- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Eulogistic services for Isaac McManus, Willow Spring Baptist Church, [Edgefield, S. C. ], Monday, May 16, 1983, 4:00 p.m., Rev. E. L. Cain
- Date of Original:
- 1983-05-16
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Carolina--Edgefield
Mourning customs--South Carolina--Edgefield
Funeral service--South Carolina--Edgefield
Genealogy
African American men--South Carolina--Edgefield--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--South Carolina--Edgefield--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Edgefield--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Edgefield County, Edgefield, 33.78958, -81.92956
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the May 16, 1983 funeral of Isaac McManus. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-M-0087
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_mcmanusisaac19830516
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_mcmanusisaac19830516
- 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:
- 4 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:
-
Isaac McManus, a son of the late Gilmore and Mary Weaver McManus, was born on October 1, 1897, in Edgefield County. He departed this life on Friday, May 13, 1983, at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center in Aiken, S.C.
He received his formal education in the schools of Edgefield County and Bettis Academy. For several years, he taught school in the Willow Spring Area.
At an early age, he joined the Willow Spring Baptist Church where he served as deacon, church clerk, choir leader and Sunday School teacher. He also served as treasurer of the Macedonia Baptist Sunday School Convention, Secretary of the Third Division Union and Member of the Educational Board of the Simmon Ridge Samaritan Association.
He was united in Holy Matrimony to Essie Stevens on December 21, 1921. They lived a fruitful and dedicated life.
He leaves to mourn a loving wife; seven daughters, Edna Price, Washington, D.C., Gladys Goode, Houston, Texas, Cornelia McManus and Reba Dixon, Westbury, N.Y., Doris Freeman, Johnston, S.C., Juanita Robinson, Hempstead, N.Y., and Cassandra McManus, Kingstree, S.C.; seven sons, Talmadge, Columbia, S.C., Felix, Newark, N.J., Lawrence and Edward, Westbury, N.Y., Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., Gilmore, Andrews, S.C., and Bobby, Hempstead, N.Y.; two brothers, Willie, Saluda, S.C., and George, Johnston, S.C.; thirty grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; six daughters-in-law; five sons-in-law; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and sorrowing friends.
Presiding
Reverend Phillip Watson
Processional: Hymn No. 139............................. No Not One
Scripture Old Testam ent.............................................91st Psalm New Testam ent................................Philippians 1:20-30
Prayer...............................................Reverend Louis Mathis
Song: When My Earthly Stay Is O ver........................ . Choir
Tribute: Son-in-law................... Reverend Melvin Robinson Solo: Grandson............................Robert Quincy McManus
Remarks As a Sunday School Member.. Dea. Thomas J. Adams As a Deacon.......................... Deacon Marshall Mathis Others
Solo: He'll Understand.................... Deacon Robert Butler
Eulogy.................................................... Reverend E. L. Cain
Final Viewing
Recessional Interment
Church Cemetery
When I am dead Do not cry sad tears But cry joyful tears For I knew Jesus! And Jesus knew me! I repented and he saved me! I loved him and he loved me! I praised him and he set me free Pray to him and believe and he'll do For you what he did for me.
FLOWER BEARERS Granddaughters and Nieces
PALLBEARERS Grandsons
Our deepest gratitude to friends who have been faithful through the illness of our loved one and now share our grief and bereavement in kind words, thoughtful deeds and other courtesies. We are eternally grateful.
The Family
Arrangements AMOS AND SONS
Johnston, S. C.
