- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Howard Lee McCoy, Sunrise: July 19, 1942 - Sunset: September 9, 2012, Monday, September 19, 2012, 11:00 a.m., Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 2340 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur, Georgia 30034, Reverend Jerry Black, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2012-09-19
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Decatur---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Decatur--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Howard Lee McCoy. Birth date: January 20, 1920. Death date: April 3, 2016. Funeral date: April 14, 2016. Church: Ben Hill United Methodist 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_mccoyhowardlee20120919
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mccoyhowardlee20120919
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Homegoing Celebration
For
:J-{owarcfLee McCoy
Sunrise
Sunset
ju(y 19, 1942 - Seytember 9, 2012
Monday, September 19, 2012 ll:OOa.m.
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2340 Clifton Springs Road Decatur, Georgia 30034
Reverend Jerry Black, Pastor
()jficiating
-.&- On Sunday, ~el1te1lrtNf''Y.
from labor to reward He waa preceded in death by
mother, Vera McCoy and sister, Ollie Mae Cofer.
He leaves to cherish his memory wife, Alberta McCoy, one daughter, Traci McCoy Cowell (Johnny) and one step-son, Larry Sheppard (Ellen), two brothers, Robert Cofer (Julia), MiltonAkiens (Lyn), a devoted nephew Jerald Cofer; seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and a host ofnieces, nephews, other relatives andfriends.
John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe
also in me. 21n my Father's house are many mansions: ifit
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
.for
I gt! antiprepare a place for you, I will come
_,.,_,:;J!tJl:tmto myself; that where I am, there
Order ofService Prelude Processional Musical Selection .....................Beulah Baptist Choir Scripture Readings Old Testament ..........................Rev. Earl Cornwell New Testament ......................... .Rev. Freddy McCray Prayer ...... .............................Rev. Jesse Henderson Tributes ofRemembrance (Three Minutes, Please) Major Warner Musical Selection ... ................. Beulah Baptist Choir Eulogy ... ................................. Pastor Jerry D. Black Acknowledgement Recessional Postlude
Interment Washington Memorial Gardens
700 Jordan Lane ~"'"tur, Georgia
A Special Dad
A special dad is hard to find, You dad I'm keeping in my mind, I wishedyou could have stayed forever, I will never forget you oh not ever.
The distance may seem to keep us apart,
But dad you will always remain in my heart.
A special smile, a special face, a special someone I
can't replace, I love you and I always will, You hold a space in my heart
that no one will everfill.
Peaceful Flight
Weep not for me though I am gone into that gentle night.
Grieve ifyou will, but not for long upon my soul's sweet flight.
I am at peace, my soul's at rest There is no needfor tears~ ..
For with your love I was so blessed. For all those many years. ,
There is no pain, I suffer not, The fear now all is gone.
Put now these things out ofyour thoughts, In your memory I live on.
Remember not my fight for breath Remember not the strife.
Please do not dwell upon my death, But celebrate my life.
CJ1P nmneth over.
sMllfollow
me all the
my life:
And I will dwell in the house ofthe LORD forever.
Pallbearers & Flower Bearers Volunteers
Funeral Arrangements Entrusted to: Donald Trimble Mortuary 1876 Second Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30316 (404) 371 -0772
Acknowledgement
Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair; Perhaps
you sent a floral piece, ifso we saw it there. Perhaps you prayed
a sincere prayer, or come to pay a call; Perhaps you sang a
cheerful song, ifso, we heard it all; Perhaps you spoke the kindest
words, as anyfriend could say; Perhaps you were not there at all,
JUSt thought ofus that day; Perhaps you prepared a tasty dish, or
be
Perhaps you rendered a service unseen
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
Whalever was the kindly part, we thank