- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Bobbie Mae Mitchell, Sunrise January 24, 1935, Sunset July 2, 2003, Monday July 7, 2003, 11:00 am, Rust Chapel UMC, Oxford, Georgia, Rev. Quincy Felder, Officiating Pastor, Rev. John Jewel, Eulogist, Assisted By Others
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2003-07-07
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Oxford--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Oxford--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Oxford--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Oxford--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Oxford--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Oxford--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Oxford, 33.619, -83.86741
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Bobbie Mae Mitchell. Birth date: August 14, 1934. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: September 20, 2013. Church: West Hunter Street Baptist 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 446
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_mitchellbobbiemae20030707
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_mitchellbobbiemae20030707
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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1163 Reynolds St. Covington, Ga. 30015
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Repass at the Mt Zion Baptist Church......Qxford, Georgia
Sunrise January 24, 1935
Sunset July 2, 2003
Monday July 7, 2003 11:00 am
Rust Chapel UMC
Oxford, Georgia
Rev. Quincy Felder
Officiating Pastor
Rev. John Jewel
Eulogist
Assisted By Others
Obituary
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IN THE wiNTER of 19~5, iN OxfoRd GA. BobbiE MAE MiTcHELl WAS boRN TO THE
lATE RobERT ANd LoTTiE MAE {BRowN) MiTcl-tEll oN JANUARY 24. SI-tE wAs
pRECEdEd iN dEATH by~ bRoTHERs, WARREN, CoRNEilus ANd LoRENzo. AT AN EARLy AGE BobbiE GAVE HER H~Nd To God ANd joiNEd THE RusT CHApEL UMC WHERE SHE SERVEd AS A fAiTHful ANd dEdicATEd MEMbER UNTil HER HEALTH fAiLEd. SliE LovEd God ANd kNEW God. BobbiE wAs EducATEd AT THE.WAsl-tiNGToN ST. scl-foorANd wAs EMployEd wiil-t THE __EMoRy ColLEGE iN OxfoRd UNTil HER RETiREMENT. SI-tE WAS THE dEVOTEd MOTHER of fiVE SONS.
QuiETLy, oN THE MORNiNG of July 2, 200~ God wHispEREd ANd cALlEd BobbiE
HOME.
SI-tE LEAVES TO CHERisH HER MEMORiEs, 5 soNs: MR. & MRs. CoRNELius (SALly)
MiTcHEll, MR. & MRs. NATHANiEl {PATTi) JoNEs, MR. CALviN JoNEs, MR & MRs.
Phillip (CHANdRA) MiTCHEll ANd MR. RobERT MiTCHEll All of CoviNGTON, GA., l sisTER.,iN ... LAw: MRs. LAuRA MiTcl-tELl of CoviNGTON, GA. l AuNT: MRs. SARA WisE,
OxfoRd, GA. ~ NEPHEws: MR.& MRs. WARREN (ANN) MiTcl-tELl, UNioN CiTy, GA. MR. LoRENZO MiTcHEll, ANd MR. MiLEs MiTCHELl of CoviNGTON, GA.; dEVOTEd cousiNs: MR-;-AusTiN UsHER, MRs. MARY McLuRkiN, MRs. ViviAN HARRis of OxfoRd, GA.; ANd MRs. SARAH CARR of CoNyERS, GA. ANd A HOST of GRANd-'CHildREN, GREAT-'GRANdcHildREN, RElATiVES ANd fRiENds.
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Old Te.-6tament-Rev. Joe McKibben
N0W Te.-6tament-Rev. Benjamin FJta.n~n
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Rev. John T. ; ewe1
Ack.nowledgementA
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