- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Obsequies of the late Sis. Vivian (Britt) Merriweather, Thursday, July 7, 1988, 2:00 p.m., Palmer Grove Baptist Church, McBean, Georgia, Rev. J. J. Smith, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1988-07-07
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--McBean
Mourning customs--Georgia--McBean
Funeral service--Georgia--McBean
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--McBean--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--McBean--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--McBean--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, McBean, 33.24348, -81.95067
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the July 7, 1988 funeral of Vivian Merriweather. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-M-0104
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_merriweathervivian19880707
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_merriweathervivian19880707
- 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:
-
** OBITUARY **
Life, death and eternity are three of the most powerful words in the English language. Life isgiven in infancy and it is his until death. At the coming ofdeath, man loses the earthly body, but the eternal soul of a Christian lives only.
Sis. Vivian Merriweather was born in Burke County, Georgia onjuly 14, 1949. She passed into eternal sleep onjuly 3, 1988 in the Humana Hospital, Augusta, Georgia.
She was reared and grew into womanhood in Burke County, where she graduated from Blakeney High School. She was employed at Southern Bell.
She was baptized at an early age at the Palmer Grove Baptist Church by the late Rev. M. E. Turner, where she was an active member, served on the Usher Board, Leroy Bing and Mary Walker Chorus.
She leaves to mourn, a loving husband, Dea. William Merriweather; two daughters, Ardis LaShawn Merriweather and Tara Tamiska Merriweather of Augusta, Ga.; one son, William Charles Merriweather of Augusta, Ga.; one God son, Aaron Johnson of Augusta, Ga.; parents, Dea. and Mrs. Charlie patrick of Augusta, Ga.; three sisters, Ms. Annie Bell Scott, Ms. Thelma Butler and Ms. Carla Harris all of Augusta, Ga.; two brothers, Charles Patrick, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. and King David Patrick of Augusta, Ga.; seven aunts, Nellie P. Nelson, Queen Godbee, Maggie Patrick, Alice Roland all of Augusta, Ga., Ellen Sims, New York City, New York, Maryjones, Waynesboro, Ga., Estelle Crawford, Hephzibah, Ga.; four uncles, George A. Patrick, Earnest Walker, Albert Walker all of Waynesboro, Ga. and O. L. Walker, Augusta, Ga.; ten sisters-in-law, Thelma McCloud, Bessie Merriweather, Olivia Merriweather, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nazirene Walker, Loraine Merriweather, Elease Merriweather, Jessie Merriweather, Barbara Merriweather, Augusta, Ga., Bertha Rosier, Savannah, Ga., and Gailnelle Patrick, Atlanta, G a.^gftrbrothers-inlaw, Eddie Scott, Hephzibah, Ga., Herbert Harris, Marcus Merriweather, Josh Merriweather, Willie Merriweather, Joseph Merriweather, Augusta, Ga., Herman Merriweather and Louis Merriweather, Pennsylvania; two nieces, one nephew, other relatives and a host of friends.
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** ORDER OF SERVICE * *
P R E S I D I N G .......................................... ...................R e v . B o b b y H a n k e r s o n
S E L E C T I O N ..........................................
(Leroy Bing)
P R A Y E R ............................................................................... D e a . F o s te r G i l b e r t S C R I P T U R E ..........................................
S E L E C T I O N ........................................
(Leroy Bing)
REMARKS
From The Church - Dea. Roman Bing As A C o - W o r k e r - Sis. M a ry L ockhart
ACKNOW LEDGEM ENTS & O B I T U A R Y ..................................
E U L O G Y .............................................
RECESSIONAL I N T E R M E N T ..................................... . . . P a l m e r G r o v e B a p tis t C h u r c h
** P A L L B E A R E R S **
Oca. Joe Gumming Dea. Larry Bing Bro. Jack Griffin
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Dea. Joe Bing Dea. Reynold Love Dea. Charles Graham
** H O N O R A R Y P A L L B E A R E R S **
Dea. Freddie Williams Dea. Elijah Williams Southern Bell Employees
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** N O T E OF T H A N K S **
The family is most grateful for the cards, telegrams, letters, flowers, food, and many other expressions of sympathy shown in their time of sorrow. We ask for the continuation of your prayers and may God bless you all.
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Services Entrusted To
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