- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Lewis, Monday, February 6, 1978, 2:00 p.m., Tabernacle Baptist Church, [Augusta, Georgia], Rev. C. S. Hamilton, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1978-02-06
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--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
- Description:
- Program for the February 6, 1978 funeral of Willie Mae Williams Lewis. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-K-L-0072
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_lewiswilliemaewilliams19780206
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_lewiswilliemaewilliams19780206
- Language:
- eng
- 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.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- 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
MRS. W I L L I E MAE L E WI S
Monday, February 6, 1978 --2:00 P. M. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. C. S. Hamilton, Officiating
** OBITUARY **
Mrs. Willie Mae Lewis, was bom September 20,1 9 3 7 to Mr. and Mrs. John (Edith) Williams. She departed this life February 2, 1978 in a local hospital.
At an early age she was converted and baptized at the Taber nacle Baptist Church under the Rev. Lowery.
She leaves to mourn her passing her devoted husband, Mr. Edward Lewis, father, Mr. John Williams, mother, Mrs. Edith Williams; two brothers, Mr. Willie James Williams, Petty Officer John Williams, III of Handford, Calif.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Williams Sr.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Effie Lewis; six aunts, Mrs. Beatrice Hightower, Augusta, Mrs. Daisy Kemp, Augusta, Mrs. Earthel Dean Williams, Denmark, S. C., Mrs. Glady McMicheal, Summerville, S. C.;Mrs. Asarlee Black, Summerville, S. C., Mrs. Nellie Mae Hightower, Richmond, Va.; five uncles, Mr. Lemmuel Kemp, Augusta, Mr. Fred Hightower, Richmond, Va., Mr. Earnest Williams, Augusta, Rev. Jacob Williams, Denmark, S. C., Mr. George McMicheal, Summerville, S. C.; five sisters-in-law, Mrs. Thelma Williams, Mrs. Dorothy Williams, Handford, Calif., Miss Isabel Lewis, St. Petersburg, Fla., Miss Edith Lewis, Atlantic City, N. J., Miss Eunice Lewis, Augusta; six nieces; three nephews and a host of cousins and friends. Two dear friends, Rev. Robert Fraizer and Mrs. Anna Williams.
