- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing services for Mrs. Hazel S. Clayton, Monday, July 11, 2005, 11:00 a.m., Bethel A.M.E. Church, 623 Crawford Avenue, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Mark S. Pierson, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2005-07-11
- Subject:
- African American women--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 July 11, 2005 funeral of Hazel Smith Clayton.
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:clayton20050711
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_clayton20050711
- 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:
-
A precious one from us is gone, a voice we love is still, A place is vacant in our hearts, which can never be filled. It is sweet to be remembered and a pleasant thing to find,
Although you are gone Aunt, you will still be kept in my mind .
~ Monday~ July 11, 2005
11:00 A.M.
Bethel A.M.E. Church
623 Crawford Avenue Augusta, Georgia
Reverend Mark S. Pierson ... Officiating ...
Mrs. Hazel Smith Clayton, entered into rest Tuesday, July 5, 2005. She was born in Norwood, Georgia, the eighth of nine children to the late Jesse and Fluter Dawson Smith. Her family moved to Augusta, Georgia when she was a young child.
Hazel graduated from Paine High School and married Walter Clayton, Sr. in 1944. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio and to this union two children were born. She returned to Augusta, Georgia after the death of her husband. Hazel attended Louvenias School of Cosmetology and graduated from Augusta Technical School.
She joined Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church at an early age and was an active member of the Twentieth Century Board, the Chancel Choir and the Womens Missionary Soci ety. Hazel was the 2003 Queen of the Womens Missionary So ciety. Being a military wife, Hazel was a lifelong member of the Womens Auxiliary of the VFW and the American Legion.
Mrs. Clayton was a Licensed Beautician, Seamstress, Foster Grandparent at Gracewood School and Hospital, and a partici pant and former Queen of the Shiloh Senior Center.
Hazel leaves to cherish her memory: a son, Walter (Martha) Clayton Jr.; daughter, Mary Ellen Clayton, both of Augusta, GA; nine grandchildren, Jonathan (Yolanda), Tonietha, Tennille, Johann, Walter III, William Robert, Feme and Alyssa; sixteen great grandchildren; one sister, Emma Mildred Lumpkin of Inkster, Michigan; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
The Reverend Ervin Smith - Presiding
Prelude ...................................... Organist
Processional .............................. Clergy &. Family
Hymn .................................. The Mass Choir "Life h Like A Mountain Railroad"
Prayer ......................... Reverend Gordon Thomas
Scriptures
Old Testament............. Reverend Laverne Comer Psalm 116:5-9
New Testament................ Reverend Ozzie Ford I Thessalonians 4:13 -18
Selection ................................. The Mass Choir "You Cant Beat Gods Giving"
Expressions of Comfort Class Leader - Ms. Annette Simmons
Family Member - Mr. Jonathan Clayton Neighbor / Friend - Mrs. Ruth Crawford
Obituary .................................. Read Silently
Acknowledgements .................... Mrs. Belle S. Clark
Selection ......................... Reverend Stephen Smith
Eulogy .......................... Reverend Mark S. Pierson
Recessional .............................. Clergy & Family
Interment .......................... Southview Cemetery
... FELLOWSHIP...
The Alpha Center - Bethel A.M.E. Church
SAM CURRY
MICHAEL MCK.ENZIE DENNIS MCCLENDON
MEMBERS OF POST 505 AMERICAN LEGION
THE VFW WOMENS AUXILIARY THE AMERICAN LECION WOMENS AUXILIARY
Life Is Forever! - Death is A Dream!
If we did not go to sleep at night We d never awaken to see the light , And the joy of watching a new day break Or meeting the dawn by some quiet lake , . Would never be ours unless we slept While God and all His angels kept
A vigil through this "little death" Thats over with he mornings breath And death , too , is a time of sleeping, For those who die are in Gods keeping, And theres a "sunrise" for each soul, For LIFE not DEATH is Gods promised goal So trust Gods promise and doubt Him never For only through death can man LIVE FOREVER!
.-: / . ," .
. . . Helen Steiner Rice ...
The family acknowledges all expressions of sympathy shown during our hours of bereavement. May God bless each of you!
- The Clayton Family
Services Entrusted To WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC.