- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Lee Harris, Wednesday, September 10, 1969, 3:00 p.m., Keys Grove Baptist Church, Rev. T.J. Streetman, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1969-09-10
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Keysville--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Keysville--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Keysville--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Keysville--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Keysville--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Keysville--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, Keysville, 33.23376, -82.23234
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the September 10, 1969 funeral of Rosa Lee Harris.
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:harris19690910
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_harris19690910
- 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:
-
FOR
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1969 3:00 P.M.
KEYS GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. T. J. STREETMAN, Officiating
OBITUARY
On Thursday evening, September 4, 1969 Mrs, Rosa Lee Wright Harris was claimed by death.
The daughter of the late Clarence and Mrs. Evelyn Attaway Wright, she was born in Keysville, Ga. March 15, 1933. She grew up and attended school and church hi this community. In 1944 she joined the Keys Grove Baptist Church and was baptized by the late Rev. T. H. Hickson. She was active and faithful until death. She moved to Augusta in 1948 where she received her education in the Palmer Grove School in Br>-ke County and graduated from Lucy Laney Class of 1952.
She married Mr. Sam Yarbrough and to this union six children were born. They were divorced and she married Mr. George Harris. To this union one daughter was born. She will be missed by her family, her church and many friends.
Survivors are: Husband, George Harris; sons, Samuel, Kevin, Roney, and Bobby Yarbrough; daughters, Virginia Yarbrough and Rosa Louett Harris; mother, Mrs. Evelyn Wright; six sisters, Mrs. Lela Prescott, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Robert,, Hubert, Phibdelphia, Pa., Mrs. Bessie Bines, Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Elaine Coleman, Chicago, 111., Mrs. Evelyn Stringer, Augusta, Ga., and Miss Bettye J. Wright, New Jersey; two brothers, Mr. Robert W. Wright, Buffalo, N.Y., and Mr. Eddie L. Wright, Philadelphia, Pa.; three aunts, Mrs. Mozelle Floyd, Mrs. Beatrice Williams and Mrs. Alberta Walker; two uncles, Mr. N. K. Attaway and Mr. Clattie Attaway; five sisters-in-law, Mrs. Barbara Wright, Mrs. Marie Wright, Mrs. Thelma Smith, Mrs. Nellie Turner, and Mrs. Gracie Bell Harris: three brothers-in-law, Mr. Ernest Harris, Mr. Hubert Harris, and Mr. Tony Harris; mother-in-law, Mrs. Inez Harris; fatherin-law, Mr. George Harris, Sr.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
