- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration Service Honoring The Life of Mr. William Walker, Jr., Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 11:00 A.M., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 400 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Raphael Warnock, Ph.D., Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2010-01-19
- 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 William Walker, Jr. Birth date: September 17, 1931. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: January 19, 2010. Church: Ebenezer 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.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 376
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_walkerwilliamjr20100119
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_walkerwilliamjr20100119
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Terrence Daniels Williams Roberts, III
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Big Bethel Village Gentlemen's Club
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We, the family ofthe late Mr~ William Walker, Jr.
wish to express our sincere thanks:.
Because you cared, you came to share Beautiful flowers and words ofprayer;
Because you cared enough to do, Words of comfort and cards came too; Because you cared, we were not alone,
Call and visits reached our home; Because you cared,)we 're grateful indeed, You 've been a comfort and friend indeed;
Because you cared, we're praying too, For God's richest blessing for each of you ~
Thank You So Much, -The Family
Professional Services and Cremation Arrangements by Haugabrooks Funeral Home, Inc. 364 Auburn Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30312 404-522-8217
" Wh~re Service Is An Everlasting Memory"
Tuesday,Januaryt9,2010 - tt:oo A.M. -
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Atlanta, Georgia
The Reverend Raphael Warnock, Ph.D. Pastor
Obituary
William Walker Jr. was born on September 17, 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia to William Walker, Sr. and Sara Scott.
William was affectionately known as "Junior," "Kookie,,, "Jun,'-' and "'~WW .'-' He was educated in the Atlanta Public School system and attended Howard High School. At an early age, he met and later married Jacquelin Davis who preceded him in death. William joined Ebenezer Baptist Church at an early age where he was a member of the September Birthday Club. William shared ownership with the late Albert T. Davie a '(.Home for the Elderly.,, He later became co-owner of "Evergreen House of Flowers,, while retiring as a mail clerk for Mutual of Omaha. He was an active member of the Big Bethel Gentlemen,s Club. William's family and friends enjoyed his passion for pictures and the color (."GOLD.', He was very artistic and loved decorating . His creative talents were displayed through flowers and design. He will be greatly missed by a host of relatives and friends especially his immediate family: four children, Barron Walker, Lucretia Dixon (Tommie), Aquilla Walker and Jacqueline W. Curtis (Dextert ten grandchildren, Darryl Walker, Johnathan Johnson, Aquilla Walker, Demarcus Walker, Octavious Bostic, Keisha Johnson, Tiffany Bostic, William Dixon, Dexter Curtis, Jr., Demetrius Dixon; one great grand-son, Kenneth Jenkins, Jr. ; two brothers, Nathaniel Walker (Freda), Larry Joe Walker (Michelle); and, one sister, Eula Walker.
Order ofService
Prelude
Processional
Hymn ofPraise .............,. ._.................. uBlessed Assurance"
Scriptures:
Old Testament.. .-........................................ Psalm 103
The Reverend Jermaine McDonald
New
Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ./.
Thessalonians
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4:13-18
The Reverend Clevette Ingram
Remarks: Dr~ Christine King Farris, Family Friend f';.:."8ri<;'J1"k' Dr. Carrie Buggs, Board of Trustees Mrs. Shirley Barnhart, Family Friend
Lena Reid, Big Bethel Village Resident Cou..n,.,cilPresident
Solo ........................................................ William Dixon
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Reflections ofLife (Please read obituary silently)
Eulogy........................................ Dr. Joseph L. Roberts, Jr. Pastor Emeritus
Committal
Benediction
Recessional