- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Home going services for Mrs. Jessie Mae Norman, Sunday, December 8, 1996, 2:30 p.m., New Salem Baptist Church, Jackson County, Georgia, officiating Reverend G.L. Avery, moderator of the Third Shiloh Association
- Date of Original:
- 1996-12-08
- 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, Jackson County, Jefferson, 34.11705, -83.57239
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the December 8, 1996 funeral of Jessie Mae Norman.
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:norman19961208
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_norman19961208
- 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:
-
3-Come (going Services Jor
Mrs. Jessie Mae Norman
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 2:3OP.M.
SaCem Baptist Church Jackson County, Georgia
OFFICIATING REV. G.L. AVERY MODERATOR OF THE THIRD SHILOH ASSOCIATION
Obituary
ON DECEMBER 5, I 996 AT 8:3Op.M., GOD SENT AN ANGEL TO CALL MRS. JESSIE MAE NORMAN TO HER HEAVENLY HOME. SHE WAS BORN MAY Z, 1922, IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA
TO THE LATE MARY WlLLIS.
AT AN EARLY AGE, MRS. NORMAN WAS CONVERTED AND BAPTIZED INTO THE SHADY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE SUPPORTED HER CHURCH FAITHFULLY UNTIL HER DEATH.
ON NOVEMBER 2O. 1938, JESSIE M. WILLIS WAS UNITED IN
MARRIAGE TO REV. ERVIN NORMAN, SR. THIS UNION WAS BLESSED WITH TEN CHILDREN. TWO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH:
Ms. WILLIE E. NORMAN AND MS.EVERLEANER NORMAN.
MRS. NORMAN LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES, HUSBAND: REV. ERVIN NORMAN, SR.; FOUR DAUGHTERS: MRS. MARY (IZIAH) HESTER, MRS. EMMA <ORA) BANKS, MRS. JESSIE (DR. FRANKLIN) NORWOOD AND MRS. KATHERINE (ANDRE) BUTLER; FOUR SONS: MR. ERVIN (JACKIE) NORMAN, MR. ROOSEVELT (DORIS) NORMAN, REV. LARRY O. (DEBORAH) NORMAN AND MR. TERRY NORMAN; EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
SHE WAS DIFFERENT
She was different, she was special and Unique in a thousand ways, She was giving, she was loving and well miss her all our days. Her legacy was friendship, she was so giving Of her time, her bequest was her faith in God,
Her children; her books of rhyme. Because you see..........
She was different, she was special Unique in a thousand ways, She was loving, she was giving
And well miss her! Miss her! Miss her! All of our days.
Order of Service
MISTRESS OF CEREMONY.............. MRS. NANCY GUMBY PROCESSIONAL. ................................................
SONG. .DjLy^.^.^.M^-M.... .NORMAN FAMILY
SCRIPTURE... OLD TESTAMENT. .......... REV. FRED WILSON
SJOlfatf.!
NEW TESTAMENT. .....REV. GOLD L. WALTON
flfr" f PRAYER................... ...................REV. JOE JONES
SONG................................. ...... ...NORMAN FAMILY
REMARKS..... ....................... ....DEA. JOE A. HARPER
OBITUARY. .......................................... IN SILENCE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .............. ....MRS. NANCY GUMBY
HYMN ......................... .SERVANT OF GOD WELL DONE
EULOGY...................................... REV. G.L. AVERY
RECESSIONAL. .................................. . .SOFT MUSIC
Interment
NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WORDS ARE INADEQUATE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKFULNESS AT THIS TIME. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH ONES LOVE, PRAYERS, VISITS, OR WHATEVER ACT WAS DONE DURING HER EXTENDED ILLNESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT MADE SURE SHE HAD THE BEST OF CARE WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL AND AT HOME. EVEN THOUGHT THIS IS A SAD TIME FOR US, IT MAKES US HAPPY TO KNOW THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO BE BLESSED WITH SUCH WONDERFUL FRIENDS LIKE YOU.
CASKET BEARERS
RANDY BANKS KELVIN HESTER KENNETH HESTER
RONNIE HESTER FREDDIE HOPKINS TERRANCE NORMAN
FLOWER ATTENDANTS
SHANNA BANKS CYNTHIA HESTER JESSICA HESTER RON HESTER
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SONJI HESTER
JANICE JACKSON
SHAYNA JACKSON
ANGELICA NORMAN
ANNE5E NORMAN
A TRIBUTE
It Is Well With My Soul Master, I Have Fulfilled My Contract,
Wrought By My Heart and Hand, Not Alone By My Deeds Shall They
Judge Me, Not Alone By My Deeds shall They Judge Me, But By The Works of My Hands. Master, I Have Done Their Bidding And The Sun Is Sinking Low in The West; The Long, Long, Race is Over. Master, I Have Earned It Rest!
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