- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral service for Mr. Leroy Grier, Sunday, March 22nd., 1970, 1:30 p.m., Gethsemane Baptist Church, Rev. Jacob C. Trowell, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1970-03-22
- Subject:
- African American men--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 March 22, 1970 funeral of Leroy Grier.
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:grier19700322
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_grier19700322
- 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:
-
1927
Mr. Loroy &ri r s son of ths lj.te John ^ J
and Xrs. Olivia Ihitc frier T--QS born in
I-cIuffie County I- arch It, 1-^27 1
Koncay- I-.-;:;, rch IS, 1970, he oto.rte: up to her
h g -. -, A -:.\">r jc: I crrow pierces his f r../.iu. a he
c/.l but felt no fco.r.
;..t tilt sge oi tv;o yeers ol,", hi- parents -;
... ovot to tiiie. city.Lt c:a esrly C.^.G br T as
c;iio. crtcc. and bcptizoc ^t the Gothacvu^ne
baptist church vncler the, Icf.dorship o:; the ?
late ;.-iGv . r.!^. v\hito, hero b.c served a very
faithful vor..cer in the church. So .".ovoc"
his church ..no. pastor.
^Vc - E v.nitcc in Zoly Wedlock to !lis&.
rtillio Hae j5elvin s Locc^ibor 2? 5 19i|-6. To
this union four chilcren were born, of .:,- "-f ,,
v;Liich one proce^CGc hi:;i in coo.th,
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He leaves to .;?curn his ./sssin^, :. de\o 1
ted : ifc, Krs. Ai.llic ,.:-co G-rior 5 tt-ro rru- -;rs
ghters, Kr; s. 1^1 cine- v.lcFair, Hiss. Gritelda
I. Grior^ one son, Chrie ij. C-.-rier, three
brothers, Tb.o^c.s Gfrier and John Gri^r of
Colu:.1abu, Ohio,, J:.c^ ; :;-ricr o? Chie-g.o, 111.,
ti-;ro sisters^ . > . ":elon S;iith cue. :!-rs. Cll-
ic 0t..r o ^hicagOp 111., o ::. .. Eon-in-l-:v,
216 f ".o ;. !cJL""ir on Z-ut;- in Jap^n,, tvc "isterr:-
in-1.:..v, Lrs. Cclessr Grier .-nr J.!rs. Thelm.a
Gricr, one br.tt.or-in-lr", , iDllis S:aith,
,:/nt- ^rc-..ue.son, Ar-.tiono L. I--c."."c-.ir , .:.othcr-in-
It.iv; ...rs. Tettic :;.-:. Cooper of St. peters- <
burg, .I--., ri^c runts j three unc.cs, :aci-
ces, .:, .phewsj, ccusins ana friends.
Sleep en c ,:.r Uusb no ,
Sleep on dear x-rcdy
Sleep en c car Brother Take Thy rest,, we all love you 3ut Jesus loved you best.
-" * FUNE. RALFOSRERVI"CTE.
MR. LSROY G-RIER 3UNDA.Y, MARCH 22nd. 1970, . 1:30 P.M.
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Early Christians used the peacock as a symbol of the resurrection. As the peacock
sheds his feathers, replacing them with ones more beautiful than before, so man
sheds his earthly body and rises through suffering and death to a new life and glory,
even as Christ rose from the dead.
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