- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mr. Leroy McKenzie, Sr., Monday, July 11, 2005, 12:00 Noon, Watkins West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph Abernathy Blvd., SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, Reverend John Russell Strickland, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2005-07-11
- 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 Leroy McKenzie, Sr. Birth date: November 28, 1962. Death date: December 20, 2011. Funeral date: December 27, 2011. Church: Fairfield Baptist Church (Lithonia, 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: 31
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_mckenzieleroysr20050711
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mckenzieleroysr20050711
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Officiating
Obituary
After a lengthy illness Leroy McKenzie departed this life on Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Leroy was born on April 6, 1948 in Woodstock, Georgia to Elizabeth Mapp and the late Jessie McKenzie.
At an early age Leroy joined Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Roswell, Georgia. Later he transferred his membership to Clear Spring Baptist Church, in Alpharetta, Georgia where he became a member with his two sons.
Leroy graduated from Bailey Johnson High School in Alpharetta, Georgia in 1966. After graduation he married the late Ida Mae Lovelace, to this union was born two sons.
Prior to his illness, Leroy worked at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia and Ford Auto, Inc. in Hapeville, Georgia.
Leroy leaves to celebrate his home going, two sons, Bruce and Leroy, Jr.; his mother, Elizabeth Mapp; four grandchildren; a half brother and sister, James P. Pickens and Hazel Redding; five aunts, Barbara Wilson, Jewell M. Hill, Clara Lou Tatum, Alice M. Grants and Susie Pickens; six uncles, John Albert Foster, ]. W McKenzie, John W. Pickens, Joe McKenzie, Charles Pickens, and Paul McKenzie; and a host ofrelatives and friends.
Order Of Service
Reverend Sabin P. Strickland, Presiding Prelude .........................................Musician Professional. ................Clergy, Family & Friends Scripture Reading..........Rev. Sabin P. Strickland
The Old Testament & New Testament Prayer........................Rev. Sabin P. Strickland Selection ..................................Congregation
uWhat A Friend We Have In Jesus" Remarks (3 minutes please) .... Family & Friends Obituary (Read Silently) ..................Soft Music Eulogy ..................Rev. John Russell Strickland Acknowledgments .............Watkins Funeral Staff Recessional
Interment & Dove Releasing Lincoln Cemetery
2275 Simpson Road, NW Atlanta, Georgia