- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life Services for Ms. Nichole Prater, Saturday, June 28, 2014, 1:00 p.m., The Greater Solid Rock Baptist Church, 6280 Camp Road, Riverdale, GA 30296, Dr. Will D. Haynes, III, Officiating Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2014-06-28
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Riverdale--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Riverdale--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Riverdale--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Riverdale--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Riverdale--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Riverdale--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Riverdale, 33.57261, -84.41326
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Nichole Prater. Birth date: November 30, 1944. Death date: August 5, 1998. Funeral date: August 10, 1998. Church: Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home (Akron, Ohio). 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_praternichole20140628
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_praternichole20140628
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Smil , ichole,Smile. I'm ue l.JOU didn 't know that when ~JOU miled, You made us smile. I'm ure qou didn 't know th t when you giggled. You made u think. now that 's a tjirl that ' up to omething. Did you ever stop to think that onltJ you could smile that wcnJ. OnhJ you could do that dance that only qou could do?
ichole. Ob sweet ichole. tJOUr etJeS danced and
we dan ed. Smile ichole.
What's a daq without a sunrise?
Wh t. an evening without a suns t? I not lor Faith.qour leaving u would f 1just like that. I on't think your llq under tood ichol that
We ping onhJ endures for a night but in th morning
h r come the jOtJ You lorgot thdt in the morning new m rei s re waiting.
Our ath r promised u that bq w iting for the morning We get the chance to dance aaain, Wee t thechanceto mileagain.
Sweet ichole. morning is for smiles, gigtjles. nd dancing.
When the words were not enoueh, When the ilence began to peak louder
than the Voice Ol Love. ichole you fortjot to smile.
When a consoling hand on your shoulder failed to lineer ichol . LJOn oreot to dance
But now. w et ichole. you are hee. You can smile now.
yOU C'an 8i88le if ~JOll want.
Oh we t Nichole. ~JOU can dane aeain. o . . . dance ichole. dance.
-Lovingly written btJ Patricia H rris
GSRBC Male U her Relatives. lassmates and friends
Relatives. Classmates and Fri nds
The amil4 is sincereh1 arateul lor the tJmpathl.J
pressed throuah cards, lowers, prayers and evert) act of kindne s extended to our lamih.J
durin$ this time o bereavement. May God richly
bless 40u and k p you under his winas ollov -The Prater F mily
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2 0 River Road Ellenwood. GA 30294
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The Greater Solid Rock Baptist Church
6'280 Camp Road Riverdale GA 30'296
Dr. Will D. Hayes, III
Oiciatin8 Pastor
Ms. Nic h ole P ra ter w as born o n februa fiJ 111973
to Alphonia a nd Christine Pra te r in Decatur, Georg ia. Sh e a radu ated ro1n lien derson Hig h Sch ool a nd la t er earned her Bachelo rs d egree hom the University o Georgia in A the ns. Geora ia.
Nich ole w o rked as an educato r a nd ta ug ht in the C la yton, lienfiJ, and fulton County School St.)ste ins fo r nearly fifteen t.Jears. Sh e w as a passio na te e len1entary school teacher a nd will be re m embered lond ly by her students.
Nich o le w as an active a nd fa ithful m e mber a t Th e G reate r Solid Rock Baptist Churc h servin8 as a n u sh e r. She w as a lso a comrnunity volunteer, a n avid a nimal lover a nd loved to tra ve l.
She leaves t o c h e rish her Ineinory, h e r p a re nts. Alpho nia and Christine P ra te r. o n e siste r. Anaileene Pra ter, and a host of re la tives. classrna tes, students a. nd fri ends.
Pre lude
Proce ssio na l
Se lection
The GSR Unitl.J Choir
Scripture O ld Test a rne nt N e w Testan1e nt
Re v. fre d e rick A B a rro n
Pa stor Johnnie Pra te r
Pra ye r Solo
Rev. liule t - eely. Jr.
Rev. Patric ia A Iiarris
W o rds of Inspira tio n
Rev. Cleophas Atwater
Specia l Rema rks
(limit 3 In inutes)
The G.R Barksd a le U sh e rs
Ministry
O b itua nJ (Read Sile ntly)
Eulogy
Re v. Ja mes J o rdan, S r.
A cknowled$tne nt
R e v . C leopha.s A twa te r
Recessio na l
Postlude
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If tears could build a stairway and thoughts a memory lane I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again No Farewell words were spoken No time to say good-bye You were gone before I knew it And only God knows why.
My heart's still active in sadness And secret tears still flow What it meant to lose you No one can ever know. But now I know you want us To mourn for you no more To remember all the happy times Life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten I pledge to you today A hallowed place within my heart Is where you'll always stay.
God knows why, with chilling touch, Death gathers those we love so much, And what now seems so strange and dim, Will all be clear. when we meet Him.