- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mr. Herman 'Pop' Mason, Sr., November 8, 1930-September 2, 2000, Saturday, September 9, 2000, 11:00 A.M., Greater Hopewell CME Church, 604 Cooper Street, Atlanta, GA 30310, Reverend Stephen Delaine, Officiating, Reverend Herman "Skip" Mason, Jr., Eulogist & Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2000-09-09
- 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 Herman Mason, Sr. Birth date: November 8, 1930. Death date: September 2, 2000. Funeral date: September 9, 2000. Church: Greater Hopewell CME 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: 83
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_masonhermansr20000909
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_masonhermansr20000909
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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