- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Dorothy Walker Gilbert. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7. Friday, July 21, 2006, 11:00 A.M. Elim Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 2006-07-21
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th centuryAfrican American men--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
- Description:
- Program for the July 21, 2006 funeral of Dorothy Walker Gilbert. Funeral Date: July 21, 2006. Church: Elim Baptist Church (Augusta, Ga.)
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_gilbertdorothy20060721
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_gilbertdorothy20060721
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
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Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumns rain.
When you awaken in the mornings hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.
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pallbearers
Deacons and Trustees of Elim Baptist Church
jflotoer PearerS
Ushers and Mission Society of Elim Baptist Church
Francine Jefferies
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How can we express our gratitude to the hundreds of individuals
who, during what could have been a bleak and dismal period in
life, came to be with us. Your visits, many calls, cards, food(s),
beverages, prayers, hugs, kisses, verbal expressions of sympathy,
distant travel(s) and your just being there have collectively
sustained us through the inevitable. The entire family joins with us
when we say, Thank You. To God be the glory for the things He
has done!
The Family
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Celebration of idle
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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
Friday, July 21, 2006
11:00 A.M.
Elim Baptist Church
Augusta, Georgia
Rev. C. DeWayne Roberts, Pastor, Officiating
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Tell me not in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream, and the
soul is dead that slumbers and things are not what they seem! Life is real
- life is earnest - and the grave is not its goal... For such works, my
friends, were never spoken of the soul!
On a glorious autumn day in Waynesboro, Georgia on October 10,
1918, a beautiful blessing was bestowed on Mrs. Jessie Palmer and
Mr. McKinley Walker when their baby daughter Dorothy Lee
Walker was born. After an extended illness on July 15, 2006, she
departed this life at 2:30 p.m. at University Hospital.
At an early age she joined Palmer Grove Bapdst Church in Burke
County. While living in Burke County she met and married the late
Eli Gilbert. To this union one daughter, Evelyn Gilbert Etheridge,
was born. The family moved to Augusta, Georgia and joined Elim
Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. R. L. Boyd.
Mrs. Gilbert was actively involved at Elim Baptist Church where
she initiated the development of the R. L. Boyd choir. She also
served for many years as the mission society president.
She retired from Bethlehem Community Center after over twenty
years of service and later joined Blair Nursing House for eight years.
Mrs. Gilbert was preceded in death by her parents, her husband,
her daughter, and three siblings.
She leaves to mourn her loving memory, two adopted sons: John
(Melaine) Freeman and Cornelius Bryant, Augusta, Georgia; one
brother, William (Florence) Palmer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; an
aunt, Idella Walker, Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren, Jonet,
John Jr., Jolaine and Jovan, all of Augusta, Georgia; two devoted
nieces, Willie Ruth Smith, Freeport, New York and Martha
Jackson, Adanta, Georgia; and a host of nieces, nephews and other
relatives and friends.
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Farewell my family, dont weep,
For Im at peace now, just asleep.
Farewell my family, Fm not alone,
The Mighty Maker has led me safely home.
Just think back over the many years,
How the family seemed so strong, holding back tears,
let God somehow always made a way,
And I thanked Him every night for another day.
Be good my family, always love each other,
Be strong my family, strong in heart,
The blood ties, no one can ever part,
And if somewhere I made a mistake,
As you live many will you make.
Farewell my family, I ve been called away.
Walk with God, trust in God,
For He is by your side.
rber of s>ertnce
Processional
Worship Thru Music...............................Choir
Prayer of Comfort......................Rev. Jerry Poole
Scriptures
Old Testament....Psalm 121..........Rev. Clarence Brown
New Testament ....Revelations 21: 1-7 ....Rev. John Lockhart
Worship Thru Music...............................Choir
Reflections:
Dea. Latimer Stokes
Mrs. Nellie Forrest
Mrs. Joyce Golden
Dr. Shirley A.R. Lewis
Acknowledgements.......................Ms. Frankie Riley
Words of Comfort...............Rev. C. DeWayne Roberts
Recessional
Interment .......................Hillcrest Memorial Park
Repast
Church Fellowship Hall