- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral service for Mrs. Marie Edwards, Tuesday, February 11, 1992, 3:00 p.m., Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1223 Laney-Walker Boulevard, Augusta, Georgia, C.S. Hamilton, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1992-02-11
- 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 February 11, 1992 funeral of Marie Edwards.
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:edwards19920211
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_edwards19920211
- 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:
-
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Mrs. Marie Edwards
Tuesday, February 11, 1992 - 3:00 P.M. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
1223 Laney Walker Boulevard Augusta, Georgia
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C. S. Hamilton, Officiating
** OBITUARY **
Mrs. Marie Edwards was born April 15,1910 in Newberry, South Carolina. She departed this life February 6, 1992.
She had been a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church for a number of years.
Survivors include three daughters, Bonnie Mae Williams, Newberry, S.C., Claudine Williams and Lillie Mae Lawton both of Augusta, Ga.; four sons, Moss Elam, Martinez, Ga., Willie W. Elam and Clifford Edwards both of Augusta, Ga. and Robert Elam, Columbia, S.C.; stepdaughter, Mary E. Hawthorne; two sisters, Elizabeth Lyles and Fannie Morgan both of Newberry, S.C.; a brother, Clifford Morgan, Columbia, S.C.; and several grandchildren.
** ORDER OF SERVICE **
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PROCESSIONAL
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HYMN ........................ "God Will Take Care Of You"
SCRIPTURE ............................... Rev. Inez Smith
PRAYER
SELECTION ......................... "Come Ye Disconsolate"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CARDS & TELEGRAMS ............... Mrs. Emma Starks
SOLO ................................... Mr. Grady Elam
EULOGY .............................. Dr. C. S. Hamilton
RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT ................... Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens
** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS **
Gregory Parks Ricky Elam Randy Williams
Van Parks Willie Williams Ricky Williams
God saw the road was getting rough And the hills too hard to climb,
He gently closed those loving eyes; And He whispered, Peace Be Thine. Her weary hours, her days of pain,
Her weary nights have passed. Her ever patient worn-out frame,
Has found sweet rest at last.
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** ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to take this time to thank each and everyone ofyou for the love and support you have shown us, along with the sorrow we share in the loss of Mrs. Marie Edwards. May God bless each of you.
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Services Entrusted To DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
