'   PALI. BE!i.RERS :  
Mro Lewis Rivers . 
Mro Oliver Prince 
 
.. Mr. Clarence Smith  
Mr. Charles Price 
Mr ~  W Quart(.rrnan 
Ivlr. Ezra Downer 
Mr. George Dodd 
}tt. Leroy 0 1Quinn 
 
 Honorary Pall. Bear ers 
 
Mro Luther Dennis 
 Mr. Lucius Dennis 
 
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FUNERAL SERVICES 
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MR. SPURGEON Y. POE 
 
 
January 2$, 196.5 
 3:00 F. M. 4 
Providence Baptist Church Walter Haleigh McCall, Pastor 
659 Larkin St., s. w. 
Atlanta, Georgia 
 
 Mr. Spurgeon York 
Reverend w. M. Poe and 
 
e, the oldest scnJof the late s. Janie Poe, wss born in 
 
Eustice, Florida. 
 
He received his ea y education in the public 
 
schools or- Florida, and as admitted to ~orehouse 
 
Pollege from which he re cived his Bachelor of Arts 
 
. aegrce. iatE-r, he rec ei ed his Master of Arts degree 
from Atlanta University. 
 
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_ Frcm his parents, h l~arned the great ethical principles of Jesus which served as guide-lines for his life. When he made Atlanta his home, he was drawn to the P~ovidence Baptist -Church by his good 
friend, Reverenf Walter R. McCall, a college mate who later became the pastor of that church. 
 
In the spri~g of 1955, Spurgeon ~~s united in 
holy rnatrimony to. the then Miss Fletchere Hill. Having no children born t o this union, he set out to be a blessing to ~c~ntlefis numbers of children through t eaching in public  scnools. Consequently, he became a teacher in the E. P.  Joh~s on and the English Avenue Atlanta s~h::>ols. Later, he-became a principal of a public school in Twin City, Ga., and from there became prin~ipal of the Henry Street School, Savannah, Georgia. 
In his brief span of thirty seven years of 
existence, he was active in many civic  anr social 
organizations: TheY. M. c. A., N.A.A..C.I., and the 
Alpha Fhi lupha Fraternity. 
 
Spurgeon leaves to mourn his iemise, a loyal and devoted wife, a loving mother, three brothers and two sisters, many r elatives and friends. 
 
Order of Service 
 
Prelud  "Traumeri".  Tchaikowski 
 
Proce Hymn 
 
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Remarks: 
 
The Reverend Hr ~ Julius Cc ~1-::.J.J:iams, Pastor, Flipper TCtllple Ao I" o E ~ Church 
 
 
 
The Reverend Mr. R. Eo Bur l <>", Pastor 
 
Greater Bethany Baptist Ch'1J;.:;:j, 
 
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THE ALPHA HYI1N 
 
Poem s ".'! l... ~J: .3 . Elizabeth Few 
 
 
 
Organ Meditation: "The Strife J~ u ter"  Palestrna 
 
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Eulogy: "H~ndling The Unanswered Questions" 
w. R. McCall, Pastor 
 
ffHow Great Thou Art"  ~  Choir Recessional  "The Strife Is 0 1ern  Falestrina Postlude  "The Strife Is O'er"  Palestrina - 
The family of the deceased gratfully acknowledges your deeds of thoughtfulness in this hour. 
Committal: Southview Cemetery.