- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Rites for Sadie Gray Mays, (1900-1969), She had special concern for the young, the aged the disadvantaged, the poor. She did what she could to help them., Wednesday Afternoon, Three O'Clock, October 15, 1969, Morehouse College, Archer Hall, Atlanta, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1969-10-15
- 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 Sadie Gray Mays. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: October 15, 1969. Church: Morehouse College (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_mayssadiegray19691015
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mayssadiegray19691015
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Ivan Allen Mrs. Jack Boozer James P. Brawley Oswald P. Bronson Calvin A. Brown Louis C. Brown John Browner James B. Ellison Charles G. Gomillion Charles W. Greene Vivian W. Henderson Maynard Jackson
Board or Directors, Happy Haven Home
Thomas D. Jarrett Albert E. Manley Mrs. James W. Mayo John A. Middleton Samuel M. Nabrit
Maceo Nance Harry V. Richardson
C. Miles Smith Roswell 0. Sutton
Prince E. Wilson Asa G. Yancey
Carthur Drake Tobe Johnson Juliu~ A. Lockett
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Claude B. Dansby and Franklin L. Forbes In charge o f Usher~
Charles W. Merideth Charlie J. Moreland
Waldo E. Whatley
Members of the following groups are invited to sit behind the family in the center section of the auditorium:
The faculty and staff of Morehouse Co!Jege The trustees of Morehouse College The presidents of UNCF Colleges
The members of the Morehouse Auxil1iary The trustees of West Mitchell CME Church Members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Funeral Rites for
Sadie (jrau vaus
(1900-1969)
She had special concern for the young, the aged the disadvantaged, the poor. She did what she could to help them. Wednesday Afternoon, Three 0 'Clock October 15, 1969 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ARCHER HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA
ORDER OF SERVJ CE
Presiding: The Right Reverend Peter Randolph Shy Presiding Bishop Six th Episcopal District Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Prelude- Meditation on " Balm in Gilead" .. . ..... ....... . . . ..... .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. ... . ...... . . . . . Davies A Solemn Melody, Dr. Wendell P. Whalum, Organist
Pro cessio n al
Hym n- " Alleluia! The Strife Is O'er" . . .. . ...... . ............ . ................ . . . . . .... . ..... Francis Pott
1. The strife is o'er, the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun:
2. The powers of death have done their worst, But Christ their legions hath dispersed; Let shouts of holy joy outburst:
3. The three sad days are quickly sped, He rises glorious from the dead; All glory to our risen Head!
4. Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee, From death 's dread sting Thy servants free, That we may live and sing to Thee:
Reading of the Scriptures Old Test ament- Psalms 91 ....... . ...... . ....................................The Reverend Fred Lofton Minister, First African Baptist Church Columbus, Georgia
New Testament- I Corinthians 15 :20 . . .. .... . . .. . ..... . ... . ... . . . . .. .. . ... . The R everend William V. Guy College Minister, Morehouse College
Prayer . .. ......... . . .. . . ... . ........ . . ........ . . ... . .. . .... . . . .. . .. . .. . . .The Reverend Lu cius H. Pitts President , Miles College Birmingham, Alabama
Morehouse College Glee Club- "Our Father" . . . .. ... .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . .... . . . ...... .. . . . . .... . . .Malotte-Werle Soloist : Daryl McGhee, Tenor
TRIBUTES
(Three Minutes)
The Reverend Martin Luther King , Sr. Minister, Ebenezer Baptist Church
The Reverend Samuel W. Williams Minister, Friendship Baptist Church
The Reverend Amos Ryce Minister , Bethel C.M.E. Church
Cordele, Georgia
The Reverend E. Clayton Calhoun President, Paine College Augusta , Georgia
Dr. Hugh M. Gloster President, Morehouse College
William Inmon Director, Happy Haven Home
The Reverend E.H. Hicks Minister, West Mitchell C.M .E. Church
Morehouse College Glee Club- "Jesus, I Give To Thee" ..... . .. . ...... . . . .......... . ......... . ... . . . .. Reese Jesus, I give to Thee, The loveliest and best. My life in Thee, Thy life in me, In Thy blest love I rest.
Soloist: William P . King III , Baritone
Eulogy .. .. ... . . . ...... . ..... . . . .. .. .. . . . ......... . . . ...... .. .. . . . . . . ... The Reverend Lucius M. Tobin Professor of Religion Benedict College
Columbia, South Carolina
Hymn- " Integer Vitae" ...... . . . . ... . . . .. ........ .. . . . .. . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . ... ......... Horace, 65-8, B.C
1. He who is upright, kind, and free fro m error, Needs not the aid ofarms or men to guard him; Safely he moves, a child to guilty terrors, Strong in his virtues.
2. What though he journey o'er the burning desert, Or climb alone the dreadful, dangerous mountains, Or taste the waters of the famed Hydaspes, God will attend him
Re cessional- "For AU The Saints" .... . . . .. . . ..... ..... .. .. .. ..... ........ .. .. ... .. ... . .. William W. Ho w
1. For all the saints who from their labors rest,
3. 0 may thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Who thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old.
0 .Jesus, be forever blest.
And win with them the victor's crown ofgold.
2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
4. But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day; The saints triumphant rise in bright array; The King of Glory passes on his way.
5. From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son , and Holy Ghost.
Interment- South View Cemetery