- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Memorial services for Mrs. Ethel Mae G. Harris, Thankful Baptist Church, January 16, 1980, 4:00 p.m., Rev. N.T. Young, Sr., officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1980-01-16
- 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 January 16, 1980 funeral of Ethel Mae G. 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:harris19800116
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_harris19800116
- 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:
-
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. ETHEL MAE G. HARRIS
THANKFUL BAPTIST CHURCH January 16, 1980 - 4:00 P.M.
Rev. N. T. Young, Sr., Officiating The Creator Has a Master Plan . . . The deceased is a part of that plan.
** THE OBITUARY **
Ethel Mae Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Griffin
of Augusta, Georgia, was born September 24, 1936, in Richmond
County, Georgia.
At an early age, she was converted and baptized at Thankful Baptist Church.
For twenty-four years, she was a nursing technician at the Medical College of Georgia.
She is survived by her husband, Thaddeaus Harris; daughter, Tonya V. Harris; step-daughter, Beverly Manor, Augusta; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Griffin, Augusta; grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Hankerson, Augusta; four sisters, Marian G. Jolly, Augusta, Catherine Palmer, Baltimore, Maryland, Louise Beasley, Augusta, and Shirley G. Murphy, Idaho; two brothers, Robert L. and Earl A. Griffin, Augusta; five brothers-in-law, Rudolph C. Jolly, Sr. Augusta, Augustus Palmer, Baltimore, Maryland, Edward Beasley, Augusta, Llewellyn P. Murphy, Idaho, and James Harris, Long Island, New York; three sisters-in-law, Juanita Griffin, Eddie Mae Griffin, and Dorothy Harris; a god-daughter, Miss Sonya Morris; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
** ORDER OF SERVICE **
PROCESSIONAL........................................................Perfect Day
SCRIPTURE...............................................Rev. Edward Coy, Jr.
PRAYER ................................................Rev. William Roundtree
SOLO...............................................................Mrs. Vivian Rosier
WORDS OF COMFORT..........................Rev. N. T. Young, Sr.
RECESSIONAL........................................................ Going Home
INTERMENT ............................................... Southview Cemetery
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The family of Mrs. Ethel Mae Harris wishes to express their sincere appreciation for all deeds of kindness, condolences, and encouraging words, during this bereaved interim. Your prayers and kind words have given us added strength in the acceptance of our great loss. May Gods richest blessings be with each of you always.
The Family
/ expect to pass through This world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can show to my Fellow creature, let me do It now. Let me not Defer or neglect it. For I shall not Pass this way again.
** PALLBEARERS ** Phi Beta Sigma
** HONORARY PALLBEARERS ** International Citizens Band Radio Club, Inc.
Augusta, Georgia
** FLORAL BEARERS ** Usherettes - Thankful Baptist Church
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DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT In Charge
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