-ernor E. D. Rivers, Chid Executive of the State of Georgia.
Dr. Linder was t he co-found er and fi r~t President of the Lambda Sigma (Graduate) Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma F rat ernity a nd w a s the guidin g light in this Chapter until his death. He was Chairman of the official delegation to the 1938 Con cla\ e of t~e P hi Beta Sigma Fraternity held in Winston-Salem , N. C.
He enjoyed a very lucrat iv e m edical practice in the Cit y of Atlanta for over 30 years. He was an ex -President of the Atlanta Medica l Association and the Georgia State Medical Association . He was loved by all who knew him. H e was known f or his int egrity, his loyalty, and his aggressiveness. His influence will long be felt fo r his Progressive Prog rams- not only in the fieid of medicine, but in every phase of lffe which vitally concern s our r a ce.