- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- [Funeral program for Willie Roger Withers]
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1990-01-06
- Subject:
- African American men--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--United States--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States---History--20th century
Funeral service--United States--History--20th century
Mourning customs--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--United States--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Willie Roger Withers. Birth date: August 8, 1925. Death date: December 29, 1989. Funeral date: January 6, 1990. 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_witherswillieroger19900106
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_witherswillieroger19900106
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
hituary
Willie Roger Withers, son of the late Aljournal and Annie Williamson Withers, was born August 8, 1925 in Caswell County. Following a period of illness, be entered into eternal rest on Friday, December 29, 1989, at the Annie Penn Memorial Hospital.
He was a faithful member of Red Hill Baptist Church; a Veteran of World War IT, having served in the United States Army; a member of the Dan River Masonic Lodge #490 F. & A. M. and American Legion.
After many years of loyal service, he retired from the American Tobacco Company.
His immediate survivors are: sisters, Miss Annie Mildred Withers and Miss Henrietta Withers, both of the home; three brothers, Allie Withers of Washington, D. C., Joseph A. Withers of Ruffin and Fred I. Withers of Newport News, Virginia; three uncles; two aunts; a host of other relatives and dear friends.
In the Hands of God
Even Death Is
a Time for Rejoicing -
And so when death brings weeping and the heart is filled with sorrow,
It beckons us to seek GOD as we ask about 'TOMORROW': ..
And in these hours of "heart-hurt" we draw closer to believing
That even death in GOD'S HANDS is not a cause for grieving
But a time for joy in knowing death is just a stepping - stone
To a LIFE that s EVERLASTING
such as we have never known.
<e Stil\ ~ tt ~0
rb.er f @>.eruirt i&tu. JJrlnyb C!rnrh.ett - flast.er nf C!r.er.emnnt.es
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN" ....................................... Choir
SCRIPTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Jonathan Holloway
PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deacon James Walker
HYMN ....................................... Choir REMARKS
SOLO ........................................ Choir
EULOGY ............................. Rev. T.R. Siddle VIEWING OF LOVED ONE
-JOHNSON & SONS FUNERAL DffiECTORS IN CHARGE RECESSIONAL
MASONIC RITES & SERVICE OF COMMITTAL
CHURCH CEMETERY
Arknnwl.ebg.em.ent
The family is sincerely grateful for your comforting expressions of sympathy extended to them during their dark hours. Like a quiet reflection calms the sou~ your kindness has given strength to their hearts.
The Family