- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Lorenzo A. Wallace, Sr., 1919-2017, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 11:00 AM, Warren Memorial United Methodist Church, 181 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, Reverend GiGi Warren, Senior Pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2017-04-05
- 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 Lorenzo A. Wallace, Sr. Birth date: May 14, 1919. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: April 5, 2017. Church: Warren Memorial United Methodist 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_wallacelorenzoasr20170405
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wallacelorenzoasr20170405
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
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1919- 2017
Wednesday, AprilS, 2017
11:00 AM
Warren Memorial United Methodist Church
181 Joseph E Lowery Blvd SW Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Reverend GiGi Warren, Senior Pastor
Lorenzo A. Wallace, Sr., a native Atlantan, was born May 14, 1919, the third child to the late Birdie Crolley Wallace and D r. Edward B. Wallace, Sr. He is the grandson of the late Reverend John Crolley, fust pastor and one of the founders of Warren Memorial United Methodist Church. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1937 and from Morehouse College, with a B.A. degree in 1941.
Wallace served our country in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1941 through 1945, during World War II. Upon his discharge he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier. He moved through the ranks to the U.S. Postal Service Southern Regional Office and retired in the position of Transportation Planning Officer in 1974. He served the Atlanta Railway Postal Clerks Credit Union as a Board of Director member for over twenty years. He was also on the Historic South-View Preservation board for the cemetery.
Lorenzo Wallace is a lifetime member of Warren Memorial UMC. His affiliations include the Board of Trustees, Pastor Parish Relations Committee, Sanctuary Choir, Delegate to the Annual Conference, President of the United Methodist Men, Methodist Men's Chorus, Church Historian, the C. B. Griggs Sunday School Class, and Noon Bible Study Class.
His social and civic affiliations include Morehouse College Alumni Association, B. T. Washington Class of 1937 Alumni Club, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., Atlanta Branch of the NAACP, and Chapter 1033 of the National Alliance of Retired Federal Employees.
In addition he served the Georgia Senate in the position of Doorkeeper for eighteen sessions and as Sergeant-at-Arms for several additional years.
As a member of the Montford Point Marines, he received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2011 for being one of the first black Americans to integrate the Marine Corps in 1942.
He is survived by his wife (Thelma P. Wallace), former wife (Gladys Beverly Wallace), son (Lorenzo A. Wallace, Jr.), a daughter (Nneka Alston Perry), three grandchildren, a niece Oulie Wallace Abram), and four nephews (Bernard Gipson, Jr., Samuel Wallace, Benjamin Wallace, and Bruce Gipson).
Musical Prelude
Scripture
23rd Psalms
Prayer
Eulogy
Musical Selection
Remarks and Acknowledgements
Committal
Benediction
Mr. David Stills Reverend Wimbley Hale, Jr. Reverend Wimbley Hale, Jr.
Reverend Michael Stinson Ms. Carol Ann Dove
Mr. Lorenzo Wallace, Jr. Reverend GiGi Warren
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S tqy with me) and then I shall begin to shine as thou shinest, so to shine as to be a
light to others the light) 0 Jesus) will be
allfrom thee. None of it will be mine. No
merit to me. It will be thoOu who shines! through me upon others. 0 let me thus praise thee) in the wqy which thou dost love best) by shining on all those around me. Give light to them as well as to me; light them with me) through me. Teach me to showforth thy praise) thy truth) thy
will. Make me preach thee without preaching- not by words) but by my example
and by the catchingforceJ the .rympathetic
influence) of what I do- by my visible
resemblance to thy saints) and the
evidentfullness of the love which my heart
bears to thee.
John Henry Newman
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We, the family of Lorenzo A. Wallace Sr., would like to take this time to thank you for your prayers, concerns and sympathy shown during our difficult time. Your expression of love did not go unnoticed. May God continue to bless each of you.
""'The Family