- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Matilda A. Smith, Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 1 o'clock p.m., Beulah Baptist Church, 2696 N. Steele Drive, Hampton, Georgia, Rev. Fred Stanley, Pastor, Rev. Henry Wright, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2001-12-04
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Hampton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Hampton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Hampton--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Hampton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Hampton--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Hampton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Henry County, Hampton, 33.38706, -84.28298
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Matilda A. Smith. Birth date: May 30, 1933. Death date: October 5, 2010. Funeral date: October 9, 2010. Church: Shiloh Baptist Church (Jonesboro, 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: 730
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_smithmatildaa20011204
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_smithmatildaa20011204
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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The family of the late Mrs. Matilda A. Smith gratefully acknowledges with deep appreciation the many comforting messages, visits, cards, flowers and other acts of kindness expressed during our hours of bereavement. We walk by a firmer faith and a closer touch of God's hand because friends like you supported us in this homegoing celebration. May God bless each of you.
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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but ham everlasting life. "
John 3:16
Mrs. Matilda A. Smith was born on August 10, 1902 to the late
Kemp and Mary Jane Arnold. She departed this life on November 29, 2001.
Matilda joined the Beulah Baptist Church at an early age where she served faithfully until her health failed. She united in Holy Matrimony to the late Worthy Sn1ith and to this union were three children and four (4) step-children. Matilda was preceded in death by five children, twenty-one (21) brothers and sisters, Mary Louise Johnson and Marie Griffin.
She leaves to cherish her memory: two (2) devoted daughters, Mattie Mae Powell and Evelyn Hardy; seventeen ( 17) grandchildren, Evelena Mitchell (Peter), Edna Lee Jackson (Luther B), Tilder Souder, Inez Eason, Joseph Powell, Edna Barber, Ronnie Powell, Josephine Richardson, N!ichael Powell, Patricia, Gloria, Augustus; thirty (30) great grandchildren, fifty-eight (58) great-great grandchildren; a devoted niece, Patricia Lester; devoted friend, Romey Sellers; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
"Don't Cry"
He reached out his handfor me, I knew it was time to go. Don'tfeel sad about me leaving, for I really enjoyed my stay. Sure we shared a lot together, but I knew it wouldn t last forever. I stayed as long as I could, I'm sure you learned a lot from me. How He kept my hand in his hand, and let me keep your hand in mine.
To guide yoli along the way, I know you all love me and wish I didn't have to go. But you see I've been waiting for this moment all my life. !just can't let it pass me by, I know just how much you all love me.
You shawed it in every way, but God, Has a gift for me.
Eternal Love Everlasting!
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Prelude Processional and Family Viewing Solo ............................................................ Robert Thompson Scripture
Old & New Testament ................. Evangelist Sandra Broughton Prayer ............................................ Evangelist Sandra Broughton Remarks ...................................................... (3 minutes, please) Obituary .......................................................... (Read Silently) Solo .................................................... Bishop Sherman Adams Eulogy ....................................................... Rev. Henry \Vright Acknowledgment ................................. W. D. Lemon & Sons Staff Recessional Postlude
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