- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homegoing Service for Aston Roy Ward, Sr., Monday, December 31, 2012, 11:00 A. M., Ben Hill United Methodist Church 2099 Fairburn Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, Reverend Richard D. Winn, pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2012-12-31
- 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 Aston Roy Ward, Sr. Birth date: April 21, 1923. Death date: December 27, 2012. Funeral date: December 31, 2012. Church: Ben Hill 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_wardastonroysr20121231
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wardastonroysr20121231
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Jfomegoino Service Por
}f.ston ~ Ward, Sr.
Monday, December 31,2012 11:00 A.M.
Ben Hill United Methodist Church 2099 Fairburn Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30331 Reverend Richard D. Winn , Pastor
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06ituary
Aston Roy Ward Sr., was the second child of the late John Ward and Edith Jones Symonette, was born April 21,1923 in Kingston, Jamaica. A loving father, grandfather and great grandfather, Aston's faith in God was unwavering.
He was a retired Civil Servant of the United States Army. Aston was the founder of I<iddie Kottage Academy, Inc. in College Park, Georgia. A loyal member of Ben Hill United Methodist Church, he went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 27, 2012.
Aston \vas preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Ward, two sons, Aston Roy Ward, Jr. and Dexter Ward, one daughter-in-law, Sandra Jean Watson, his mother, Edith Jones Symonette, brother, Lester Ward and sister, Enid (May) Mangaroo.
Those who cherish his memory include his son, Marvin L. Watson; his four daughters, Ronia Ward, Cynthia Ward, Sandra Ward (Ron Poag) and Michelle Ward; one daughter-in-law, Mignon Ward; one brother-in-law, Sydney Mangaroo; five grandchildren, Shamika Watson, Maleka Watson, Torrey Nelloms Ward (Nija Nelloms), Diego Ward and Fabian Ward (Linda Thepphasone); great-grand children and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and other relatives and friends.
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Order ofService
Processional
Selection
Carol Davis
Scripture The Old Testament The New Testament
Prayer
Remarks
Obituary (Read Silently)
Lisa Rushin
Reverend Michelle Guilford Enon Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia
(Family Friend) Justice Robert Benham Georgia Supreme Court
(Grandsons) Torrey Diego and Fabian Ward
Selection
Terry Dukes
Eulogy Acknowledgment
Reverend Richard D. Winn Ben Hill United Methodist Church Atlanta, GA
Recessional
Interment
Greenwood Cemetery !Atlanta, Georgia
<Rpast
Ben Hill United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
(J>a{[6earers
Diego Ward . Fabian Ward Torrey Ward Gerald Butler .N1ike Rushin Wendell Brown
Pfower )f.ttentfants
Regina Payton Lucy Stephens Portia Owens Lisa Rushin Scarlet Pressley Brown
)f.c~nowfedjjements The family of Aston Roy Ward acknowledges with deep appreciation the many comforting messages, prayers and other expressions of kindness and sympathy.
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