- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Mrs. Mattie T. Reid Parks, Embraced Life on Earth: August 8, 1922, Embraced Life in Heaven: April 15, 2013, Saturday, April 20, 2013, Eleven O'Clock in the Morning, Donald Trimble Mortuary Chapel, 1876 Second Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30032, Pastor Herman Cody, Eulogist and Officiant, Greenforest Community Baptist Church
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2013-04-20
- Subject:
- African American women--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, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mattie T. Reid Parks. Birth date: April 28, 1936. Death date: April 21, 2001. Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel (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_parksmattietreid20130420
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_parksmattietreid20130420
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Don'tgrievefor me, for now I 'm free. I'm following the path God has laidfor me. I took his hands when I heard Him cal~
I turned my back and left it aiL Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don't lengthen it now with undue gnif. Lift upyour hears and share with me,
God wanted me now, HE SET ME FREE!
Family and Friends
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Pastor H erman Cody Eulogist and Officiant Greenforest Community Baptist Church
Mattie T. Reid Parks was born on August 8, 1922 to the late James A. and Annie M. Reid in Five Points, Alabama.
She departed this life on April 15, 2013 at Florence Hand Nursing Home in LaGrange, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eve T. Parks of Decatur, Georgia.
Mattie T. Reid Parks was an educator before becoming a Registered Nurse. She worked at Grady Hospital for a number of years before working at a general practitioner's clinic for some thirty years.
She was a faithful member of the Greenforest Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia.
Mattie T. Reid Parks is survived by: one brother, Joe Cameron of LaGrange, Georgia; one sister, Melba Cosby of Seaside, California; one aunt, Estella Trammell (105 years old) of Roanoke, Alabama; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Prelude
Processional
Selection
Choir
Scripture Readings Old Testament New Testament
Pastor C. W. Martin
Prayer
Pastor C. W. Martin
Selection
Choir
Remarks (Three Minutes, Please)
Family and Friends
Obituary (Read Silently)
Eulogy
Pastor Herman Cody
Acknowledgements
Donald Trimble Staff
Recessional
Postlude
Kennedy Memorial Gardens 2500 River Road
Ellenwood, Georgia 30294