- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Final Rites for R.D. Sutton, Friday, August 2, 1968- 2:00 P.M., Friendship Baptist Church, Mitchell and Haynes Streets, Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Presiding
- Date of Original:
- 1968-08-02
- 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 R. D. Sutton. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: August 2, 1968. 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_suttonrd19680802
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_suttonrd19680802
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Friday, August 2, 1968-2:00 P.M. ~~ENDSHIP .BAPTIST CHURCH
Mitchell and Haynes Streets Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Presiding
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OBITUARY
R. D. SUTTON, the seventh child of Lucillius and Mary Sutton, was born in McDuffie County, Georgia. At age 9, he joined ~Iount Carmel Baptist Church in Thomson, Georgia during the pastorate of Rev. G. W. Harrison. Because of his deep love for his church and his sincere admiration for his pastor, he adopted the name Reverend.
He attended Atlanta public schools, Morehouse College and extended his theological training in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Reverend Sutton joined Friendship Baptist Church shortly after the family moved. to Atlanta. and was very active in Sunday School and B. T. U. Afterthe death of Dr. E. R. Carter, he was acting pastor of the chur~h until t:he calling of Reverend Maynard Jackson as pastor.
For several years Reverend Sutton conducte<l evangelistic services. He was called to the pastorate of Dixie Hills First Baptist Church in August, 1945. The results o~ his work, preaching and pastoring, were soon evident in the growth of the church spiritually and materially and in the esteem with which his members and the community held him. He was influential in the development and progress of the entire Dixie Hills area.
Reverend Sutton was married to Miss Victoria Simmons of Madison, Georgia on June 30, 1947. Since that time his loyal and devoted wife has been constantly at his side in all of his religious and civic activities.
Besides his wife, Reverend Sutton is survived by four children, Mrs. Doryse Edison, Clifford E. Sutton, Reverend R. B. Sutton, and Mrs. Elynore Hudgins; five sisters, Mrs. Lillie Payne, Mrs. Fannie Jones, Mrs. Daisy Hearst, :M:rs. Hattie Reid and Mrs. Annie Mae Wilkes; 15 grandchilqren, 8 great grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
He was a very warm-hearted man; He believed in living according to God's ph~n.
Leading his people with the help of his Master, He called "Dixie Hills" the friendly church with a
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ORDER. oF SEBVICE
Prelude
Processional
Hymn................................................................................: Sweet Hour ot 1;7ll,yer
Combined Choirs: Dixie Hills First Baptist Church and
Friendship Baptist Ch.urch
Scripture ..............~.....................................................Th~ Rev. WiUiam fotter Old Testament: Psalms 91 New Testament: II Timothy 4:1-7
Invocation............:........................................................The Rev. Hilton Taylor
Selection__________..................................What a friep.d We have in Jesus Atlanta Life Ensemble
Tributes: ...:..:............:_________ ......................................The Rev. M. L. King, Sr. Deacon Sam Marsh-.-Dixie Hills Baptist Church
Deacon C. E . Jackson-Friendship Baptist Church Mr. Daniel F. Davis-Turner High School and Community
Solo-"I've Done My Work"..................Mrs. C~ristine K. Farris
Eulogy.............................................................. Samuel w~ Williams, Pastor
Recessional-:-"Going Home".......................:Mi"s. Ernestine Weems
Intern1ent at Southview Cemetery