- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebrating the Homegoing of Martina McCain, Friday, February 17, 2005, 12 Noon, Greenwood Cemetary (Graveside Service), Atlanta, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-17
- 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 Martina Abigail McCain. Birth date: March 26, 1923. Death date: February 8, 2006. Funeral date: February 17, 2005. Church: Greenwood Cemetary (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: 175
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_mccainmartinaabigail20080217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mccainmartinaabigail20080217
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
11Mama touched many hearts~ she was someone who reached for your hand when you needed her. So we don~t cry because her physical presence is ove~ but smile because she was here to be mothe~ grandmothe~ wife and friend to so many. We loved her not only for who she was~ but who we became when we were with her."
Larry Pittman Kwanza Hall KhobiHall Doyle Cloyd
Marvin Cloyd Darnell Cloyd Whitney Ha"is Sherman Sawyer
The family would like to extend their deep appreciation for caretakers Charlene Philpot and Carrie Middleton for their support and tireless contribution to their mother~s care.
Friday, February 17, 2005
12 NOON
Greenwood Cemetary
(Graveside Service)
Atlanta, Georgia
M artina Abigail McCain was born March 26, 1913 in Wagner,
Oklahoma. She was the only child of Lewis and Alice Rose. Around the age of one the family relocated to Chicago, Illinois where she lived until 1978.
M artin a was educated in the Chicago Public School System. In 1928, she married William Cloyd and to this union eight children were born; William, Darnell, Marvin, Wayne, Audrey, Rochelle, Rita and Evelyn. All four of her sons preceded her in death.
~'Bubbie'~ as she was affectionately called, was remarried in 1964 to Douglas McCain, who preceded her in death (May 2004). In 1978, Martina and her husband (Douglas) relocated to Atlanta, Ga. where she lived until her death. For the past several years Martina and Douglas lived with her youngest daughter, Evelyn who cared for both until their deaths.
B ubbie was committed to social justice and her political activist work. She is remembered for her work in the 1940s-50s for rent control, working in the air plane plants during the World War II, fighting for justice of the Scottsboro Boys, attending the historic March on Washington in 1963. She was a member of Operation Breadbasket and after moving to Atlanta, Ga. She worked many years for the NAACP and volunteered on various political campaigns including those of former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young.
Bubbie was always a willing worker who found no time to complain about whatever obstacles she faced. She understood her role as mother, wife and community worker and eagerly worked for the improvement of African Americans. Although she was a petite lady, she stood tall against the many adversities of life raising eight children during a period when times were tough and African American families also had to face blatant racism.
B ubbie made her final transition February 8, 2006. She leaves to cherish her memory: loving daughters, Audrey Booker (St. Clair), Rochelle Sesley Games), Evelyn "Cookie" Hall (Leon), Rita Cloyd; daughters-in-law Gwendolyn Cloyd and Ernestine Cloyd; step children, Delores and Dennis McCain; grandchildren, Larry Pittman, I<im Pittman, Marvin Cloyd, Wendy Cloyd, Darryl Cloyd, Doyle Cloyd, Darnell Cloyd (Collette), Bwia Sesley, Kwanza Hall (Natalie), Erin Cloyd, Audrey Cloyd, I<hobi Hall, William Cloyd III, Whitney Harris; two nieces, Onnie and Willadene; one sister-in-law, Lilly McCain (Roy); a host of great-grand children, nieces, nephews and friends.