- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing services for Mrs. Brenda Sutton McElroy, June 12, 1950-November 6, 1993, Friday, November 12, 1993, 12:00 noon, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia, Dr. C.S. Hamilton, pastor
- Date of Original:
- 1993-11-12
- 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 November 12, 1993 funeral of Brenda Sutton McElroy.
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:mcelroy19931112
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_mcelroy19931112
- 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:
-
. (ftrenda Qutton fficfEfroy
June 12, 1950 - November 6, 1993
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Friday, November 12, 1993 -12:00 Noon TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH Augusta, Georgia Dr. C. S. Hamilton, Pastor
"Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me."
Brenda Sutton McElroy was bom June 12, 1950 in Lincolnton, Georgia. She departed this life on Saturday, November 6, 1993 at her residence in Yonkers, New York. She was the daughter of Mrs. Helen Hawes Sutton and the late Willie Sutton.
She attended C.T. Walker Elementary School, A.R. Johnson Middle School and was a 1968 graduate of Lucy Laney High School and a 1972 graduate of Savannah State College.
She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she served faithfully until moving to New York. In New York, she united with the Community Baptist Church.
On December 7, 1984, she joined in marriage to Terrance McElroy.
She was employed as Managing Editor for R.R. Bowker Publishing Company in Summit, New Jersey for twenty-one years.
She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American Bookfellers Association and Role Model Coalition of 100 Black Women.
Her survivors are: a loving husband, Terrance McElroy, Yonkers, N.Y.; mother, Mrs. Helen H. Sutton, Augusta, Ga.; sister, Mrs. Gwendolyn S. Robinson, Atlanta, Ga.; a brother, Willie Leroy Sutton, Augusta, Ga.; brother-in-law, Simon Robinson, Atlanta, Ga.; mother-in-law, Marjorie Wilson, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; stepson, Terrance McElroy, Jr., Yonkers, N.Y.; stepdaughter, Toni Mosley, Yonkers, N.Y.; niece, Monica McDonald; three nephews, Brian Sutton, Jason Sutton and Clyde Sutton, all of Augusta, Ga.; five aunts, Mary H. Jones and Ella Hamp, Augusta, Ga., Melba Nunally and Arlesia Hawes, Lincolnton, Ga. and Dorothy Marrero, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; six uncles, Herman Hawes and Mark Belcher, Hampton, Va., Joe Otis Hawes, Lonnie Hawes, and Peyton Hawes of Lincolnton, Ga., and Albert Sutton, Macon, Ga.; and a host of cousins, relatives and friends.
Dr C. S. Hamilton, Officiating
PROCESSIONAL......................... Soft Music
HYMN ............................... Congregation "What A Friend We Have In Jesus "
SCRIPTURE ......... ....... . Rev. Roy D. Andrews Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church Lincobiton, Georgia
PRAYER ................ Rev. Raymond Thompkins, Sr. Pastor, Mulberry C.M.E. Church Lincolnton, Georgia
SOLO ........................ Mrs. Emma Lou Starks "IfI Can Help Somebody"
POEM . ........................ Miss Benfta Williams
REMARKS ........ ............... Miss Leila Jolly
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... ......... Dea. A. B. Mason
EULOGY ........................ Dr. C. S. Hamilton
RECESSIONAL........................... Soft Music
INTERMENT ........................ Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
Lincolnton, Georgia
Charles Hamp JessHawes Gary Jones
Cousins
Hayden Hawes Samuel Jones Gary Jones
earers 1 968 Graduates of Lucy C . Laney High School
1968 Graduates of Lucy C. Laney High School
Ofall the times weve shared together, Youve always brought joy into our lives, With your laughter, your charm, andyour wit. You were more than just a wife, a daughter
a sister, and an aunt, You were our "best"friend. And thatfriendship will be cherishedforever. We love you and well miss you always.
YOURFAMILY
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We wish to thank each of you for all acts of kindness and love shown during our bereavement. It is our prayer that God will bless each of you in a very special way.
. . .The Family
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Services Entrusted To WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Augusta, Georgia