- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral rites for Mr. John Clarence Bentley, Saturday, March 23, 1985, 2:00 p.m., D'antignac Street Church of Christ, Brother Richard Williams, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1985-03-23
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Augusta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the March 23, 1985 funeral of John Clarence Bentley.
Original program scanned by OCLC for the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System and described and presented by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral/id:bentley19850323
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_bentley19850323
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
FUNERAL RITES for
MR. JOHN CLARENCE BENTLEY
Saturday, March 23, 1985 - 2:00 P.M. DANTIGNAC STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST
************ Brother Richard Williams, Officiating
** OBITUARY **
Mr. John Clarence Bentley was born on January 24,1922 in Lincoln County, Georgia to Mr. Fred M. Bentley and Mrs. Mattie Fouch Bentley. He departed this life on March 19, 1985.
At an early age he became a member of Maple Spring Baptist Church in Lincolnton, Georgia. Later he was baptized and united in the Northwest Church of Christ in Detroit, Michigan. Upon relocating to Texas he was united in the College Hill Church of Christ in Fortworth, Texas.
As a young man, he served in the United States Navy.
Mr. Bentley was a barber by profession and worked in Augusta, Georgia, New York City, Richmond, Virginia, and Detroit, Michigan. He was also employed by American Airlines and served twenty years until his retirement. During this time of service he received the customer service award for outstanding customer relations.
He expressed his love for music by playing the harmonica and guitar as a hobby and singing with the original Swanee Quintet.
He leaves to cherish his memories a wife, Marjorie Bentley of Fort Worth, Texas, and their daughter, Marshon Bentley of Fort Worth, Texas; of his former wife, Ruby Bentley, who is deceased he leaves five daughters, Bess Daniels of New Haven, Connecticut, Ruth Jones of Augusta, Georgia, Gwedolyn Clayborne of Glenco, Illinois, Patricia Steele of Augusta, Georgia, Esther Reaves of Evanston, Illinois; two sons, Clarence Bentley of Miami, Florida, and Milford Bentley of Romulus, Michigan; two step-daughters, Renita White of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Tina Christiana of Detroit, Michigan; one step-son, Beleto Christiana, also of Detroit, Michigan, and a host of other relatives and friends.
** ORDER OF SERVICE ** PROCESSIONAL ............................. Congregation INVOCATION .......................... Bro. Tom Boston SCRIPTURE READING ................ Bro. Sylvanus Hudson MUSIC ..................................... Congregation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & OBITUARY MUSIC ..................................... Congregation REMARKS SOLO ................................. Mrs. Louise Brown EULOGY ........................... Bro. Richard Williams RECESSIONAL INTERMENT ................... Piney Grove Baptist Church
** FLORAL BEARERS **
Members of the Church ************
** CASKET BEARERS **
Members of the Family ************
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in Cod, believe also in me. In my Fathers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. Igo to prepare a place for you. And if 1 go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, andreceive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. St. John Chapter 14
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