- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Mr. William Forrest Moody, Sr., October 24, 1919-December 3, 1994, Wednesday, December 7, 1994, 1:00 P.M., Springfield Baptist Church, Hogansville, Georgia, Reverend Joseph A. McGuire, Pastor, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1994-12-07
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Hogansville---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Hogansville--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Hogansville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, Hogansville, 33.17318, -84.91494
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for William Forrest Moody, Sr. Birth date: October 24, 1919. Death date: December 3, 1994. Funeral date: December 7, 1994. Church: Springfield Baptist Church (Hogansville, 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: 371
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_moodywilliamforrest19941207
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_moodywilliamforrest19941207
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Prelude ................................................................ Organist Rev. Richard Lankford
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Reflections: One church member, community member,. family _ member (Two minutes please)
Obituary (read silently)
Solo.........................................................................Mrs. Velma Spearman.
Eulogy...................................................................Rev. Joseph McGuire
Solo.......................................................................Ms.Carol A. Terrell
Acknowledgements
Recessional............................................"When We All Get To Heaven"
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Mr. William F. Moody, Sr. was born October 24, 1919, to the late Swanson Moody and Avis Priscilla Swanson in Troup County, Georgia. He departed this earthJy,<.life on $aturday, December 3, 1994, with praises on his lips' and song in his heart. At 'the time of his demise, he was at home, 102 Leverett Road, Hogansville. (Two sons, Franklin and James preceded Mr. Moody in death.)
Mr. Moody spent the ear~ier..y~ars of his life in Hogansville where
he met and married Ruth James. .:To this union 11 children were
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Mr. Moody relocated to Newark, New Jersey in 1954. . He was
employed with the General Baking Company and later with .the
Harrison Baking Company in Harrison, New Jersey. His
employment remained with the Harrison Baking Company until his
retirement in '1985. . Immediately folloWing his retirement, he
returned to Hogansville.
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While in New Jersey, Mr. Moody united 'with the First Born Church of the Living God, under the late Reverend George Young and became an ordained Deacon in 1959. When he returned to Hogansville in 1985, he became an active member of the Springfield Baptist Church, where he served faithfully as a Deacon until his health began to fail him.
William Forrest Moody, Sr., was a person whose devotion to his family was marked by gentle strength and firm guidance. He was also one whose love of life, sense of direction and down-to-earth wisdom was unsurpassable.
Those left to cherish his memories include his beloved wife of 56 years, Mrs. Ruth Moody; five (5) sons, William Forrest Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, Charles and Arnold, Newark, New Jersey, Alim and Thomas, Hogansville, Four (4) daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Cupe and
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Ms. Shirley Moody, Newark, Ne\\' Jersey, Mrs. Everlena Coleman of Hogansville, and Mrs. Avis Cov1:itrd.of Greenville, Ga., Two (2) brothers,' Merrial Moody of Hoganville and Charles Reed of Newark,. New Jersey; Twenty-eight grandchildren; 23 great : grandchildren; a host of brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, daughtersin-law; nieces, nephews and other devoted relatives and friends.
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The family expresses since:re appreciation for all your kind deeds during our time of bereavement. We solicit your prayers for strength as we cc:ntinue to heal. May God richly bless each of you.
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