- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- [Funeral program for Benton Withers]
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1997
- Subject:
- African American men--Virginia--Hampton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Virginia--Hampton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Virginia--Hampton---History--20th century
Funeral service--Virginia--Hampton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Virginia--Hampton--History--20th century
African Americans--Virginia--Hampton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Hampton, Hampton, 37.02987, -76.34522
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Benton Withers. Birth date: January 6, 1909. Death date: July 19, 1997. Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: (not recorded). 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_withersbenton
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_withersbenton
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Organ Prelude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organist
Processional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family & Friends
Opening Hymn ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . Choir
Scripture Reading Old Testament New Testament
Psalm 145:14-21 1-Corinthians 15:50-55
Prayer of Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minister Hymn of Assurance .... ..... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choir
Acknowledgments & Church Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sis. Nellie Whitfield
Silent Reading of Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soft Music
Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Sis. Marlene Johnson
Eulogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pastor Dwight Riddick
Hymn of Victory ........................... Choir
Recessional ..................... Family & Friends
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HI have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith: Henceforth there is laid~ up~ for me a crown of righteousness
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at tha~ day: and not to me only, but unto 'all ofthem also that love his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:7-8)
On Saturday, July 19, 1997 the Angel of Mercy came into Sentara
Nursing Home, Hampton, Virginia, and took Mr. Benton Withers to
.his eternal home. He was the son of the late George and Sadie Bushnell Withers of Caswell County, North Carolina. He was born January 6, 1909. Benton was married to the late Fannie Brown Withers. He retired from Newport News Shipyard in 1973.
Benton was a kind, gentle, soft-spoken person who loved his family and his church. He wor}\ed while it was day, but the night cometh and God saw the road was getting rough and the hills hard to climb; he gently closed his loving eyes and said, let peace be thine.
He leaves to cherish his memory one stepdaughter, Mrs. LaVerne Brown of Hampton, Virginia; one granqson, Mr. Morris Martin, Jr. of Newport News, Vrrginia; _one gran.ddaughter, Darn~ Martin ofHampton, Virginia; one great granddaughter, Toya Martin of Hampton, Virginia; one brother, Mr. Forrest Withers of Ruffin, North Carolina; one sister-in-law, Mamie W. Withers of Ruffin, North Carolina; and many nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.
You are the one, who leads the way, The shining truth that lights my day You are the peace that fills my soul That comforts m.e, that makes me whole
I am the one, who follows you, with thankful heart in all I do
0 precious Savior, I rejoice That I have heard thy loving voice When life is done, and I in death Shall draw one last reluctant breath You are the one whose face I'II see My blessed Lord, who died for me.