- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Rinah C. McConnell, January 2, 1920-April 3, 2016, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 11:00 A.M., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Byron E. Thomas, Senior Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2016-04-14
- 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 Rinah Carr McConnell. Birth date: July 10, 1907. Death date: August 29, 1998. Funeral date: August 31, 1998. Church: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (Adairsville, 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_mcconnellrinahc20160414
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mcconnellrinahc20160414
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Seth Mann F. B. McConnell Mickey C. McConnell, Jr.
Darryl Norton Dennis Spears Sean Watson
Rudo ph McCollum Robert Pope
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The Jewels and Partners Ben Hill United Methodist Church
The possession of family and friends is a priceless gift from God for which we are eternally grateful. Thank you for caring and sharing during the homegoing of our loved one.
MURRAY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
404-349-3000 1199 Utoy Springs Road, Southwest
(corner ofCascade Rd, near 1-185)
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
MKO Graphics & Printers, Inc. 404-931-7230
HOMEGOING CELEBRATION FOR
January 2, 1920- April3, 2016
Thursday, April14, 2016 ..... 11:00 A.M.--
BEN HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
2099 Fairburn Road, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia
Reverend Byron E. Thomas, Senior Pastor Officiating
Rinah C. McConnell, a woman from humble beginnings, was blessed with courage and a great vision for her life. She was born in Fayette, Alabama, the middle child of six children born to Earl and Belle Carr. Under the guidance of her devoted parents, she received Christ at an early age.
Rinah graduated from the Fayette County Training School; and shortly thereafter married her high school sweetheart, Eckford McConnell. After the birth of their children and her husband's service in the US Army Air Corp, she convinced him to attend college. They moved to Montgomery, Alabama where he enrolled in the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes (Alabama State University). The following year Rinah also enrolled in college. So, for three years, the entire family was in school. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Alabama State in the spring of 1954. The family joined her husband in Gadsden, Alabama where he had begun teaching elementary school; and she began her 41 year career as an elementary school teacher.
Rinah loved teaching and taught school until she was seventy-five years of age. She delighted in chance encounters with her former students; and she loved to recount fond memories of special activities enjoyed with her classes.
After her marriage to Eckford ended in divorce, Rinah boarded a train on her way to a teaching position in Florida. During an overnight layover in Atlanta, she met a stranger (perhaps an angel) who persuaded her to settle in Atlanta, instead. By the end of the following day, she had a place to live and a scheduled job interview. Initially, while teaching in Atlanta, she also worked for the Federal Government as a relocation worker in an Urban Renewal Project and attended classes at Atlanta (Clark Atlanta) and Colorado State Universities.
Rinah's career is noted for her philanthropic and social involvement. She was a member of the Georgia Partners, an exchange group hosting families from around the world. As a participant in this program, she traveled to Brazil and enjoyed staying with a host family. She was a long time member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Continentals; and a founding member and President of the College Park Chapter. The Continentals conduct a number of projects benefitting the schools and hospitals in the metro-Atlanta area. Rinah was one of the first African American members of the Ben Hill United Methodist Church. She served as the superintendent of Sunday school and a member of the Jewels and Partners.
After retiring from the Atlanta Public Schools, Rinah traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean Islands.
WhilelivingwithherdaughterinWashington,DC,RinahworshippedattheisraelMetropolitan CME Church and was a member of the Ruby Bell Missionary Circle. She was also an active participant at the Model Cities Senior Wellness Center.
Rinah is survived by her daughter, Charlotte L. McConnell; son, Mickey C. McConnell; grandchildren, Chrissey Jackson and Mickey C. McConnell, Jr.; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; loving nieces and nephews; cousins; and a group of devoted and caring friends.
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL HYMN OF CELEBRATION ....................... Hit Is Well with My Soul" ............................. UMH#377 SCRIPTURE:
Old Testament, Psalm 23 .................................................................... Reverend Lavell Sanders New Testament, John 14:1-6 .......................................................... Reverend Belinda McCastle PRAYER OF COMFORT ........................................................................ .... Reverend Arundel Hope CELEBRATION IN SONG.............. ................. HI Won't Complain" ............ ................. Keith Wilson WORDS OF COMFORT ...............................................................Reverend Dr. Walter Kimbrough CELEBRATION IN SONG................... uMy Soul Has Been Anchored" ....................... Keith Wilson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RECESSIONAL.............................................................................................................. ul'll Fly Away"
Westview Cemetery 1680 Westview Drive, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia
U~t Ben Hill
Church