- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mr. J.D. "Bill" Jones, Sr., Sunday, December 11, 1994, 3:00 p.m., New Tabernacle Baptist Church, Lincolnton, Georgia, Rev. Ervin Norman, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1994-12-11
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Lincolnton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lincolnton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lincolnton--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lincolnton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lincolnton--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lincolnton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lincoln County, Lincolnton, 33.79235, -82.47902
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the December 11, 1994 funeral of J.D. Jones.
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:jones19941211
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_jones19941211
- 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
Mr. J.D. "Bill" Jones, Sr.
Sunday, December 11, 1994 3:00 p.m.
New Tabernacle Baptist Church Lincolnton, Georgia
Rev. Ervin Norman, Officiating
OBITUARY
Mr. J.D. "Bfll" Jones, Sr. was born February 7, 1927 in Lincolnton, Georgia. He departed this life on Wednesday, December 7, 1994 at Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington, Georgia.
Mr. Jones was a member of the New Tabernacle Baptist Church and a retired sawyer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Lee Jones of Lincolnton, GA; two daughters, Mrs. Betty J. Williams of Lincolnton, GA and Ms. Mary L. Jones of New York; four sons, Mr. Willie Clarence Jones of New York, Mr. J.D. Jones, Jr. and Mr. Jesse Jones both of Lincolnton, GA and PFC Adams Jones of Guam, Hawaii; one sister, Ms. Ann Ware of Augusta, GA; two brothers, Mr. Willie Jones and Mr. John Kelly Jones both of Lincolnton, GA; nine grandchildren and a great grandchild; a friend, Ms. Eunice Freeman of Lincolnton, GA and several nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Sometimes its hard to understand And harder still to say
Thy will be done when sorrow comes And sadness fills our day
But Faith was meantfor times like these And ifwe take Gods Hand With Loving Wisdom
He will help our hearts to understand
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional
Hymn
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Scripture...............................................................Rev. SimGunby
Prayer...............................................................Dea. Jesse Norman
Remarks.....................................................................Aaron Wynn
Solo...............................................................Mrs. Gussie Norman
Acknowledgements and Obituary..................Ms. Virginia Williams
Eulogy.............................................................Rev. Ervin Norman
Recessional
Interment............................................................Church Cemetery
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Words are inadequate to express the gratefullness we feel toward our friends who have consoled us during the illness and death of our loved one. Your prayers, your love, your presence and service has sustained us. Your monies, cards, flowers and gifts of food were warmly appreciated. Whatever you did to console our hearts we thank you very much. May God richly bless each of you.
Sherry Amett Ruth P. Rouse
FLOWER BEARERS
Evonne Curry Patsy Tankersly
Charlie Willams Kenny Henderson Mallory Arnett
PALLBEARERS
J.W. Harris Phil Norman, Jr.
Barry Norman
NORRIS GUNBY SR., FUNERAL HOME
Phone [706] 359-4448 OR 359-4434 OR 359-7416
We Serve with Reverence and Dignity "
At the Comer of First Baptist & Metasville Road Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
