- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Celebration of Brother John Wesley Turner, 1912-1991, Saturday, July 6, 1991, 10:00 A.M., Vermont Baptist Church, 1421 Freeport Road, Creighton, PA 15030, Rev. A.L. Wingfield, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1991-07-06
- Subject:
- African American men--Pennsylvania--Creighton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Pennsylvania--Creighton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Creighton---History--20th century
Funeral service--Pennsylvania--Creighton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Pennsylvania--Creighton--History--20th century
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Creighton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Creighton, 40.5872891, -79.7783824
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for John Wesley Turner. Birth date: January 29, 1894. Death date: March 25, 2000. Funeral date: March 30, 2000. Church: Mt. Olive Baptist Church (McDonough, 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 759
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_turnerjohnwesley19910706
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_turnerjohnwesley19910706
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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- - - - - - WHEN I MUST LEAVE YOU
When I must leave you for a little whil e Please do not grieve and shed wild tears And hug your sorrow to you through the
years, Bu.t start out bravely with a gallant smile; And for my sake and in my name Live on and do all things the same, Feed not your loneliness on empty days , But fill each waking hour in useful ways , Reach out your hand in comfort and in
cheer
And I in turn will comfort you and hol d
you near; ~~d nGver~ nsver t e a fr~i d to die~ For I am waiting for you in the sky !
H0f1EGCJING CELEBF..ATION
OF BROTHER JOHN WESLEY TURNER
1912
1991
ORDER OF SERVICE
PRESIDING
Rev. A. L. Wingfield
THE PROCESSIONAL
"ON JORDAN'S STORMY B.ANKS" Baptist Hymnal Pg. 443
SELECTION
Choir "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS "
Baptist Hymnal Pg. 340
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 23: 1-6
Min. Gwen Shaw
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON
Pastor Wingfield
I Corinthians 15: 51-58
THE PRAYER OF COMFORT
Min. William Garnett
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CARDS, TELEGRAMS AND CONDO-
LENCES
Sis. Sandra Williams
Church Secretary
PASTORAL EXPRESSIONS
Visiting Clergy
$ELECTION
Choir "ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK"
Baptist Hymnal Pg. 223
READING OF THE OBITUARY ('!Stand By Me" - Pg.t. 500 .:.... Played softly)
SELECTION
Choir "WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER"
Baptist Hymnal Pg. 442
THE EULOGY Pastor A. L. Wingfield
THE RECESSIONAL
"I'LL FLY AWAY"
Interment Greenwood Memorial Cemetary
Lower Burrell, PA
Arrangements: Ross G. Walker Funeral Home New Kensington, PA
OBITUARY
BROTHER JOHN WESLEY TURNER, 79, of 701 Freeport
Road, Creighton, PA, departed this life on
Wednesday, July 3, 1991, while a patient in the
Citizens General Hospital, New Kensington, PA
He was born on March 20, 1912 in Lovejoy, GA
to the late Joseph and Lucinda Carmickel Turner. BROTHER TURNER served in the United States Army for over twenty _years.
Until his retirement in 1978, he was the Director
of the Housekeeping Department at the Citizens General Hospital where he had been employed for 27 years. BROTHER TURNER was a loyal and faithful member of the Vermont Baptist Church, Creighton, PA. He served as the past president and treasurer of the Usher Board and also served on the Trustee Board. He leaves to mourn their loss: a loving sister, Mrs. Alphronia Mcintyre, Creighton, P.A; a devoted brother , Booker Turner, Sr., Lower Burrell, PA, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. BROTHER TURNER was preceded in death by his
wife, Alberta in 1988.
DONE BY THE ORDER OF THE FAMILY ON THIS SIXTH
DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR,
1991 A.D.