- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Ruby Mae Whidby Marsh, Monday, August 15, 2005, 1"00 P.M., Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 989 Walter Davis, Sr. Drive, Macon, GA, The Reverend Ernest L. Gordon, Pastor, The Reverend Terence R. Gray, Officiant
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2005-08-15
- 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 Ruby Mae Whidby Marsh. Birth date: August 26, 1914. Death date: August 8, 2005. Funeral date: August 15, 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_marshrubymaewhidby20050815
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_marshrubymaewhidby20050815
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
My Journey
Don't think of me as gone away, My journey just begun.
Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one.
Just think of me as resting From sorrow and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days or years. And think of me as living In the hearts of those I touched, For nothing loved is ever lost And I was loved so much.
Pallbearers
Mr. Ronald Alexander
Mr. Wendell Pointer
Mr. John H. Davis
Mr. Patrick Thompkins
Mr. Michael Hunt
Mr. Andrew Whidby
Homegoing Celebration for
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MRS. RUBY MAE WHIDBY MARSH
Acknowledgment
The family is grateful for all acts of kindness extended during the illness and death of our loved one. Thanks for your prayers and presence. May God continue to bless each of you.
The Marsh Family
Mortuary Services and Arrangements entrusted to:
"Middle Georgia's TRUE Trendsetters"
HICKS and SONS Mortuary, Inc.
2233 Anthony Road, West @ Henderson Drive Macon, Georgia 31204-5823
Phone:478-788-4300; Fax:478-78l-5500 E-mail: chicks02@bellsouth.net
~onda~August15,2005
1:00 P.M.
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal
Church
989 Walter Davis, Sr. Drive Macon, GA
_______ The Reverend Ernest L. Gordon, Pastor
..._The Reverend Terence R. Gray, Officiant ~
Summarium
MRS. RUBY MAE WHIDBY MARSH was born August 26, l9l4 to Mr. Andrew Whidby & Mrs. Leola Green Whidby in Jones County, GA.
Ruby was joined in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Nebraska Marsh on December 23, l934.
She was a former member of Lomax Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Detroit, Ml, where she served on the Nurses Guild. Ruby moved to Macon and joined St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Easter Sunday in 2000.
Her ultimate desire was to come to St. Paul one more time and to see the new church being erected.
Mrs. Marsh was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters and one brother. God and His infinite wisdom summoned the soul of our beloved to eternal rest on Monday, August 8, 2005.
She leaves to cherish her memories: two sisters, Mrs. Annie W. Williams and Mrs. Amelia M. Curry, Macon, GA; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Whidby, Detroit, MI; two devoted caregivers, Ms. Geraldine W. Ware and Ms. Maxine H. Dumas, Macon; a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces, great-greatnephews, cousins and friends.
"We Are Together Again"
God saw that you were getting tired And a cure was not meant to be. So He put His arms around you, And whispered, "Come with me".
With tearful eyes, we watch you suffer, we saw you fade away.
Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands were put to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us
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Order Of Service
Prelude The Processional ........... Minister, Pallbearers & Family
Hymn .. ...... ............... .... .... The Choir and Congregation Prayer of Consolation .............. Pastor Ernest L. Gordon Liturgy of The Word
Old Testament ........ .. The Reverend Chris Cabiness New Testament ............. The Reverend Tim Booker Solo .. .................................... ...... Sister Barbara Boddy Silent Reading of the Summarium ................ Soft Music Acknowledgment ........................ Sister Dorothy Lamar Selection ............................................................. Choir The Eulogy ...................... The Reverend Terence R. Gray Hymn of Assurance ................. Choir and Congregation
"My Faith Look Up To Thee# 415 Postlude The Recessional ......... Minister, Pallbearers and Family Interment ............................. Woodlawn Memorial Park
2005 Woodlawn Drive Macon, GA
Repast ............ St. Paul A.M.E. Church Fellowship Hall
