- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Ozell Smith, Sunrise: September 17, 1933 - Sunset: November 6, 1998, Wednesday, November 11, 1998, at 1:00 P.M., Service To Be Held at James H. Cole Home For Funerals, 2624 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, Julia Smith, Speaker
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1998-11-11
- Subject:
- African American men--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Michigan--Detroit---History--20th century
Funeral service--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Ozell Smith. Birth date: May 25, 1925. Death date: February 5, 2007. Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: King Chapel, Morehouse College (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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_smithozell19981111
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_smithozell19981111
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
AT DAY'S END
Is anybody happier because you passed his way? Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today? The day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you? Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that~ slipping fast, That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does the man whose hopes were fading , now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day, or lose it? Was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness, or a scar of discontent? ~
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God will say,
?J, ~ "You hnve earned one more tomorrow by the work you did to~~('
----~ ~
John H~~
The family wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many comforting messages, floral tributes, prayers and many other expressions of kindness and concern evidenced at this time in thought and deed. A more personal acknowledgment will be made at a later date.
MAYS PRINT! G CO.. Inc .- 15800 LIVERNOIS - DETROIT, MICHIGAN - (31 3) 86 1- 1900
Sunrise: September 17, 1933 - Sunset: November 6, 1998
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1998 AT 1:00 P.M.
Service To Be Held At
JAMES H. COLE HOME FOR FUNERALS
2624 WEST GRAND BOULEVARD DETROIT, MICHIGAN
JULIA SMITH, Speaker
THE OBITUARY
zell S-miJh. was born September 17, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan ( ) to John and Julia Jefferson Smith.
He attended grammar and high school in Detroit. Ozell enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces in 1950 and completed his duty December 17, 1953, with an Honorable Discharge.
He married and from that union was born a daughter, Erin.
Ozell attended Virginia Farrell School of Cosmetology and worked at Mr. Morris Beauty Salon and The House of Beauty. He continued his education by attending Wayne County Community College where he earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Mental Health. Ozell worked as a Mental Health Worker with Psychotheraptics PC.
In 1991, he was ordained as a minister with the Universal Life Church, which belief was based on metaphysics.
Ozell departed from life on November 6, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. and leaves to mourn, a mother, Julia Jefferson Smith; daughter, Erin Kimberly Smith; brothers: Herbert Smith, Benjamin Smith, Henry Smith, Isaiah Smith and John Smith; two sisters: Pearl Smith Howell and Julia Smith Kerse; and a number of cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
WIIEN I MUST LEAVE YOU When I must leave you for a little while Please do not grieve and shed wild tears, And hug your sorrows to you through the years. But start out bravely with a gallant smile
And for my sake and in my name Live on and do all things the same. Feed not your loneliness on empty days But fill each waking hour in useful ways. Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer, And I , in turn will comfort you and hold you near; And never, never, be afraid to die, For I am waiting for you in the slcy.
THE ORDER OF SERVICE
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF OZELL SMITH
The friends and relatives want to especially thank the care givers at Hospice and Harper Hospital for their kindness.
Organ Prelude .............................................. .. Song............................... ......................... ....... . Scripture Reading ................................. ........ . Song .......... ...............:....... .... ......... ................ . Scripture Reading ......................................... .. Acknowledgment of Cards,
and Condolences ...................................... Obituary ......................................................... . Eulogy ............................................................ Poem .............................................................. . Recessional ................................................... .
Jesus saith unto him; "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. "
-St. John 14:6