- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life Mrs. Anna L. Gordon
- Date of Original:
- 2016-04-05
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Augusta --History--20th centuryIIAfrican American men--Georgia--Augusta --History--20th centuryIIAfrican 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 May 21, 1996 funeral of Anna L. Davis Gordon. Funeral Date: May 21, 1996. Church: Thankful Baptist Church (Augusta, Ga.)
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_gordonanna19960521
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_gordonanna19960521
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
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Presiding.....................Rev. William B. Blount
Processional
Song..........................H.D. Gospel Choir
Scripture.....................Rev. William B. Blount
Prayer.......................Rev. Isaac Kirkland
Hymn (Mothers Favorite) .....Rev. Jimmy McCullough
Reflections...................Bro. Johnny Ingram
(2 minutes) Sis. Margaree Cooper
Bro. John H. Ruffin
Acknowledgments
Solo.....................Rev. Daren Newton
Eulogy...................Rev. Haywood Dock
Recessional
Interment
The Pines
Obituary
Anna L. Gordon was born in Waynesboro, Georgia to
Robert and Rebecca Brinkley Davis, on December 4, 1917.
She passed to a higher calling on May 18, 1996.
Her preparation for that calling began when she joined
Thankful Baptist Church in Waynesboro, as a youth. She
served faithfully in Thankful in various capacities
including, but not limited to, President of the Senior Choir,
Superintendent of the Sunday School, Directress of the
Junior Choir, Sunday School Teacher, President of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union and Church Clerk for over 40
years, until her health failed. She also served as a teacher
in the Walker Baptist Association.
She was initially married to John H. Ruffin, Sr., and two
children were bom of this union, John H. Ruffin, Jr.,
Augusta, and Sarah E. Ruffin who predeceased her. She
later married General G. Gordon and two children were
bom of this marriage, Jeanette Gordon, Augusta and Shirley
Gordon Brady, Waynesboro.
In addition to being survived by her three children, Anna L
Gordon is survived by Fannie F. Wimberly and her husband
and children, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Judith Ruffin,
daughter-in-law, Augusta, Thomas Brady, son-in-law,
Waynesboro, eight grandchildren, four great-
grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
PALLBEARERS
Eddie Jones
Andrea Harden
Thomas Holiday
Nathaniel Herrington
Michael Davis
Ernest Sapp
George Lloyd
Gregory Greene
FLOWERBEARERS
Ladies Auxiliary 270
American Legion
