- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Service for Warnetta Lucille Patton, Sunrise: October 20, 1934 - Sunset: November 2, 2005, St. Paul A.M.E., 1704 S. Stone Mountain Rd., Lithonia, GA
- Date of Original:
- 2005
- 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 Lucille Patton Warnetta. Birth date: October 20, 1934. Death date: November 2, 2005. Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Lithonia, 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_pattonwarnettalucille
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_pattonwarnettalucille
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
'1-{omeaoinB SenJice for
Sunrise October 20, 1934
Sunset 'lfovember 2, 2005
Warnetta Luci(fe Patton
St. Pau( ~.'M..
1704 S. Stone 'Mountain 'Rd.
Lithonia, ~
od did notyromise sun without rain, Uaht without !arkness orjoy withoutyain.
'1-fe on{y yromisedus strenJithfor the day, when the comes andwe1ose our way.
'For on(y throuah sorrow do we arow more aware, that '3od is our rifuae in the time of desyair.
'For when we are hayylJ- and (ifes ~i3ht andfair, we often forBet to lenee( di)wn tnyrayer.
CBut ~odseems much c(ose and neededmuch more, when trou6fe andsorrL1W stand outside our door.
'For then we see_f she(ter in ?-lis wondrous (ove, andwe ask ?-lim to send us hefP from a6ove.
~nd that is the reason we knL1W it is true, that 6ri3ht shine hours anddark sadones too,
~re part ofthey(an od made h1r each one
ana a((we canyray is, rffiy wi[('Be 'Donel
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Warnetta Luci(fe Scott was 6orn on Octo6er 20, 1934, in West Pa(m 'Beach P(orida to
yroudyarents- CalVin Scott Sr. and(j(adys Scott. rThey reafizedear(y on that theirfirst chi(d
was very syecia(andquite advancedfor her years. 'lndeedWarnetta was an excptiona({y aifted
yerson andhadayassionfor (i_fe.
f}-(er teachers afso recoanized her many tafents durina her schoo(years. Vurina her senior year at 'B(anche :E{y 1-fiafi Schoo(, she servedas the C(ass Cfiay(ain, andwrote the c(ass sona.
of 'lnfact, that sona is yet the ~(rna 'Mater to date. sfie is heUa num6er titfes to inc(ude Prom
Qyeen, 'Most Like{y to Succeedand'Ms. P:;pu(arity. 'Moreover, Warnetta was afsoaifted inte(fectua((y andacademica((y. She was featuredin the schoofs "Who's Who" andit came as no
of suryrise when she araiuatedas Vafedictorian at the tender aee sixteen.
!
She attendedSye(man Co(feae in ~t(anta, (jeoraia for nvo years and(ater traniferredto
rThe 'University ofPitts6urah, in PennsylVania where she o6taineda 'Bache(or ofScience dearee.
'll_pon ara.duation, she and herfami{y re(ocatedto Vetroit, 'MichiEJan andservedon the (jovernor's rf'ask Porce unti(she retiredin 1986.
of of '1-fer most cherishedrofe was that a (ovina wife andmother four. Yet, heryassion for
(i_fe andinnate a6ility as a feader oyeneddoors that afforded her many unique oyyortunities. She servedas President ofthe 'Micfiiaan Cfiayter ofthe Sye(man Co(feae ~(umni andPresident
of ofthe efitist "rToy Ladies Vistinction" socia(c(u6. Warnetta was afso an active mem6er ofthe
t]{~~CP andservedfaitfiju({y as an avidsuyyorter andrecruiterfor the oraanization.
~ a youna woman she recoanizedthat her hefP andstrenath camefrom the Lord. '1-fer endeavor to wa(k infaith fed her to Oak rove ~'M.:E. Church. She faithjui{y servedas a 'Missionary andworkeddifiaent{y with the Prison 'Ministry andthe Pastor's ~id Committee.
'ln 1989, Warnetta movedto the ~t(anta 'Metroyolitan area, where she worsfiY!_edat 'Mt. Zion ~'M.:E. Church. ~here she continuedher reasona6fe service as a 'Missionary. ifer unselfish 6enevofence and(ave for ministry continuedas she servedon the ~t(anta tJ-./Orth (jeoraia
of Conference 'Branch Women's 'Missionary Society- Sixth Pyiscoya(Vistrict the ~.M.~. Church.
Portunate(y, she syent her (ast years doina what she (oved6est- workina as a 'Missionary at
Pirst St. Pau(~'M.:E Church under the feadershiy of'Rev. Vr. 'Marvin Crawford.
Wa netta feaves to mourn heryassina- four (ovina chi(dren, Venise Porter (:Brooks), Patricia Porter, Wanda Porter (Pri'mous), and'RaymondPorter :Jr.; three arandchiUren'Rashac{, 'lfikisha and13rianna; one areat- aranddaU[Jhter, Vaija; seven sisters- Vorthy 'Mi(fer, '1-fefen :Bryant, (oria Cannon, ~nae(a 'Butfer, :Etta 'Baifey, 'Brenda 'McCa((, 'Kim6er{y 'Mesfun, andone brother- CalVin Scott, jr. a(one with a host ofotherJami{y members andfriends. i f}-(er hus6and, james Patton andsister, 'lfilda Scott, yrecededher in death.
Seniors Wfios Who
'Most ~ra(kative
'Book Worm
Order cif Service
Processiona( OyeninB f}(ymn Prayer Scr'!Ptures
'Rev. 'Doris 1-l~ykins 'Rev. 'Dr. Cox 'Rev. ~ijfe( SonB
'Remarks (3 yecy(e)
So(oist ~vanBaUst Ce(este 'lnBrim
Other 'Remarks (poems, etc.) serection 1-lymn Obituary
~cknow(edtJements
SonB ~u(oBY '13 enediction 'Recessiona( 'lnternment 'Forest Lawn Cemetery 'Reyast at cfiurcfi after buria(
~erifamin Scott Wi(fiam 1Mi(fer
~aerWoodS
Pa(( 13earers
~shad ~rooks
']{arrie 'Davis Mervin 'Rainey
~ctive P(ower Ladies
Pirst St. Pau(Women's Missionary Society
~cknowfec(qement
of rrhe fanti{y wi((a(ways rement6er eachexyression kindness, symyathy, of yersona( andunselfish aestures, visits, (ovina thouahts, concern,
we((wishes and most a({, youryrayers, durinB the hours of 6ereaventent ofour (ovedone. We are eterna[[y aratifu(
anexyress our sincere thanks andayyreciation.
1vleaaows 1vlortuary, fJ11c. 419 P{at SfioafS ~ve., S~
~t{anta, ~ 30316 404-522-1418