- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mr. Walter Thomas, Jr., January 24, 1936- December 4, 2013, Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 11:00 am, Faith Baptist Church, 94 Mount Zion Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30354, Reverend Charles White, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2013-12-17
- 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 Walter Thomas, Jr. Birth date: February 27, 1996. Death date: June 15, 2014. Funeral date: June 21, 2014. Church: Gus Thornhill's Chapel (East Point, 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_thomaswalterjr20131217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_thomaswalterjr20131217
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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1936, to tlie fate Wa[ter rrfiomas, Sr. aruf :Jvtary Lou rrfiompkjn. qroiving up lie was ftnown as (Ba6a 6y liis other si6lings.
WaCter joinea rrfie 'Unitea States }1rmy when lie was 18 years oU ana remainea there for over 20 years. WaCter was a strong anaaecficateaman, wlio 6e[ievea tliat everything shouU 6e aone with peifection. Jfe receivea many achievements ana awardS au-ring liis [ijetime.
Wa[ter marriea Jfora }1very 7liomas, who preceaea liim in aeath; one aaughter, Linda rrfiomas, two 6rotliers ana one sister ana her lius6ancf, fl[fene ana James :JvtcCu[[ougli; two granachiUren who preceaea him in aeath, 1\fcarao Jfarris ana Vincent Cortez.
Jfe Ceaves to cherish liis memory, four step-cliiUren, (Brenaa rrfiomas Jackon, (Bar6ara rrfiomas Lewis, Juanita rrfiomas (Bey, anaWanaa rrfiomas CEvans; (})onaUrrfiomas anayoungest J{ora }1lisa rrfiomas. Jfe afso feaves si:{_ granacliiUren to mourn his memories, Sean rrfiomas, CBo66y 'IIiomas, CEmarrie Jackon, Jr., }1arian Jackon, (})ej1_nare 'IIiomas, Leon 'IIiomas, Josepli Washington, Jr., J{icofe James; two step-granas, Saseirria Patterson ana'Iieshia :Jvtartin, ana a liost of other refatives ana frienas.
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