- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Eulogistic services for Mrs. Louise J. Coke, Sunday, September 15, 1985, 1:00 p.m., Thankful Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Nathaniel T. Young, Sr., pastor
- Date of Original:
- 1985-09-15
- 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 September 15, 1985 funeral of Louise J. Coke.
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:coke19850915
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_coke19850915
- 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:
-
EULOGISTIC SERVICES
for
MRS. LOUISE J. COKE
Sunday, September 15, 1985 - 1:00 P.M. THANKFUL BAPTIST CHURCH Augusta, Georgia
************
Reverend Nathaniel T. Young, Sr., Pastor
** OBITUARY **
Mrs. Louise J. Coke, the daughter of the late Mrs. Rosina Gentile, was born in Augusta, Georgia on August 7, 1913 and departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1985 in Munster Medical Inn, Munster, Indiana.
On September 1, 1938, she married William F. Coke who preceeded her in death.
Mrs. Coke was a retiree of the New York City Transit Authority, where she worked as a clerical supervisor for twenty-five years.
At an early age, Louise was converted and baptized at Thankful Baptist Church. When locating in Brooklyn, New York, she realized the significance of spiritual guidance thereby joined St. Albans Congregational Church. Upon returning to Augusta, she reunited with Thankful.
Survivors include two nieces, Miss Evelyn Golden of Brooklyn, New York, Mrs. Audrey Carbarrus of St. Albans, New York and a host of other nieces, nephews, and relatives and friends of New York and Indiana.
There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some other shore, and bright in heavens jewelled
crown They shine forevermore.
J.L.McCreary
** ORDER OF SERVICE **
PROCESSIONAL ........................... "Perfect Day" HYMN OF PRAISE .................... "Does Jesus Care" SCRIPTURE ......................... Rev. Adolph Hollins PRAYER ............................. Rev. Adolph Hollins SOLO ................................... Mrs. Lois Price ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................. Mrs. Janie Lowe REMARKS ........................ Deacon Joseph Canada SOLO .............................. Deacon James Rosier EULOGY .......................... Rev. N. T. Young, Sr.
>
RECESSIONAL ........................... "Going Home" INTERMENT ...................... Cedar Grove Cemetery
** PALLBEARERS **
Deacon Clarence Canada Deacon Thomas Hankerson Deacon Quincy L. Robertson
Deacon Henry R. Daggett Deacon William Pinckney
Deacon John Q. Terry
************
** ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS **
The family of Mrs. Louise J. Coke wishes to express its sincere appreciation for your kind expressions of sympathy during the period of bereavement. Your cards, flowers, phone calls, visits and other acts of kindness helped to lessen our grief. It is our genuine prayer that God will continue to bless and keep you.
************
DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
In Charge