- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of the Life of Beatrice Kathleen Posey, Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 1:00 p.m., The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 2407 Cascade Road, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, Father Albert "Kim" Dreisbach and Father Richard Britton, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1998-12-02
- 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, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Beatrice Kathleen Posey. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: December 2, 1998. Church: The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation (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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 154
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_poseybeatricekathleen19981202
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_poseybeatricekathleen19981202
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Beatrice attended elementary and secondary schools in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She matriculated at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniafor one year, then went to workfor the Navy Department in Washington, D. C. While employed by the Navy Department, she was selected to demonstrate the newly developed gas mask in a training film which was made for the Armed Forces during World War II. Beatrice left the Navy Department to return to college at Howard University, in Washington, D. C. She received her B.A. Degree in 1945. She attended the City College of New York for post-graduate work and was a certified social worker.
Beatrice retiredfrom the New York City Board ofEducation, Bureau ofAttendance on November 1, 1982, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia to be close to her beloved daughter, Nancy. Her parents Cumberland and Ethel Posey and her three sisters, Ethel Posey Maddox, Mary Posey Flagg and Anne Posey Harper preceded her in death.
While living in New York City, she was a member ofthe original Moles, the Manhattan Board ofthe Urban League, and the Hobnobbers. In Atlanta, she became affiliated with the Church ofthe Incarnation and served on the Board ofTrustees ofSenior Citizens ofMetropolitan Atlanta. Beatrice was the Human Services Advocate for Cascade House, a YWCA shelter for homeless women and children, from its opening in February, 1989 until her retirement in October, 1994 due to ill health. She was a member ofDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the KisKis Bridge Club.
She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Anne Boxill, Fulton County Commissioner; two nephews Truman Posey Brown and Michael Flagg; her beloved cousins, Constance Posey Randall, Evan and Mary Baker and children; Howard and Dianne Mosby and their sons, and a host offriends.
Opening Anthem (said by priest)......................................................................................BCP 491 The Processional...............................................................................................................LEV181
"Amazing Grace"
The Opening Collect.........................................................................................................BCP 493 Old Testament Reading.................................................................................... ........Janice Vaughn
Isaiah 61: 1-3
Psalm 121 ...................................................................................................................SharonAllen The Epistle.............................................................................................................. .Juanita Carter
Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39
Musical Selection................................................................................................. ..Butch Pettigrew "Surely the Presence"
The Gospel According to St. John........................................................... ....Father Richard Britton St. John 14:1-6
The Homily.................................................................................................Father Richard Britton
Remarks................................................................................... ................................ ..Nancy Boxill The Apostles' Creed.........................................................................................................BCP 496
The Prayers................................................................................................ ..Father Kim Dreisbach The Exchanging ofthe Peace
The Celebration ofHoly Communion................................................................................BCP 361 The Lord's Prayer....................................................................................................................Solo The Distribution of the Bread and Wme
Communion Hymns...........................................................................................LEV 188, 203, 191
The Post Communion Prayer........................................................................................ ....BCP 498 The Commendation Hymn.............................................................................. ..................BCP 499
The Dismissal. ..................................................................................................................BCP 500 The Recessional Anthem..............................................................................................Hymnal 208
"The Strife Is 0 'er"
BCP- Book ofCommon Prayer LEV- Lift Every Voice
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