- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Obsequies For the Late Mr. Alfonzo Maceo Woodard, Saturday, November 23, 1968, 11:00 A.M., Church of the Open Door (Congregational) United Church of Christ, Rev. Harold D. Long, Minister, Miama, Florida, The House of Albert, Directing
- Date of Original:
- 1968-11-23
- Subject:
- African American men--Florida--Miami--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Florida--Miami--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Florida--Miami---History--20th century
Funeral service--Florida--Miami--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Florida--Miami--History--20th century
African Americans--Florida--Miami--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Alfonzo Maceo Woodard. Birth date: August 31, 1899. Death date: November 20, 1968. Funeral date: November 23, 1968. Church: Church of the Open Door United Church of Christ (Miama, Fl.). 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_woodardalfonzomaceo19681123
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_woodardalfonzomaceo19681123
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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P ALLBEARERS CO-WORKERS
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Our sincere t-hanks tD everyone for all acts... of thoughtfulness and expressions of sympathy
and we beseech you continued prayers. THE FAMILY
F ina! Rites and Interme-nt: Woodard Cemetery, Griffin, Georgi~ Miller's Funeral Home, Griffin, Georgia Directing.
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MIAMI, FLORIDA The HOUSE OF ALBERT, Directing.
bituary
"Going horne , going home , I' m 3.-goi-ng home.; Qniet like, some still day , I'm just going home. It' s not far , just dose hy , thru an open door; Work all done , care laid by , going to fear no more. Nothing lost, all's gain , no more fret nor pain ; No more stumbling on the way , no more longing for :he day , Morning star lights the way, restless dream ::~.11 done; Shadows gone , break o'day , real life just begun I'm just going home."
ALFONZO MACEO WOODARD , one of ten children to the umon of Marcelous Woodard and Susie Hunter Woodard , was born August 31 , 1899 io Spaulding County , -Ge orgia where he e n joy ed a normal , happy childhood.
Converted early in life he was bapti zed i nto t:he Big Spring Baptist Church and upon coming to the Miami are a some thirty-odd years ago he c onn ec ted him self wit h the Mount Zion Raptis t Church . I11. rec e nt years howev e~ : he had hecom~: a memher of th e Church of Th e Op e n Door .
His quiet , unassuming manner gained for him many loyal friends and loved ~n e.s including tho s e w id~ "Whom he -worked at The Rod and Reel Cluh - where he was emplo)red for a number of ye ar s .
And , as in life. so i t was in the earl v morning hours of Wedne s day , November 20, 1968 our bel oveq '.'A I'_' _~ calmly ar d serenely made hi s home-goi ng .
He will be sadly missed and remembered by his devoted wife , Bessie; son , Charles of Detroit , Mich .; step-mother-. Mrs . Eula Woodard of Atlanta Geor_gia ~tep-daughter, Mrs. Betty D. Dowd of Newark , N.J . ; sister , Mrs. Ma'rnie Calhoun of Griffin, Ga.; two granddaughters , several ni eces, nephews, lesser relatives and numerous friends.
No , not good-bye , just so long for awhile.
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PROCESSIONAL ... . .. .. ... . .. . ..... .. . '\~\bide With Me" PRAYER SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS ......................... Mr. Arthur Edes
Manager, The Rod and Reel Club SELECTION .... . .. . .... "~For All the Saints" ....... Choir EULOGY ............... . .... .... . Re v. Harold D. Long BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL