- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Service of Mr. Willie Lee Thomas, "For thou has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8-9, Saturday, June 11, 2005, 11:00 A.M., Second Saint Siloam Missionary Baptist Church, 209 East Street, Brewton, Alabama, Officiating, Reverend W.J. Blue, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2005-06-11
- Subject:
- African American men--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Texas--Brewton---History--20th century
Funeral service--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
African Americans--Texas--Brewton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Texas, Jefferson County, Brewton, 30.1027845, -94.162394
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Willie Lee Thomas. Birth date: January 24, 1936. Death date: December 4, 2013. Funeral date: December 17, 2013. Church: Faith 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_thomaswillielee20050611
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_thomaswillielee20050611
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Active Pallbearers
Sons, Grandson, Nephew
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- ~ onora'1) Pallbearers
Deacons& Trustees
Flower Bearers
Deaconesses& Senior Choir
Interment
Baptist Hill Cemeten.J
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AckoowlOOgement
The famil-y wishes to express their sincere thanks to all amillJ and rienda or the kind expressions o
SlJmpathlJ through pralJers and other services during our time o bereavement.
- Final Anangements Entrusted to-
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e1JeS from tears, 4WHf!J feet from fallittg. I
will walk. before the LoR.D mthe la.w of the l1cJiMs. Psalm u6:8-9 ~ So.turdo.lJ, June lL 2()(l) ttOOAM.
SecondSo.int Siloam Miuionug &ptiat ChurcL. 209fast Sheet
Brewton,AlehomG
OHicio.tiag Reverend W. J. Blue, PGJtor
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~llie Thomas waB born September 15, 1931
in Andalusia, Alabama to N~llie and Columbus Thomas.
At an earllJ age thelJ moved to Brewton, Alabama where he met his childhood sweetheart and wie o 46lJears, Margaret Ann Nettles.
In the earllJ 50's thelJ moved to JerselJ City where they both worked at Owen and Illinois.
In 1985 they moved back to Brewton, Alabama where he joined Second Saint Siloam and became a aithul servant o the Lord and was a participant in all church activities. He was also a member o the Armed Forces.
He is met in Heaven blJ his wife, Margaret A
Thomas. He's survived blJ three sons: Jerome (Dorothy) ThomaB o Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Willie Craig (Freida) Thomas o Ocala, Florida and Dexter (Linda Rae) ThomaB o Brewton, Alabama;
our grandchildren: Craig J. ThomaB, Tynesia N. Smith, WilliamS. ThomaB and Kiana A Thomas and
a host o brothers and sisters.-in.-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends and a special friend, M,, Hattie Boyd o Brewton, Alabama.
When l come to the end of the road And the sun has set for me
l want no rites in a gloom-filled room Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little- but not too long And not with your head bowed low Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me - but let me go.
For this is a journey that we a[[ must take And each must go alone.
les aHa part of the Master's Plan A step on the road to Home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart Co to friends we know
Laugh at the things we used to do1 Miss me- but let me go!
- Qr()er of Service -
Processional
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Resolutions "'"' r-.J"',....,"'"' r-.J Sister Ora Jackson
~ (limit 3 minutes please)
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Recessional