- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Mrs. Mattie Jo Reid, Wednesday 11, 1992, 1:00 P.M., Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1319 Holcomb Avenue, East Point, Georgia, The Reverend R.B. Fortson, Pastor Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1992-03-11
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--East Point--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--East Point--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mattie Jo Parker Reid. Birth date: August 28, 1939. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: July 2, 1992. Church: Bethsadia Baptist Church (Stone Mountain, 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: 705
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_reidmattiejoparker19920311
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_reidmattiejoparker19920311
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Mrs. Mattie Jo Parker Reid was born March 31, 1929 in Do ugl as County, Georgia to the late Mr. Doy Lee Parker and Blossie Mae Parker.
She joined t he church at an early age. She was blessed in holy matrimony to Mr. Standy Reid on Au gust 2, 1947 .
She later joined The New Grant Chapel A.M .E. Church where she was a faithful member until death.
Mrs. Reid departed this life Ma rch 7, 1992 and leaves to cherish her loving memory, husband, Mr. Standy Reid; sisters, Equilla Stephens, Douglasville, Georgia, Janie Woods, Decatur, Georgia, Mercedes Jones, Douglasville, Georgia, Jacqulyn Sherrod, Freemont, North Carolina, and Shelia A. Reese, Decatur, Georgia; brothers, George Edward Parker, Chicago, Illinois, Lloyd Parker, Atlanta, Georgia, Willie A. Parker, Atlanta, Georgia, Andrew Lee "Robert" Parker, Arlington, Virginia, Harold Donell Parker, Douglasville, Georgia, Sidney Parker, Decatur, Georgia, and Mitchell Parker, Douglasville, Georgia; brothers-in-law, Earnest Reid, Douglasville, Georgia, James Reid, Douglasville, Georgia, Eddie Reid, Austell, Georgia, and Robert Joe Reid, Atlanta, Georgia; sisters-in-law, Berdine Arnold, Douglasville, Georgia, Ella Mae Bowens, Douglasville, Georgia, Thommie London, Douglasville, Georgia, and Barbara Smith, Hollywood, Florida; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, several other relatives and friends.
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PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SELECTION ...... .. . . . . ..... . ............. . .... The Choir PRAYER ... . ... ... . .. . ...... . ... . .......... The Minister SCRIPTURE ..... . . . ...... . ............. .. .. The Minister
The Old Testament The New Testament SELECTION . ....... . ...... . ........... . ........ The Choir REMARKS (Three Minutes) ................. . .. Friends OBITUARY (Read Silently) EULOGY . . ... ........ . ..... The Reverend R. B. Fortson ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
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