- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Shirley Ann Tanksley, Friday, May 31, 2013, 11:00 A.M., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, Pastor Richard D. Winn, Sr., Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2013-05-31
- 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 Shirley Ann Bannarn Tanksley. Birth date: November 30, 1923. Death date: March 6, 2013. Funeral date: March 14, 2013. Church: Donald Trimble Mortuary Chapel (Decatur, 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_tanksleyshirleyann20130531
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_tanksleyshirleyann20130531
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
I would like to thank my prayer sisters, the Majestic Choir, Compassionate Care Hospice, Murray Bros Funeral Home, Ben Hill UMC, and friends for the outpouring of love shown to our family.
Words cannot express how much it means during this difficult time.
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free. I'm following the path God has laid you see.
I took his hand when I heard Him call. I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day.
To laugh, to love, to work, or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that peace at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joys. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Oh yes these things I too will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow. I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life's been full, I savored much. Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief. Don't lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your hearts and peace to thee. God wanted me now; He set me free!
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Friday, May 31, 2013 11:00A.M.
Ben Hill United Methodist Church
2099 Fairburn Rd, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30331
Pastor Richard D. Winn, Sr., Officiating
~~ ~ ~ was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 7, 1940 to the
late Margaret Doyle Bannarn and Anthony Sherman Bannarn. She grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from Central High School.
Early on in her career Shirley began working as a legal secretary to a private attorney where she stayed for about ten years. Later, she worked as a reservationist for North Central Airlines, which moved her to Detroit, Michigan. In 1990, she moved to Atlanta and was employed by Wachovia Bank, where she monitored security.
Shirley was living in Minnesota when her illness began in 2009. She started making plans to relocate to Atlanta to be near her family. We truly believe God's divine plan led her here. She fought a long hard fight through numerous blood transfusions and several bouts of chemotherapy. Through the whole ordeal, Shirley trusted God all the way to the end. She was surrounded by her two daughters, her daughter's prayer partners, and a loving sister when she made her transition.
Shirley leaves to cherish her sweet memories, five children: Mrs. Cynthia (William) Holland, Margaret Reed, Allan Reed, Rosalind Reed, & Joseph Tanksley Jr.; one sister: Gloria Jean Pryor; two brothers: Richard James and John James; along with thirteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and host of other family members and devoted friends.
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL HYMN OF CELEBRATION SCRIPTURES
PRAYER OF COMFORT CELEBRATION IN SONG REFLECTIONS SOLO
0 ld Testament Psalm 84
New Testament 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Blessed Assurance UMH #369
Reverend Lavell Sanders Associate Pastor
Ben Hill United Methodist Church
Minister Sam Townsend Ben Hill United Methodist Church
Majestic Choir
Amber Reed, Granddaughter Bonnie Askew, Friend
Keith Wilson
WORDS OF COMFORT
RECESSIONAL FLOWER LADIES
Reverend Dr. Michael D. Stinson Bethel United Methodist Church
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Majestic Choir
Prayer Sisters & Majestic Choir
REPAST Ben Hill United Methodist Church
2099 Fairburn Rd, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30331