- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- [Funeral program for Henrietta Withers]
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2011-11-02
- Subject:
- African American women--North Carolina--Pelham--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Pelham--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Pelham---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Pelham--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Pelham--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Pelham--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Caswell County, Pelham, 36.51014, -79.47169
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Henrietta Withers. Birth date: September 15, 1928. Death date: October 28, 2011. Funeral date: November 2, 2011. Church: Red Hill Baptist Church (Pelham, Nc.). 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_withershenrietta20111102
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_withershenrietta20111102
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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