- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration For Benjamin Johnny Teal, Jr., Saturday, July 2, 2016, 1:00 P.M., Mt. Ephraim Baptist Church, 1202 W. Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, Reverend Dr. R.L. White, Jr., Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-02
- 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 Benjamin Johnny Teal. Birth date: March 1, 1940. Death date: April 30, 2016. Funeral date: May 7, 2016. Church: New Saint John Missionary 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_tealbenjaminjohnnyjr20160702
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_tealbenjaminjohnnyjr20160702
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Atlanta, Georgia 30318 Reverend Dr. R.L. White, Jr., Pastor
Benjamin J. Teal, Jr., 67, of Lithonia, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 26, 2016, at Halcyon Hospice. He was born in Tifton, Georgia to Benjamin Teals and Willie Mae Perry. He spent his CHILDHOOD IN TlFTON, GEORGIA AND MlAMI, FLORIDA, AND HIS ADULT life in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ben, or "Lil Ben", as he was affectionately known, was employed at B & E Jackson & Associates in Atlanta as a Civil Engineer. He
ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIS JOB AND WAS EMPLOYED THERE UNTIL HIS ILLNESS. He was a very sociable person and enjoyed spending time with
others. He loved God and his church and he appreciated the
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE DRAMA MINISTRY, SECURITY MINISTRY
and the Bowling Team. He served in the U.S. Army and received an Honorable Discharge after serving four years.
On September 10, 1976, he was united in holy matrimony to
Marilyn Belinda Smith. To tliis union, a daughter and a son were
BORN, DeNEKA LyNETTE AND BRL4N JaBRAYAR, RESPECTIVELY.
Benjamin was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn, both of his PARENTS, AND HIS SISTER, GLORIA. HlS AUNTS EVA McCoy, RUBY BlOOM,
and Rosa Little and uncles Lonnie Lester and Burke Cunningham
ALSO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
Mr. Teal leaves to cherish his memory his children, Deneka and Brian; GRANDCHILDREN, DeMARI TeAL, DeANDREA BRANTLEY, AND DORIAN Lynch; step-mother, Doretha Teals; aunts, Rosenelle Little and Lillian Cunningham ; uncles, Frank and Oscar Cunningham;
BROTHERS, RAYMOND (BARBARA) TeAL, DENNIS (BARBARA) PERRY, ROGER Perry, Wayne Collins, and Darrien Teals; sisters, Joyce Teal, Lisa (Oscar) Patterson, Belinda Green, Roslyn Teals, Bennie Mae King, Dorothene (Earnest) Taylor, Bertha (Lorenzo) Williams, Diane Teals and Geraldine Coleman; nieces, Yalonda Jester and Monica
Brown; as well as many loving cousins, other nieces, nepliews and
FRIENDS.
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Rest Haven Gardens of Memory
2284 Candler Road Decatur, Georgia
Mount Ephraim Baptist Church Upper Room 1202 W. Marietta Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318