- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Memorial Services for Ms. Gwendolyn Clark-McLean, Sunrise: May 14, 1953 - Sunset: May 12, 2013, Saturday, May 18, 2013, 11:00 A.M., Flat Rock Community Church, 4542 Evans Mill Road, Lithonia, Georgia 30038, Reverend Binita Miles, 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:
- 2013-05-18
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lithonia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Gwendolyn Clark McLean. Birth date: July 30, 1915. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: July 6, 2004. Church: Chapel of Hutchings Funeral Home. 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_mcleangwendolynclark20130518
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mcleangwendolynclark20130518
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
(~nd now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therifore will I offer in his tabernacle sacnjices ofjqy; I will sing, yea, I will singpraises unto the Lord " Psalm 27:6
Ms. Gwendolyn Clark-McLean, the second of three children, was born on May 14, 1953 in Fulton County to the late Willie Clark and Bertha (Polly) Clark. She has one sister, Eleanor Nolden and one brother, Stanley Clark. Gwendolyn departed our presence to be in the presence of the Lord on May 12, 2013.
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She was educated at Bruce Street Elementary School and Lithonia High School in
Del(alb County, Georgia. She also attended Minosa Beauty School in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Gwen was a beautician, bus driver and food serv1ce worker for Del(alb County School System for twenty-eight years until her health failed.
Gwen joined Flat Rock United Methodist Church at an early age. She served as a faithful member of the choir.
In 1971, Gwen and William was joined in holy matrimony. To this union was born one daughter, Arlanda Allen-Fleming.
She is survived by one daughter, Arlanda Allen-Fleming; mother, Bertha Clark; one sister, Eleanor Nolden; one brother, Stanley (fareyton) Clark; two nephews, Darius Clark and Jarvis (Ashley) Clark; one niece, Tabatha Nolden; two great-nieces, I<rista McFadden and Jadia Clark; a host of uncles, aunts, other relatives and friends.
Processional
Selection
Flat Rock Community Church Choir
Scripture Readings Old Testament New Testament
Prayer
., Solo
Pastor Abel Johnson
Christ Deliverance Tabernacle of Grace
Pastor Abel Johnson
Christ Deliverance Tabernacle of Grace
Remarks (Three Minutes, Please)
Obituary (Read Silently) Solo Solo Closing Remarks
The Family
Iris Samuel Agnes Waites
Soft Music Tonya Cooper Pastor Shorter Tommy Gibson
Acknowledgements
Tri-Cities Funeral Home
Recessional
To everyfollower ofthe Lor~ there comes a time when the voice ofGod will sqy) (Welcome Home".
The sound of (Welcome Home" is something that every traveler longs to hear. It means thatyou are in aplace. whereyou areful!J embrace~ welcome~ appreciate~ and enjqyed. Most ofal~ it meansyou're in the presence ofthose who loveyou.
....
To everyone that spoke a kind word, sent a card or flowers, we thank you. To
everyone that visited during the brief time of her illness, or whatever act of kindness
shared, we thank you. In time, our burden will become lighter and only sweet
memories will remain. We thank you for all the sympathy and expressions of love
shown in this transition period of our lives. May God richly bless you as you pray
for us, we will pray for you. We love you.
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