- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for Yates Rogers, Tuesday, July 6, 1954, 2:30pm, Friendship Baptist Church, Samuel W. Williams, Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 1954-07-06
- Subject:
- African American men--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 Yates Rogers. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: July 6, 1954. Church: Friendship Baptist Church (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: 34
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_rogersyates19540706
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_rogersyates19540706
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Funeral Services
for
YATES ROGERS
Tuesday, Ju~ 6, 19$4 2:30 P. M.
Friendship Baotist Church SAMUEL W. WILLIAMSJ PASTOR
PROGRAM
DEATH IS A DOOR
Processional-"Come Ye Disconsolate" 407
Death is only an old door
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Set in a garden wall.
On quiet hinges it gives at dusk
l~en the late birds call.
Prayer .. Reverend William Holmes Borders Reading of Scripture lll!r Dr. D. H. Stanton
Hymn - - - -"Abide With Me"- - - - - 362
Along the lintel are green leaves;
Beyond, the light lies still; very wear,y and willing feet
Remarks (Three Minutes):
Board of Education:
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Mr. c. L. Giddeons
Go over the sill.
There is nothing to trouble anY heart
Nothing to hurt at all,--
Washington High School: - - ..,
Principal c. N. Cornell
Reverend t. A. Pinkston
Death is only an old door In a garden wall.
Musical Selection - - J. Neal Montgomery
The Bulogy - - - - Samuel w. Williams
Solo-"Bless This House'L Dr. L M Terrill
Recessional
Interment: Lincoln Cemetery
VISITORS RtGISTtR
VISITORS RECiiSTiR ---=~=~~
A REGISTER OF
FRIENDS WHO CALLED AT THE SERVICE OF
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" The Institution With A Soul"
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