- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Janis T. Holmes, Sunrise: 10/20/1946 - Sunset: 12/20/2021, Friday, January 7, 2022 | 11:00 A. M. Hillcrest Memorial Park, 2700 Deans Bridge Road, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Dr. K. B. Martin | Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2022-01-07
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Augusta
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--21st century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta--21st century
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta--21st century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Augusta--21st century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Janis Holmes, née Thorne. Birth date: October 20, 1946. Death date: December 20, 2021. Date of funeral service: January 7, 2022. Location of funeral service: Antioch Baptist Church (Augusta, Ga.).
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_holmesjanis20220107
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_holmesjanis20220107
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
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30/2021
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Augusta, Georgia.At an early age, she accepted Christas her personal Saviorand was _
| es Pe the late Reverend iF J yarcoe! Antioch Bapuict Church.
ie wasSed in che Richmond CominsSchool Sn and micted bor :
`|| Lucy C. Laney High School in 1964. She earned a Bachelor of Art Degree from Paine
, College. She continued her studies atAugusta State University iin Augusta, Oo |
|| andSavannah andus ke State University i1 nSavannah, Georgia. oo
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`Her profession career `commenced with employment vathin the Lincoln and --
Richmond County Boards of Education, teaching at Westside Elementary andJ. W.
Houghton Elementary Schools, where she retired after twenty-nine years of service. --
|| Her dedicationto Houghton (inner-city-school) was that she realized he students
ai needed structureo , e and most ofall, love. :
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AL Sheswas a mentor to all stacenteand children she came in contact wath: Her reward
`was meeting former students throughout the community informing her of the impact
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Mrs. Janis `home Holmes willalways be remenibeted for her steadfast ee and :
`|| compassion. She was a model of respect, equality, fairness, and recognizing the best
in cate She died aS she lived, with soe ae and sanity.
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`|| Survivors are: her loving and notebneband (aay Holmes onestep-son,DeLartio : O. Holmes; devoted friend, Byrdyne Bell, all of Augusta, Georgia; niece, Sarah L. `| (Calvin) Rogers of Madison, Alabama; nephews, EddieC.Thorne and Reverend Jimmy ||
_ (Shantony) Thorne,Jr. ofFlint, Texas; brothers-in-lawJohnny Jenkins ofWaynesboro, _
Georgia, Gerry (Brenda) Holmes, David Gilbert, both of Augusta, Georgia, and Darnell _
(Melissa) Dennis of Atlanta, Georgia; sisters-in-law, Gloria Holmes, Dianne Dennis,
Michelle Dennis, and Erika (Marquel) Baker, all of Augusta, ee and ai host o |
}| great-nieces,, great-nephews, cousins,3, other Se and friends.
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Reverend DrK.B, Martin
_ Antioch Baptist Church | Augusta, Georgia _
2 PR Reverend Dr. K.B. Martin
8) ORmUARY 7 . ~ Read Silently :
_ ReverenDdr.K.B. Martin _
2 COMMIT
> BENEDICHiION =
| Thelordismyshepherd:
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Ashdinoiwant
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: --
He leadetmeh besitdhee still waters.
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He restoreth my soul:
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He leademetihn thepaths ofrighteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow ofdeath, =
Iwillfearnoqilforthoudn withme =
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
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Thou preparesta table before me in thepresencoef mine enemies:
_ Thou anointest my head with oil;my cuprunnethover.
_ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
AndI will dwell in the house of the Lorfodr ever. --
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a -Pdlike to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. - Ofhappy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. : - - Td like the tears of those whogrieve, to dry before the sun; a
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_ heartfelt appreciation for all the love, support, and acts ofkindness that were
_ shown during our timoefbereavement. Please contitonpuraey for us. May --
God
bless each of you and His abundant blessings be yours.
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