- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Homegoing Celebration for Lemma Thelma Totten Wright, Sunrise July 27, 1925, Sunset December 10, 2012, To be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord, Service, Friday, December 14, 2012, 12:00 pm, Blackwell Missionary Baptist Church, Yanceyville, North Carolina, Reverend Everett Dickerson, Pastor
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2012-12-14
- Subject:
- African American women--North Carolina--Yanceyville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Yanceyville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Yanceyville---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Yanceyville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Yanceyville--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Yanceyville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Caswell County, Yanceyville, 36.40403, -79.33613
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Lemma Thelma Totten Wright. Birth date: July 27, 1925. Death date: December 10, 2012. Funeral date: December 14, 2012. Church: Blackwell Missionary Baptist Church (Yanceyville, 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_wrightlemmathelmatotten20121214
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wrightlemmathelmatotten20121214
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
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Pastor Everett Dickerson
Processional..................................... Clergy & Family
Hymn of Comfort..................................Mass Chorus Scriptures:
Old Testament...................Rev. Clayton Poole New Testament ..............Rev. Ramona Joyner
Prayer of Comfort.......................Rev. Paul Robinson Solo.................................Deacon Ross A. Gwynn, Jr. Acknowledgements &
esolution ..........................Deaconess Evelyn Foster
Tribute ....................................Pastor Floyd Corbett
Selection ................................................Mass Choir
Eulogy...............................Pastor Everett Dickerson Solo........................................Brother Ackery Foster Director in Charge ....................Fulton Funeral Home
Recessional
Interment
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"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. " Revelation 21:4
On Monday, December 10, 2012, Deaconess Lemma Thelma Totten Wright peacefully transitioned from earthly existence into the resting place of our Heavenly Father. She was ~~ born in Caswell County on July 27, 1925, to the late Tom and Lemma Johnson Totten. She graduated from Caswell County Training School in 1944. She dedicated her life to Christ at the Blackwell Missionary Baptist Church at an early age, where she enjoyed worshipping, was a dedicated member and attended service until her health declined. She was a Deaconess, a member of the Kitchen Committee and a member of the Senior Choir. She was one of the first Ushers in the new church. She truly loved the Lord and her church family. She was employed by Expo Tobacco Company and later retired from Hanover Mills Company.
In addition to her parents, her husband, Oscar Wright, preceded her in death. Two children, Stanley Wright and Carol Wright, eight brothers, Lorenza Totten, Waymond Totten, Sherman Totten, Tommy Totten, Ulysses Totten, Robert Totten, Theotis Totten, Henry Totten, Sr., four sist~rs, Willie Esther Totten Foster, Adela Totten Graves, Mabel Totten and Ophelia Totten also preceded her in death.
Thelma leaves to cherish her memory, her children Delois ~r Wright Mitchell, Carolyn Wright Foster (Larry), and Oscar (Timmy) Wright Jr., an adopted daughter, Ethel Brooks and a sister-in-law Evelyn Totten, 11 grandchildren, 15 greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and fktJs