- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing celebration for Betty Ruth Cook, Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2:30 p.m., Beulah Grove Baptist Church, 1434 Poplar Street, Augusta, Ga 30901, Dr. Sam Davis, pastor
- Date of Original:
- 2009-12-12
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st 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
- Description:
- Program for the December 12, 2009 funeral of Betty Ruth Brown Cook. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-C-0079
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_cookbettyruthbrown20091212
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_cookbettyruthbrown20091212
- Language:
- eng
- 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.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- 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:
-
Homegoing Celebration
for
Pettp &utfj Coofe
Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:30 p.m.
Beulah Grove Baptist Church
1434 Poplar Street Augusta, GA 30901 Dr. Sam Davis, Pastor
O bituary
On Monday, November 30,2009, Betty Ruth Cook went home to be with the Lord with her family by her side.
BettyRuthBrownCookwas bom February 25,1945 to the late Curtis and Annie Brown, Sr.
At an early age she accepted Christ.
She attended Richmond County Schools.
She was married to the late John Thomas Cook.
Betty Ruth Cook was preceded in death by one bother, Curtis Brown, Sr., two sisters Carrie Hires and Leola Burke.
Those left to cherish her memory: Daughters, Sonya (Rev. Kenneth) Brown, Linda (Willie) Bowes, Shawn Cook, all o f Augusta, GA; Brother, Eddie (Carolyn) Brown, Rochester, NY; Sister, Eamestine (Herschel) Smith, Winter Haven, FL; two aunts, Allie Mae Kindred, Birmingham, AL, Nellie Holmes, Austin, TX; frind o f the family, James "Buddy" Pryor; eleven grandchildren, eight great grand children a host of nieces, nephew, other relatives and sorrowing friends.
Repast: Beulah Grove Community Resource Center
1448 Lee Beard Way
Order of Service
Dr. Sam Davis, Presiding Rev. Kenneth Brown, Eulogist
Prelude
Processional
S e le c t io n .......................
Scriptures: Old Testament . Psalm 23 New Testament 2 Timothy 4:5-8
P ra y e r............................
Solo ...................................................................... Dea. Frank Griffin
Reelections (3 Minutes, please) F rie n d ..................................................... Mr. Theron Wilson Patient ............. . . Ms Toshua Wilson, Nephrology Center Family Member ..................... Ms. Shawn Cook, Daughter
Solo ..............................
O b itu ary .......................
Solo ..............................
Acknowledgments . . . .
Selection..........................................................Min. Ceminthia Grant "Going Up Yonder "
Eulogy .............................................................. Rev. Kenneth Brown
Kcccssioiiul
Interment
Sontliview Cemetery
Pallbearers Good Hope Baptist Church Male Chorus
My First Christmas in Heaven I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below With tiny lights like Heaven's stars, reflecting on the snow.
The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away the tear For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
But the sounds o f music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.
I have no words to tell you, thejo y their voices bring, For it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart.
But I am not so fa r away, We really aren't apart. So be happyfo r me, dear ones, You know I hold you dear. And be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. 1 sent you each a special gift, from my heavenly home above,
I sent you each a memory o f my undying love. After all love is a gift more precious than pure gold. It was always most important in the stories Jesus told. Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do. For I can't count the blessing or love he has fo r each o fyou. So have a Merty-Christmas and wipe away that tear. Remember, I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year As the Lord hadfinished creating the earth, something was missing so he chose pieces from all the flowers, threw them into the sky and blew life into them and the butterflies were born.
A ckn ow ledgm ents The family wishes to express sincere gratitude to everyone for their phone calls, food, flowers and other acts of kindness during their time of bereavement. Special thanks to University Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute and Dr. Clay Wilson, Nephrology Centers of America-South Augusta.
