- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Henry S. Heard, Shady Grove Baptist Church, Tignall, Georgia, Thursday, December 10, 1981, 2:30 o'clock p.m., Rev. William Evans, pastor, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1981-12-10
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Tignall--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Tignall--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Tignall--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Tignall--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Tignall--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Tignall--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Tignall, 33.86762, -82.74125
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the December 10, 1981 funeral of Henry S. Heard.
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:heard19811210
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_heard19811210
- 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:
-
Funeral Services for
Henry S. Heard
Shady Grove Baptist Church Tignall, Georgia
Thursday, December 10, 1981 2:30 oclock P.M.
Rev. William Evans, Pastor Officiating
Obituary
Deacon Henry Heard was born on November 9, 1909, in Wilkes County, Georgia, to the late Jack and Lizzie Heard.
At an early age, he joined the Shady Grove Baptist Church. He was a very active Christian worker.
He served as superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He also served as secretary of the Wilkes, Elbert, Lincoln Sunday School Union, Presider of Flint Hill Lodge No. 22, president of the 4th District Singing Convention, Assistant Secretary of the Freewill Missionary Baptist Ministers, Deacons and Laymen, and Grand Presider of S and D of M.P.O, Grand Presider of Good Samaritan Grand Lodge. He was also a licensed funeral director of the State of Georgia.
His earthly labor ended on Sunday, December 6, 1981. His survivors are his wife, Jessie Mae Heard; one son, Henry Heard, Jr., of Tignall, Ga.; two daughters, Lizzie M. Heard, Fort Valley, Ga., and Lou Ella Williams, Jesup, Ga.; one grandson, Arthur Williams Jr., Bob Jones University, Greenville, S.C.; five sisters, Jannie Mae Paradise and Ethel Cade of Washington, Ga., Eldora Hill, Gainesville, Ga., Ronnie Hill and Cornelia Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio; two aunts, Hattie Hill of Tignall, Ga., and Rosa Neubia of Greenville, S.C.; three brothers-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7.
Olden
Mrs. Oree D. Willis ................ Mistress of Ceremony Processional Song ................... "Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross" Scripture............................. Rev. R.H. Sutton Prayer.............................. Rev. Waymon Hill Song .................................. "At the Cross"
Tributes
Remarks ............................. Rev. H.D. Moon Dea. Jule Hulin.......................... As a Neighbor Dea. Albert Rucker ......................... As a Friend Bro. Edward Smith ....................... As a Member Eulogy ............................ Rev. William Evans Recessional Interment............................ Church Cemetery
Expression of Thanks
Your kind expressions of sympathy, acts of kindness and friendship will always remain
in our memories. Thank you for your thoughtfulness
The Family
Active Pallbearers Deacons of Reeves Chapel, Flint Hill and Pole Branch
Baptist churches
Honorary Pallbearers Funeral Directors
Floral Attendants Shady Grove and Flint Hill
Mother Board
Willis Funeral Home 224 Lexington Avenue Washington, Georgia 30673 Laura Willis, Directress
