- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Lela Bell Lovello, "A Gift From God": November 26, 1916 - "A Gift to God": August 12, 2003, A Celebration of Life, Service, Monday, August 18, 2003, 10:00 a.m., Kelly Temple C.O.G.I.C., 8-12 East 130th Street, New York, 10037, Bishop James Gaylord, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2003-08-18
- Subject:
- African American women--New York (State)--New York (State)--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--New York (State)--New York (State)--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York (State)---History--20th century
Funeral service--New York (State)--New York (State)--History--20th century
Mourning customs--New York (State)--New York (State)--History--20th century
African Americans--New York (State)--New York (State)--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Lela Bell Lovello. Birth date: November 26, 1916. Death date: August 12, 2003. Funeral date: August 18, 2003. Church: Kelly Temple C.O.G.I.C. (New York, N.Y.). 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_lovellolelabell20030818
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_lovellolelabell20030818
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
To 11Ga Ga 11
In tears we saw you sinking, And watched you fade away, Our hearts were almost broken,
We wanted you to stay.
But when we saw you sleeping, So peaceful, free from pain;
How could we wish you back with us, To suffer that again?
It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone;
For part of us went with you, The day God took you home.
Humbly Submitted The Family
In Appreciation The family wishes to express its deepest appreciation and
sincerest gratitude to everyone for all the acts of kindness shown to them during this time of bereavement.
May God bless you.
Services Entrusted to the Professional Care of ISAIAH OWENS FUNERAL SERVICE 2 I 6 Lenox Ave. at I 2 I st Street New York, N.Y. 10027
ENTOMBMENT Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum
770 Riverside Drive at I 53rd Street New York, N.Y. I 0032
FELLOWSHIP AFTER ENTOMBMENT St. Stephen's UMC
146 West 22Sth Street Bronx, N.Y. 10463
Corner of Marble Hill Ave. I Block west of Broadway
lela Bell lovello
A11 gift from God11 Nouember 2 6, I 9 I 6
..A gift to God.. August I2, 2003
ACELEBRATION Of LIFE
Seruice
Monday, August IS, 2003 - I0:00 a.m. Kelly Temple C.O.G.I.C. 8-12 East I 30th Street New York, 10037
Bishop James Gaylord, Pastor
Order Of Seruice
Prelude........................................................................... Organist
Processional ...................................................11Highway to Heaven..
Prayer of Comfort .........................Reo. Dr. Johnnie L Caesar, Pastor
Bushwick Parish UMC, Brookll:Jn
Hymn .............................................What a friend we have in Jesus..
Scripture ...................................Old Testament - Psalms 23 and 9 I
Solo .................................. Bro. Jimmy Wilson, Kelly Temple COGIC
Life of Mother Lela Lovello (Read in Silence)
Scripture ........................................... New Testament - John 14: 1-7
Reo. Arturo G. Maine, Pastor, St. Stephens UMC, Bronx
Ist Cor. I3: 1-7
Reflections ................................................................................. .
Solo ...................................Sis. Ernestine Harvey, St. Stephen's UMC
Eulogy .................... ~ ..................................... Bishop James Gaylord
Final Viewing ............................................................................. ..
Benediction .................................................................................
Recessional ......................................................Soon and Very Soon11
Obituary
Lela Bell Lovello was born in Orangeburg South Carolina on November 26. 1916 to the late Rebecca Owens and Rev. Samuel Daniels Sr. She was the youngest of eleven Children. She was Baptised at an early age, and was a member of Warren Chapel Baptist Church in South Carolina. Lela Bell was born again in I 960 when she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and joined Kelly Temple COG IC. She was a faithful and active member until her health failed her. At age 16, she migrated to New York to live with her uncle, the late Rev. Thomas Owens in Far Rockaway, New York. In 1940 she met her future husband, the late Conrad Caleb Lovello Sr. They married in March 1941. From this union four children were born. They were married 46 years before his death in 1987. Affectionately known as "GA Ga". to family and friends and "Mother Lovello" to the Saints of Kelly Temple COGIC . Lela was a domestic worker until she opened her own Day Care Center in I 964 . She was Care Giver to over I00 children from 1964 -1988 when she retired. In 1995. with her health failing with Alzheimer's Disease, she became a resident of The Bainbridge Nursing Home. She took ill on June 29, 2003 and was admitted to Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in the Bronx. N.Y. On August 12. 2003 at 9pm, her mansion was completed and she entered into eternal rest.
She leaves to cherish her memory Four Children: Conrad C. Lovello Jr. (Jacqueline) of Laurelton, NY. Janyce M. Lovello. of Stone Mountain, Ga. Dorothy A. Shepherd and Leslye E. Henley both of the Bronx. Six Grand Children. Joseph Lovello. Jade Jenkins. Traci Henley. Jeffrey Shepherd. Robert Henley and Edward Henley. Twelve Great Grandchildren, One sister Byrdie Chisolm of New York. Two adopted daughters. Anna Smalls of Concord Va. and Maxine Ziegler of the Bronx New York, nieces, nephews. cousins. friends, the six floor staff at the Bainbridge Nursing Home and the Kelly Temple COGIC Family.
"GA GA" was a soldier in the army of the Lord. She had a quiet, peaceful and loving spirit. Serving her God, serving others and doing whatever she could do to help the less fortunate. She celebrated life by being kind to others. This is her Legacy.
Lovingly, The Family