- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Memoria Service Prince E. Wilson 1918-1982, His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, "This was a man!", Wednesday, 6 October 1982, 1100am, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Chapel
- Date of Original:
- 1982-10-06
- 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 Prince E. Wilson. Birth date: 1918. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: October 6, 1982. Church: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Chapel. 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: 12
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_wilsonprincee19821006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wilsonprincee19821006
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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0 GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
0 God our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home!
Under the shadow of Thy throne Still may we dwell secure. Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood ' Or earth received her frame From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same.
0 God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Be Thou And our
my guide while eternal home.
life
shall
last '
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Atlanta Senior Golfers and Close Friends
MEMORIAL SERVICE
PRINCE E. WILSON 1918- 1982
His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, ''This was a man!''
Wednesday, 6 October 1982 11:00 a.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Chapel
PRINCE E. WILSON
Prince E. Wilson, son of Isaac and Edna Wilson, was born and reared in Asheville, North Carolina. After completing his elementary and secondary education in Asheville, he entered Talladega College, earning a bachelor's degree with honors in 1939. He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he earned the master's degree and the doctorate of philosophy.
During his extraordinary 42-year career, Dr. Wilson taught at every formal educational level, from elementary through high school, college and university. It was, however, in higher education that he spent most of his career and made his greatest contributions. He served as Professor and Chairman of the History Department at Bennett College from 1943 to 1945. In 1945, he came to the Atlanta University Center's Morris Brown College as Professor of History and Chairman of the Department. After two years, he was appointed Chairman of the Division of Social Sciences, and in 1957 he was named Academic Dean. In 1962, he became the first Dean of the Graduate School at Central State University (Ohio). In 1966, he returned to Atlanta to become Executive Secretary of the Atlanta University Center Corporation. He served in that position seven years, developing the budget from $40,000 to $2.2 million with 23 projects. He was appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Atlanta University in 1974 and has continued with the University since that time, serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of the National Center for Leadership Development, Executive Assistant to the President, and Professor of History. At the time of his death he was Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs. He also taught at Alabama State College, Texas Southern University, Southern University, and the University of Redlands.
Dr Wilson served as a member of a pilot team to establish a set of public programs for the National Endowment for the Humanities in six states; was a member and chairman of the Georgia Committee for the Humanities; and was chosen one of the first members of the Executive Committee for the National Federation of Public Programs in the Humanities.
He was a member of the American Association of Higher Education; the American Historical Association; Alpha Phi A:lpha fraternity; the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, serving on its executive committee; NAACP; United Board for College Development, which he s~rv~d as trustee and secretary; Board of Directors of Atlanta 2000, Inc. He was affiliated with many professional organizations at various periods, served as a consultant in the areas of race relations and consortium development to many institutions and organizations, and lectured widely.
He is survived by two daughters, Kristall Yvette Price and Sherrill Yolanda Wilson, and one granddaughter, Danielle Price.
ORDER OF SERVICE presiding
Roswell F. Jackson Pastor, Mount Calvary Baptist Church
PROCESSIONAL
PRELUDE
INVOCATION ............ .. ................... ... ........... . . .. ......... The Reverend J . R. Smith President, Atlanta Senior Golfers
HYMN: "0, God, Our Help In Ages Past" .......... ... .......... . . ...... .. . ................. St. Anne SCRIPTURE: Old Testament ............................................ The Reverend Julius Williams
New Testament ........................................ The Reverend Roswell F. Jackson MUSIC: "Precious Lord Take My Hand" ............. .. .............. .......... . ... Thomas A. Dorsey
Uzee Brown, Soloist
TRIBUTES: ...... ...... .......... .... .... .. ...... ...... ...... ............ .......... Robert Threatt President, Morris Brown College Cleveland L. Dennard President, Atlanta University Hugh M. Gloster President, Morehouse College
EULOGY ........................................................................ Henry C. McBay MUSIC
BENEDICTION ...................... .............. . ............... The Reverend Roswell F . Jackson RECESSIONAL
Wendell Whalum, Organist
Inurnment, Westview Abbey