- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Home Going Celebration for Mrs. Melvina Smith, Saturday, July 14, 2007, 1:00 P.M., Floyd Chapel Baptist Church, 104 First Street, Stockbridge, Georgia, Reverend Edward C. Cochran, Sr., Pastor, Reverend Richard H. White, Eulogist, Pastor, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2007-07-14
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Stockbridge--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Stockbridge--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Stockbridge--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Stockbridge--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Stockbridge--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Stockbridge--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Henry County, Stockbridge, 33.54428, -84.23381
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Melvina Hayes Smith. Birth date: August 10, 1902. Death date: November 29, 2001. Funeral date: December 4, 2001. Church: Beulah Baptist Church (Hampton, 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: 731
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_smithmelvina20070714
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_smithmelvina20070714
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
When times seem down and you just can't cope, Just take a deep breath cause there's always hope.
When dreams seem far and there is no light, Just wait be patient, the Lord will make it right. When you're looking for love that's gentle and kind, Look towards Heaven and this is what you will find. When night seem long and you just can't sleep, And loneliness and sorrows upon you it creeps. When you think ofmy passing and you can only cry, Just hold on to my memories and wipe your weeping eyes.
Ifmy absence makes you weak and your sorrow is too strong,
Place your burden on the Lord and know that He will right all that is wrong. Don't think ofmy youth or have a hate filled heart when you go out to tell my story. For my Labor is finished here and I heard the Maker calling me home to glory. And since my love for you is always and yours is everlasting,
Then rejoice in my foundpeace is all that I am asking.
Nieces
Nephews
The Family would like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude for your love, prayers, calls, flowers and other acts ofkindness seen and unseen during our bereavement. May God forever bless and keep each ofyou.
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Melvina Hayes was born December 14, 1919 in Henry County,
Georgia to the late Townsend and Carrie Hayes. She
this life
on July 6, 2007. She was united in Holy Matrimony in
Pearl
Smith. From this union eight children were born:
hnny,
Geraldine, Bobby, Linda, Grady, Kenneth and Pri
Pearl Smith and two children, Anna Lois and Priscilla,
death.
Melvina was educated in the Clayton County School System and resided in the Jonesboro area for some sixty-five years. Her presence and contribution will be greatly missed.
Melvina accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior at the age of ten and joined the Beulah Baptist Church. There began her love for our Lord. Through the years she continued her service at Back to the Bible Church and finally ended her service at her current church home, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. She served in many capacities, from usher, ch if , and mother. Mother Smith epitomized what it means to be a
mother of the church.
Mother Melvina will always be remembered as a kind and gentle soul with a personality that captured any heart. Melvina had an immediate and lasting impact on everyone she met. This impact was especially evident in her church. She was able to interact lovingly with children as well as seniors. She had an empathetic spirit that the Lord embedded in her. This God given power drew people to her,. proving that "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." This power was demonstrated as a devoted mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, cousin
and friend.
She leaves to cherish her memory, six children and a host of relatives: Mr. and Mrs. Johnny H. Smith, Ms. Geraldine Smith, Mr. Bobby Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Franks (Linda), Mr. Grady Smith, and Mr. Kenneth Smith; two sisters: Mrs. Bernice Thompson and Mrs. Claudine Banks; three brothers and a sister-in-law: Mr. Clifford Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Zemra Hayes (Julia) and Mr. Townsend Hayes Jr.; ten grand children and three great grand children.
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SELEC N .............................. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE .............. Reverend Kenneth Brown NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE ............ Reverend Bruce Robinson PRAYER ...................................... Pastor Edward C. Cochran, Sr. SELECTION ......... ............................................. Hayes Family
OBITUARY ................................................ ... (Silent R SELECTION .................... ........ .................... ............... Choir
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ACKNOWLEDGE ENT ... .... .... ......... Staff of W.D. Lemon & Sons RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
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