- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Service of Love and Celebration For The Life of Dovie Touchstone Patrick, Tuesday, April 12, 1994, 2:00 P.M., First Congregational Church, UCC, 105 Courtland Street, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Dr. Norman Rates, Interim Senior Minister, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1994-04-12
- Subject:
- African American women--North Carolina--Charlotte--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Charlotte--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Charlotte---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Charlotte--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Charlotte--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte--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 Dovie Touchstone Patrick. Birth date: August 6, 1952. Death date: July 25, 2005. Funeral date: July 30, 2005. Church: New Bethel Church of God In Christ (Charlotte, Nc.). 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: 685
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_patrickdovietouchstone19940412
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_patrickdovietouchstone19940412
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Jnllh~nr~rs
Albert M. Davis Douglas Greenwell James M. Hunter John Hall
James D. Palmer William B. Shropshire Clinton Warner
Jfinunrnr~ Jnllh~nr~rs
The Joymen's Club The Atlanta Guardsmen
The Atlanta Mules
Jfinunrnr~ ~s.cnrts
The Servettes Club The Missionary Society
The Social Club The Usher Board Atlanta Chapter, Circle-Lets A t ianta Chapter, l\i1oles, Inc. Koffee Klatchers Raggedy Ann Bridge Club Utopian Literary Club Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
~.c kunfttl~bg~m~ut
The open arms, outstretched hands, the warm and loving hearts; the good deeds done are never lost, each kindly act takes root, each bit of love we sow, in time will bear its fruits. The family extends thanks to each of you for these acts of love.
srvic By Profssion.ls ..
'.D"'""(J Cldmbf& .cM"ttua'~ !fue.
1878 Second Avenue Decatur. Georgie 30032
(404) 371-0772-3
MKO Grephica Printer (404) &23-1&80
~ ~~rui.c~ nf 1finue auh Qlel~hratinu Jtfnr '<filye 1fiie nf
~nuie '<finu.clystnrte Jatri.ck
Tuesday, April 12, 1994 -2:00P.M .-
J'fir9t C!Inngregntinnnl C!Iqur.cq, ~QIQI
105 Courtland Street, Northeast Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend Dr. Norman Rates Interim Senior Minister Officiating
~ouie mou.clystone Jntri.ch
Dovie Touchstone Patrick was born in Atlanta, Georgia on the
campus of Clark University where her father was a Professor of
Greek, Latin and Chemistry. Dovie was the first of three daughters,
Bennie Ruth Mullens and Mildred Elizabeth McFarlin, born to the
union of Bertha Mae Yarbrough and James Herbert Touchstone.
Dovie received her elementary, secondary and college education
in Little Rock, Arkansas. She received her college degree from
Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas, and her Library
Science degree from Atlanta University School of Library Science.
Archival certificates were received from The Society of American
Archivists Basic Archival Conservation Workshop (Historically
Black College and University Archival Professional Development
Grant, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities),
Boston, Massachusetts; the Emory University Annual Archives
Institute Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, and the United Negro
College Fund, Inc. (UNCF) Archival Training Workshop, Atlanta,
Georgia .
She was employed as Librarian at Clark College from 1944 until
1982. While there she served in several capacities. She was
Marshal for the Platform Party from 1960-1982, was appointed by
the President to organize the Curriculum Materials Center Library
and was cha irperson of the Self-Study Resources and Facilities
Com mittee. She was a member of the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education, 1979-1981, the Higher
Judiciary Council, 1980-1983, and was cha irperson of all social
activit ies at the College. She became the Archivist Librarian at the
A t lanta University Center, R. W . Woodruff Library from 1982 until
her death.
Dovie was an active member of The First Congregational Church
where she served as an Usher and was a member of The Social
Club, The Servettes and The Mission Society.
She was a member of The American Library Association, The
Society of American Archivists, The Society of Georgia Archivists,
The Gate City Day Nursery Board of Directors, The Atlanta Chapter
of The Moles, Inc., The Atlanta Chapter of the Circle-Lets, The
Utopian Literary Club, The Joymen Wives Club, The Raggedy Ann
Bridge Club, The Koffee Klatchers Bridge Club, and Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc.
Dovie is survived by her husband, James Antonio "Alley Pat"
Patrick, Sr.; two children, James Antonio Patrick, Jr. (Deborah
Lum-Patrick) and Janice Angelyn Patrick Williams (Paul G.
Williams); five grandchildren, Paul G. Williams, Jr., James Antonio
"Tony" Patrick, Ill, Briana Lum-Patrick, Janice A'Leah Williams,
and Patrick Philip Touchstone Williams; sister-in-law, Nora
It
Patrick; niece, Denise Carter-Perry; great-niece, Kofi Simpson; several cousins and numerous friends.
rher of ~erui.ce
Organ Prelude ........... ~~Ave Verum ".......... Mozart
Processional
Hymn #39 .............................. ~~In The Garden"
Readings From The Holy Scriptures: The Old Testament, Psalm 23 The Reverend Dwight Andrews The New Testament, II Timothy 4:5-7 The Reverend Dr. Norman Rates
Hymn .......................................... The Choir ~~a, Master Let Me Walk With Thee''
Tributes: Clark Atlanta University Dr. Thomas W. Cole, President Utopian Literary Club Mrs. Joy S. Brown Atlanta Chapter, The Moles Mrs. Peggy Shipman Atlanta Chapter, Circle-Lets Mrs. Betty McNair Raggedy Ann Bridge Club Mrs. Gwendolyn Stewart
Selection #87 .................... . ~~sweet, S weet Spirit ,
Obituary (Read Silently)
Eulogy . .. .. ....... The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Retired, United Methodist Minister
Solo .... .. . . . . ..... . ......... . ....... Ms. Zelda Kennedy ~~Deep River''- Burleigh
Recessional
Postlude ....... ~~sine Nomine" .. . .... Vaughn Williams
~nterment
South-View Cemetery 1990 Jonesboro Road, Southeast
.Atlanta, Georgia