- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services of Joseph "Joey" Mitchell, (Nov. 15, 1956-June 18, 1971), Thankful Baptist Church, Third and Walker Streets, Augusta, Georgia, Tuesday, June 22, 1971, 4:00 p.m., Rev. N.T. Young, Sr., minister, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1971-06-22
- Subject:
- African American men--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 June 22, 1971 funeral of Joseph Mitchell.
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:mitchell19710622
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_mitchell19710622
- 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:
-
OF
JOSEPH "JOEY" MITCHELL
(Nov. 15, 1956 June 18, 1971)
THANKFUL BAPTIST CHURCH Third and Walker Streets Augusta, Georgia Tuesday, June 22, 1971 4:00 P. M.
REV. N. T. YOUNG, SR., Minister Officiating
OUR J OE Y
Born on November 15, 1956 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, we named him Joseph for his father. Almost immediately we started calling him Joey and to all the relatives and friends who knew him, he was affectionately called "Joey".
Being a military family, we left Fort Jackson in I960 for an assignment in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1963, we were assigned to Fort Gordon, Georgia, where Father was retired from the Army and we made Augusta our home.
Here, Joey entered first grade at W. S. Hornsby Elementary School and completed the first and second grades in one term. On complet ing his seventh grade work at Hornsby, he went on to Tubman Junior High School completing the eighth and ninth grades.
In May, 1967, he was converted and baptized at Thankful Bap tist Church by Rev. Young. He has been very active in the Sunday School, the Youth Choir and as a Junior Usher.
He was "all boy". He liked school, sports, girls, and the things that made living interesting. He was good, faithful, and dependable when the time and circumstances required them he was mischievious and playful when seriousness was not important. His days were short but filled with love and wholesome living.
His life was like a candle So pure, so brief, but Oh, so bright With beams of love, he filled each heart And made it hard for us to part. Our hearts are sad, but this we know When God called, he had to go.
Good night, our "Joey".
Joseph and Ethel L. Mitchell, parents; Reginald and James, brothers; Garen, Donaval, and Neitha (in-law), sisters; Valarie, Ken, and Rod ney, niece and nephews; Henry Mitchell and Charles Loving, uncles; Frances Lee and Annie L. Johnson, aunts.
SERVICE ORGAN PRELUDE ................ "Jesus Joy of Mans Desiring" PROCESSIONAL ............. "Once To Every Man And Nation" HYMN No. 164 ................... "Come Thou Almighty King" SCRIPTURE PRAYER SELECTION Youth Choir ........................ "Redemption" REMARKS ......... .^...................... Mrs. Janie H. Lowe SELECTION Youth Choir ......... "Youll Never Walk Alone" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................... Miss Annette Hogan SOLO ....................... "Carry On" Miss Tyra Williams EULOGY ................................ Rev. N. T. Young, Sr. RECESSIONAL ................. "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Phillip Crawford Everett Dallas Larry Davis James Harmon
Bruce Henley Leroy Stokes Carlton Williams Daryle Williams
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Members of Intermediate Boys Class Thankful Sunday School Members of the Ninth Grade Class Tubman Junior High School Junior Male Usher Board Thankful Baptist Church
FLOWER BEARERS
Belvis Abraham Sheila Clark Sheila Fryer
Audrey Gantt
Ramona Moore Cassandra Ward Members of the Youth Choir
WILLIAMS and DOTSON FUNERAL HOME In Charge
Interments
Wednesday, June 23, 1971 4:00 P. M.
Lynchburg, Virginia