- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Memorial services for Deacon Wilbert Jackson Pope, Saturday, January 12, 1991, 11:00 a.m., Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dr. C.S. Hamilton, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1991-01-12
- 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 January 12, 1991 funeral of Wilbert Jackson Pope.
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:pope19910112
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_pope19910112
- 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:
-
WI I--BER
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Saturday, January 12, 1991 - 11:OO a.m. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
DR. C. S. HAMILTON, Officiating
WILBERT JACKSON POPE WA the, Aon orf the. tote. StonewJUL JackAon and Amanda Bi.ount Pope.. He UOOA boM in Wake. Countu, RaJtzigh, Honth CoAotina, Ve.cembeA 10, 79/9.
He joine.d the. Oake. City Baptist at an eaAiy age. loeAe. he. IVOA a vetf/ ac-ttve tutted he en-feted -the Atm SeAviceA in 1942. He AeAved -600 yeaw xn Jt^ie Eu/ujpean
tc/i -tnc^adei France and Guumwy. He M*W atio in TexaA anrf Geo^-ca wn^Ce ^n -tfee 4e>ty-tce. ti/ education WOA ^n i/ie Wafee County pubtic School.. He lusitheA&d hi& ed.uciat<,onby attwdJLng Shaw UttiveAAity, Ra&igh, Hofith Co/iatina; graduated, fyiom AST Statz Uyu.vesu>4yt G^een4 botio, Uoitk Ca/iotina; and pot>t g/wcfaate Atudy South Ca/iotina State. VniveAAity Ofia.nge.buAg, South Ca/iotina. He lateA neAidjid in Auga&ta, Geo/tg/ui untUL hi& death. WkVLe. /L&Aiding in Au.gu&ta he. joined the, TabeAnace Bapti&t Chu/ich whe/ie. he. wu vzny active, anted l\i& WLnu>&. Wkite. a. member at TabeAnacJLe. he. &eAv<i.d 04 Sunday Sc.hooJL TeacheA. o& ike. Youth Ve.paA&nent, OiAe&toA oft the. Bapti&t Tinning Unian and an active. Veacon untc. hi* ineA&. H^tA pt0jjea4-cona contribution M*W to the. wild o Education. He 004 a AetiAed teacheA AAOM the. Bu/ifee County School.System wheAe. he. taught &econda,iy educat ion ^OA 33 yeoA&. HiA ContAibutLonA to hit, community, ^amity and chuAch HKW hi* AtAong faetce^ in God, ux>Adt> ojj wisdom, AmiLing fiace, and encouAoging \aoAd&. He i& &e/ivi,ved by hlt> devoted and. loving wt^e NoAa AtbeAta" Route, Pope.; two &cn&i EZbeAt oft Augu&ta, and WUbeAt III o^ Athe.n&; one. daughteAt Jo Wev^ui WMiaw ojj AuguAta; thAe,e. AiAteAA: IfaAy FAanceA feaAnot o& faA Rockaway, A/./.; GeAtAude, Pope, and Amanda HookeA ojj Rateigh, W. C.; two bAotheA* JoAe.ph Pope, and Paut Pope., Si. o Ralzigh, W. C.; two daughteAA-in-aw, GtadyA Pope. 0|J Augu&fa; and MaAgte. Pope. OjJ AthenA; one. Aon-intaw, VenniA W^tttamA o$ AuguAta; &i.ve, gAandchUdAen: TAazanna and ToAin Pope., JeAAica Wi&Uam o$ AuguAta; VictoA and Vincent Pope. o AthenA; Ae.ven
Lo-tA Pope Oj$ RaZ&igh; JeAA^te Lan&si, Sea-A-te L. RouAe, Ann RooAe, and Sandta RouAe o<J AugoA^to; GeAttude RooAe and Evelyn RoaAe o<{ VvJUioit, Mtdugan; 4^x bnathviAjn-taw: Robert Fuw.not o<J Fa*. Rocfeawn^ W. /.; Rob&it Hook&i OjJ Rattegn, N. C.; Spatgeon and Thomas RoaAe o^ Vztiio&t, Michigan; John RoaAe o<{ Tu&caJtoo&a, Alabama; JcmeA Roa6e 0|J AugaA-fci; one f^ux>ig Goddaughte/i: George /ean QSULvvi McKenzxe 0)5 Auga&^ta; 4eue>ta n/teceA and nepnewi, and a no4t 0({ o^ineA A.eattve4 and
ORPER OF SERVICE
CALL TO WORSHIP
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WWW... .................. ............At Tne
SCRIPTURE. ....................... .Reu. Inez
PRA/ER.,...................,..,...Rev. Aa^ton
HVMW. .................... Ctunbtng Jacob 4 Ladder
REFLECTIONS. ....................... Paa Pope, Jt.
ACKMOWLEZWEMENT. .................... Jo Pea* Rocwe
SOLO. .............................. Emma L. MEMORIAL MESSAGE................ flt. C. S. Hamilton
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Services entrusted to DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
Augusta, Georgia
