- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life Martha Sue Spencer, Monday, May 7, 2012, 11:00 A.M., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr., Senior Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2012-05-07
- Subject:
- African American women--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 Martha Sue Spencer. Birth date: May 4, 1920. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: January 13, 1991. Church: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (Chicago, Ill.). 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_spencermarthasue20120507
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_spencermarthasue20120507
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Our Gratitude
&
Appreciation
We the family of Martha Sue Spencer are truly grateful to all of our family and friends who have comforted us with your words of consolation. There is such a comfort in the assurance that we are not alone in this hour of bereavement; and that assurance is made manifest by the warm and sincere expressions of care and concern each of you have exemplified especially through your fervent prayers, personal visits, food and tangible gifts, telephone calls, messages, flowers cards and your presence here today. You have truly been an earthly example of the love and compassion that Jesus showed, and may God richly bless each of you for you sharing and caring.
-The Family-
Jarrett Arnold- Terrell Dennis Kevin King- Rashad Watson Herbert Wilbourn - Calvin Willis
Flower Ladies
Phyllis Baskin- Joycelyn Brock- Maggie Cooper Melissa Edmondson - Daniell Kinkead - Paula Lee Patricia McCord - Youlonda Robinson - Pancressus Shoyoye
Andria Starks- Joy Watkins- Cherri Wilson
Honorary Pallbearers & Flower Ladies
Ben Hill UMC Confirmation Graduates
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Martha Sue Spencer, fondly called Sue, daughter of Dazell and Pauline Lee, began the journey of life on October 1, 1953 in Gadsden, Alabama. On the morning of April29, 2012, God unzipped the clouds dispatching an angel to escort Sue to her eternal home. Sue was removed from pain, suffering and uncertainty into eternal peace. Her father, Dazell Lee and grandmother, Annie Mae Adams, preceded her in death. Sue acknowledged Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age in Gadsden, Alabama. After moving to Atlanta, she was a faithful and committed member of Ben Hill United Methodist Church where she served as Children's Ministry Chairperson and Confirmation Coordinator for many years, developing spiritual growth in children and youth including her own. Sue attended Saint Martin De Porres Catholic Elementary School and graduated from Gadsden High School in 1971. She later matriculated at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. During her life she was employed and worked diligently for Honeywell, Georgia Power, U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Spelman College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Ben Hill UMC and lastly Delta Air Lines. Those who knew Sue knew she loved God , life, her husband, family and friends. She was unloving and her laughter was contagious. She enjoyed cooking, catering, hosting, event planning, dancing and entertaining her beloved family and friends. She actively coordinated a team and participated in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk. Continuing to celebrate her life through cherished memories, Sue leaves her loving, supportive and devoted husband of thirty years, Larry; her mother, Mrs. Pauline Lee; sons, Marlon, Runako and Joshua Spencer; daughter, Mesi Spen~er; grandsons, Toure', Kieran, Kenneth and Quinten Spencer; granddaughter, Nhari Houston; sisters, Joan Hutchinson, Paula Lee and Dolores Lewis. She also leaves to cherish her memory, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Evelyn Spencer; brothers-in-law, Artis Spencer (Sharon) and Frederick Spencer (Sarah); sister-in-law, Patricia McCord (Moses); loving nieces and nephews, other relatives, many devoted friends who cared for and assisted her, the Passenger Refunds Department at Delta Air Lines, other colleagues and the Ben Hill United Methodist Church family.
"A Life Well Lived"
A life that has made a difference in so many lives wil1 be we11 remembered.
A soul that has lifted up other souls and encouraged the climb will be well honored.
A person who turned the spirit of God's love into living action will be well revered. May we all find comfort in knowing that our dear Daughter, Sister, Wife,
Mother, Grandmother, Auntie and Friend lives on in so many beautiful ways.
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL HYMN OF CELEBRATION SCRIPTURE
PRAYER OF COMFORT CELEBRATION IN SONG REFLECTIONS
CELEBRATION IN SONG REFLECTIONS CELEBRATION IN SONG WORDS OF COMFORT
ORGAN MEDLEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RECESSIONAL
Anointed Voices Choir
"It Is WeD with My Soul"
UMH#377
Old Testament Joshua 1:9
Minister Sam Townsend
New Testament John 16:31-33
Reverend GiGi A. Warren
Reverend Dr. Michael Stinson
'7n the Midst ofIt All"
Deandjane Means
Delta Air Lines Friend lTC
Mrs. Youlonda Robinson Mrs. Pancressus Shoyoye
Dr. Anne Wimberly
"Now Behold the Lamb"
Anointed Voices Choir
Friend Family
Mr. Mike Watkins Mr. Marlon Spencer
'Precious Lord"
Angela Mathews
Reverend Sharma D . Lewis District Superintendent
Adanta Decatur Oxford District
Jarvis Wilson
uoh Happy Day"
INTERMENT Greenwood Cemetery, Adanta, Georgia