- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Home Going Service for Mr. James Lewis Wells "Lil Hat", Saturday, February 19, 2005, 2:00 p.m., New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Kingston, Georgia, Rev. Randy Livsey, Pastor, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2005-02-19
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Kingston--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Kingston--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Kingston---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Kingston--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Kingston--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Kingston--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Kingston, 34.23704, -84.94411
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for James Lewis Wells. Birth date: August 6, 1944. Death date: February 13, 2005. Funeral date: February 19, 2005. Church: New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Kingston, 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: 449
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_wellsjameslewis20050219
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wellsjameslewis20050219
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Jfome Qoing Service
for
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~r. James L.~ewis We[{s
"i[J-{at "
Saturday, Pe6ruaiy 19, 200..5'
- 2:00 p. 1n. -
New Sfii[ofz 9Vlission,Jry (Baptist ClizLrcli
1(ingston, ~jeorgia
r.Rgv. CJ(andy .L.ivsey, (Pasto1~ Officiating
.!Jm Not Gone
I was born crying, afraid of what might lie ahead. I am gone now, do not mourn, because I arn not dead. I am in the hands of God Alive and fuH of energy, Alive!
I will live forever in your memory So please don't cry, for I am free at last. No more pain and suffering because this to will pass. As a child of God, I didn't walk alone.
To my fam.ily and friends, I am not gone.
Sunrise: jlugust 6, 1944
Sunset: Pe6ruary 13, 2005
A Time To Embrace:
August 6, 1944
Tfie 0 6it:uary
for
::Mr. James Lewis We[[S
A Time To Weep:
February 13, 2005
After a fulfilling ap.d well-spent life, Jatnes closed his eyes in slumber early Sunday morning, February 13, 2005, and is now resting from the toils of his earthly existence. As a beloved father, grandfather, great-grand father, brother, uncle and cousin, his family as well as his friends realize that while he is no longer
with us, his memory and spirit will live on forever.
James Wells was born August 6, 1944 to loving parents, the late Madeline Wells and the late Raymond Wells, Sr. in Bartow County, Georgia. James joined New Shiloh at an early age. Two live were joined in holy matrimony when James Wells and Louise Barton exchanged wedding vows on August 31, 1965. Together
they were dedicated to and blessed with six loving children.
Mr.
James
Lewis
Wells
worked
-
for the
..
Bartow
County
Sheriff Department
under
three different Sheriffs, Jim Wheeler, Buddy Bell and Don Thurman. After
leaving the Sheriff Department, James continued working for the County School
System. The following ten years he was employed by Shaw Industry.
James Lewis Wells was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond, Sr. and Madeline Wells; his sister, Jadeline Chapman, and brother, Donnie Wells.
To stand in the after glow of his life, still warm by his memory are: his wife, Hattie Louise Wells; six children, Carroll Taylor, Powder Springs, GA, Kimberly Wells, Donnie (Rebecca) Wells, Sonya, Andrea and Carlos Wells all of Cartersville, GA; one god-daughter, Amanda Patterson of Paulding County; two brothers, Raymond, Jr. (Daisy) Wells, Perry (Malinda) Wells of Kingston, GA; two sisters, Mrs. Mary McMillian (Moses) of Rome, GA and Robin Ellis; two uncles, Thurston Wells and Harold Wise, Sr. of Kingston, GA; twenty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; seven sisters in-law, and a host of nieces and nephews, friends and relatives; special friend and cousin, Mrs. Frances
Lee, and Lee Sheild Elliott, Thomas Zachery and John Wesley, Sr.
06it11ary
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Processional Selection Scripture:
Old Testament New Testament Prayer Obituary Selection Retnarks Solo Eulogy Recessional
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New Shiloh Choir
Rev. Comb Rev. Printup Rev. Louise Harris Read Silently New Shiloh Choir Limit 2 minutes Ahtnad Hall Rev. Randy Livsey
Choir
P[ower Ladies
qocfsaw tlie road'was getting rougli, rrfie fii(fs were fi.arefto cfim6,
Jfe gent(y cfoseJ tfiose (m;ing eyes, }lndwliisper:;d; "Peace CBe rrfiine. " rrfie weary liours tfie days ofpain,
rrfie sfeepfess night:> are passed. 'ffie e'Ver patient '()')Orn-out frame
J{asfound sweet rest at fast. ry'ou 6ade no one a fast farewe(~
you saidgood- 6~ve to none; rrfie Jfea-ven(y gates just openedwide, }lndtlie YW.aster's sweet voice said. "Come. "
Your Loving Wife and Children
Pa[[ CJ3earers
Alen Heanderson Rena Hill
Freddie Landrum Annie Pearl Johnson
Jackie Pasley Ezella Miller Wilma Heard Tyranny Bassett
In tennent
Kingston Cemetery
Larry Henderson Theodore "T.J." Bryant
John Stephens Freddie Duke Ernest Jones Eddie Wells Tracy Ceasar Robert Banks
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MACK EPPINGER & SONS FUN ERP..L SERVI CE, INC. 210 North Bartow Street
Cartersville, Georgia 301 20 Phone: 770 J 86-1 313
Mrs. Bridgett Eppinger Greene, Director
~~cf&zow[e,.:[gement
To our family and friends, we V\1ant to thank you for your support, encouragen1ent, words of comfort and your outpouring love during this bereavement period. May God bless each of you in His divjne way.
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rflie Pa.tni[y