- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Funeral Services for William Ross Totten, 1914-1978, Wednesday, January 18, 1978, 1:00 O'Clock P.M., New Ephesus Baptist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1978-01-18
- Subject:
- African American men--North Carolina--Caswell County--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Caswell County--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Caswell County---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Caswell County--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Caswell County--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Caswell County--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Caswell County, 36.39335, -79.33359
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for William Ross Totten. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 26, 2003. Church: Israel 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_tottenwilliamross19780118
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_tottenwilliamross19780118
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
FLOWER BEARERS Friends
CASKET BEARERS
Julius Watlington James Henderson Hubert Watlington
Charles Graves Bobby Blackwell Clayton King
''A Beautiful Final Tribute''
JOHNSON & SONS FUNERAL SERVICE
Telephone 342-1327
Reidsville. N. C.
New Ephesus aptist Church
Caswell County \North Carolina
William Ross Totten was born in Caswell County to Rosa Stadler Totten and the late Will Totten on February 17, 1914. He departed this life on Sunday Afternoon, January 15, 1978, in the Annie Penn Memorial Hospital.
He was a member of the New Ephesus Baptist Church.
The immediate survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Florence Gwynn Totten of the home; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Conley of Reidsville; four sisters, Mrs. Lettie Crisp of Reidsville, Mrs. Bessie Sheff of New York, New York, Mrs. Mabel Williamson and Mrs. Monnie Graves of Ruffin; one brother, Robert Totten of Ruffin; other relatives and friends.
Twilight and evening bell And after that the dark, And may there be no sadness offarewell When/ embark.
For tho'from out our borne oftime and place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
-The Family
PROCESSIONAL HYMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r ......................... Choir SCRIPTURE PRAYER HYMN ................................................ Choir EULOGY.................................... Rev. G. H. Badgett
-JOHNSON & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN CHARGERECESSIONAL
INTERMENTI- Church Cemetery
"My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth." -Psalm 121:2
-ACKNOWLEDGEMENTYour sympathy and kind thoughts will always be held in grateful remembrance. Thank you sincerely.