- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Obsequies for Ruth M.J. Johnson, Friday, April 13, 1984, 3:00 p.m., Thankful Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia, Rev. N.T. Young, Sr.
- Date of Original:
- 1984-04-13
- 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 April 13, 1984 funeral of Ruth Jordan Johnson.
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:johnson19840413
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_johnson19840413
- 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:
-
RUTH M. J. JOHNSON
Friday, April 13, 1984 - 3:00 p. m. THANKFUL BAPTIST CHURCH
Augusta, Georgia Rev. N. T. Young, Sr.
** OBITUARY **
Ruth Jordan Johnson, the daughter of Mrs. Rosa M. Jeffer son, was born April 18, 1948 in Sandersville, Ga.
At an early age, she confessed Christ at the Middle Hill Bap tist Church in Sandersville, Ga. After moving to Augusta, Ruth joined Thankful Baptist Church through Christian experience.
She was educated in the public schools of Washington Coun ty. She attended T.J. Elder Elementary School and graduated from T.J. Elder High School in 1966. She also attended the Cook County Nursing School in Chicago, Illinois. For several years, Ruth worked as a paraprofessional in the Richmond County School System. Before her departure she was the proprietor and manager of the Save Time Currency Exchange.
On June 9, 1968 she entered in Holy Bond of Matrimony at Middle Hill Baptist Church with Joe E. Johnson and moved to Augusta, Ga. They were blessed with one daughter, Ren.
She leaves to mourn her husband, Joe E. Johnson; daughter, Larenda Ann Johnson; mother, Mrs. Rosa M. Jefferson of Augus ta; step-father, Mr. Willie Jordan of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters, Ms. Bertha Wilson and Mrs. Bernice Spencer of Augusta; one adopted brother, Mr. Jerry Betha, Canton, Ohio; two aunts, Mrs. Bessie Lee Cooper of Sandersville, Ga. and Miss Hattie Ruth Jordan of Augusta; one uncle, Mr. Vance Cooper of Sandersville, Ga.; a de voted niece, Judy Spencer of Augusta; mother and father-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Wilber Johnson, Sr.; a host of brothers-in-law, sistersin-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
** ORDER OF SERVICE **
PROCESSIONAL ....................... "Beautiful Isle Somewhere"
SCRIPTURE ............................. Elder Leroy James, Friendly Church of God in Christ
PRAYER ............................................ Rev. Charles Smith Elim Baptist Church
SELECTION .......................................... "Amazing Grace"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................. Mrs. Gussie B. Conner
SELECTION ....................................................... "God Is"
OBITUARY
......................................... Read Silently
Musical Selection
EULOGY ........................................... Rev. N. T. Young, Sr.
RECESSIONAL .......................................................... Largo
INTERMENT ................................... Walker Memorial Park
DAILY PRAYERS
DISSOLVE YOUR CARES
meet God in the morning And go with Him through the day, Then in the stillness of the night Before sleep comes I pray That God will just take over All the problems I couldnt solve And in the peacefulness of sleep My cares will all dissolve, So when I open up my eyes To greet another day Ill find myself renewed in strength And therell open up a way To meet what seemed impossible For me to solve alone And once again Ill be assured I am never on my own.
-Helen Steiner Rice
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** HONORARY PALLBEARERS ** Deacons and Trustees of Thankful Baptist Church
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** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS **
Quincy Robertson Reginal Braithwaite Bernard Johnson Eddie Robertson
John Gilchrist Clarence Canada Lynwood Jessie
Roosevelt Isorn
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family would like to thank their many friends for all acts of kindness shown during the illness and passing of their loved one. Your prayers are a comfort to all of them. May God Bless You.
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DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT In Charge
