- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Edith Smith May, 1915-2012, October 18, 2012, 1:00 pm, Smith Chapel AME Church, 183 Mayson Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Toni Ingram, Officiant, Reverend Kenneth Smith, Eulogist
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2012-10-18
- 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 Edith Smith May. Birth date: January 17, 1915. Death date: October 12, 2012. Funeral date: October 18, 2012. Church: Smith Chapel AME 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_mayedithsmith20121018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mayedithsmith20121018
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Edith Smith
October 18, 2012 1:00pm
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183 Mayson Avenue Atlanta, Georgia
Prelude (Instrumental) Processional ............................"This Little Light of Mine"
Hymn .....................................................Congregation "Blessed Assurance"
Invocation ................................ Reverend Charles Gulatt
Comfort from the Scriptures .......... . Old Testament Reverend Janice Dukes New Testament Reverend Eddie Henley
Reflections .................................... Mrs. Shirley Bridges ....................................... Mrs. Mary Harper ........................ ................. Mrs. Lena Jones
Solo ............................................ Mrs. Lesley Glanton
Silent Reflections ......................................Congregation
(Congregation will read Obituary silently)
Selection ............................................................ Choir
Eulogy .. .... ....... .......................Reverend Kenneth Smith
Acknowledgements ..... Donald Trimble Mortuary Services
Recessional (Instrumental) ........................"I'll Fly Away"
Pallbearers -Smith Chapel Steward Board, Nephews Flower Ladies- Smith Chapel Stewardess Board, Nieces
Interment Washington Memorial Cemetery
Atlanta, Georgia
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Verse 1: Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine! 0 what a foretaste ofglory divine Heir ofsalvation, purchase ofGod, Bom ofHis spirit, washed in His blood
Chorus: This is my story, This is my song, Praising my Savior, All the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long
Verse 2: Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions ofrapture now burst on my sight, Angels descending, bring from above Echoes ofmercy, whispers oflove
The Family