- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services For Zachary Eugene Pitts, Friday, June 12, 2015, 11:00 A.M., Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 2340 Clifton Spring Road, Decatur, Georgia 30034, Reverend Jerry D. Black, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2015-06-12
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Decatur---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Decatur--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 Zachary Eugene Pitts. Birth date: March 19, 1921. Death date: January 11, 1995. Funeral date: January 14, 1995. Church: St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Macon, 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_pittszacharyeugene20150612
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_pittszacharyeugene20150612
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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HOMEGOING SERVICES FOR
COUSINS AND UNCLES
COUSINS AND AUNTS
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THE FAMILY OF ZACHARY PITTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY PERSON FOR ALL THE COMFORT, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT YOU HAVE
GIVEN US DURING OUR TIME OF BEREAVEMENT. FORALL THE PRAYERS AND ACTS OF KINDNESS SHOWN WITH EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE FOR OUR FAMILY IS
DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND TO BE REMEMBERED. A SPECIAL THANKS TO MR.
WILLIE WATKINS AND THE STAFF OF WILLIE WATKINS FUNERAL HOME FOR THEIR LOVE AND CARE THAT EXCEEDED THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILY. A SPECIAL THANKS TO REV. JERRY D. BLACK. REV. LAWRENCE PARISON AND THE BEULAH
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FAMILY FOR THEIR EXCEEDING LOVE AND CARE FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS OF OUR FAMILY.
WiLLIE A. WATKINS FUNERAL HOME, INC. 404.758.1731 DARRYL ALLEN 'S PLUS 404.755.0965
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015 11:00 A.M.
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2340 CLIFTON SPRING ROAD DECATUR, GEORGIA 30034
REVEREND JERRY D. BLACK, OFFICIATING
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ON JANUARY 7, 1996, ZACHARY EUGENE PITTS WAS BORN TO THE PARENTS
OF KEVIN PITTS AND RONNITA TIMMONS TAYLOR IN DEKALB COUNTY,
GEORGIA AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 29, 2015. ZACHARY RECEIVED
HIS FORMAL EDUCATION FROM THE CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM AS A 2014 GRADUATE OF MORROW HIGH SCHOOL IN REX,
GEORGIA. HE PARTICIPATED ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, PLAYING AS A
DEFENSIVE END FOR THE MUSTANGS WEARING THE #26.
AFTER GRADUATION AND JOINING THE WORK FORCE, ZACHARY LANDED HIS FIRST JOB IN A BARBER SHOP THEN LATER TRANSITIONED INTO A RESTAURANT POSITION. ZACHARY WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK ON THE WORK SITE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
WITH SO MUCH AMBITION, DRIVE, AND ASPIRATION, ZACHARY'S PLANS WERE TO JOIN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WHILE OBTAINING A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AND ALSO CONSIDERED A POSITION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. ZACHARY HAD SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY BEING WITH HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY, IN VISITING WITH HIS NIECE, SKYLAR ROSE, GIVING LOVING CARE TO THE FAMILY DOG, ANGEL. LISTENING TO MUSIC, EATING, AND VISITING WITH HIS FRIENDS.
ZACHARY ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR WITH THE BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE WAS BAPTIZED TOGETHER WITH HIS MOTHER AND SERVED AS A FAITHFUL MEMBER WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN THE ROCK TEEN MINISTRY.
HIS MEMORY WILL BE CHERISHED AND HONORED BY HIS MOTHER, HIS FATHER. AND HIS STEP-FATHER SHAWN TAYLOR; HIS BROTHERS, JONATHAN, CALVIN, HENSHAW; HIS LIVING GRANDPARENTS; HIS LIVING GREAT-GRANDPARENTS; A HOST OF UNCLES, AUNTS, COUSINS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS.
PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
MUSICAL SELECTION
SCRIPTURE READING OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT
PRAYER
BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST MASS CHOIR
REVEREND PATRICIA BYRD REVEREND DARRIN PAYNE REVEREND RANDOLPH ROACH
TRIBUTES OF REMEMBRANCE (THREE MINUTES) XAVIER ESSEX, BEST FRIEND
JEREMIAH COLBERT, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER RONNIE TIMMONS, UNCLE
MUSICAL SELECTION EULOGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST MASS CHOIR REVEREND JERRY D. BLACK, PASTOR
WILLIE A. WATKINS STAFF
RECESSIONAL
POSTLUDE
INTERMENT
DAWN MEMORIAL PARK
4685 GLENWOOD ROAD DECATUR, GEORGIA 30035
REPAST WILL BE HELD AFTER THE INTERMENT AT BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.