- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing service for Mr. Herbert Alvin Edney, III, sunrise, December 30, 1953, sunset, November 5, 2009, November 9, 2009, 2:00 p.m., Beulah Grove Baptist Church, 1434 Poplar Street, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Sam Tanksley, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2009-11-09
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American men--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 November 9, 2009 funeral of Herbert Alvin Edney, III. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-E-0005
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_edneyherbertalviniii20091109
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_edneyherbertalviniii20091109
- 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:
-
M R H E R B E R T A L V IN E D N E Y , III, son ol th e la te H erbert Edney, II and H elen M. Tanksley, was born D ecem b er 3 0 ,1 9 3 3 in Richm ond County, G eorgia. H e entered into H eaven on Thursday, N ovem ber 3, 2 0 0 9 a t the U niversity H ospital in Augusta, Georgia.
H e joined the St. M ark M ethodist Church and at an early age, he understood the love ol God and accep ted G od as his personal savior.
H e was educated at C raig Elem entary and A tlantic City M iddle and two ijears ol High School, he graduated Irom Lucy C. Laney Class ol 1971. H e attended Paine C ollege lor two years. H e retired Irom A ugusta Y D C alter thirtyUour years ol service.
H e was m arried to A lb erta Cunningham Edney. To this union, one son was born.
H e is survived by: w ile, A lb e rta C unningham Edney; one son, H erbert A Edney, IV ol A ugusta, G A ; mother, H elen M. Tanksley ol A ugusta, G A ; sister, Ja n ice G ilbert, ol A ugusta, G A brother Patrick Tanksley ol Lithonia, GA; father~in" law, Mr. W illie Cunningham ; brothers-in-Jaw , B ern ard Cunningham and Emmanuel (Connie) Cunningham; uncle, Rev. Sam Tanksley (Jean); aunts, Patricia Tanksley ol Lithonia, G A and Jo y ce C lyburn ol Augusta, G A ; and a host ol nieces, nephews and friends.
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