- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- With eternal love for Mr. Percy L. Quinn, Saturday July 27, 1996, Williams Memorial Christian Episcopal Church, 1630 Fifteenth Street, Augusta, Georgia, Rev. Alex R. King, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1996-07-27
- 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 July 27, 1996 funeral of Percy LeRoy Quinn.
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:quinn19960727
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_quinn19960727
- 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:
-
With Eternal Love
for
MR. PERCY L. QUINN
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1996 11:00 A.M.
WILLIAMS MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
1630 Fifteenth Street Augusta, Georgia Rev. A/ex R. King, Officiating
Percy LeRoy Quinn, "PQ", was born to the late Ramsey and Bessie Dorsey Quinn on October 21, 1921, in Columbia County. He lived most of his life in Augusta.
His early education was in the Augusta-Richmond County School System and Paine High School.
He completed his undergraduate education at West Virginia State College earning a B.S. Degree in Industrial Arts. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Trade and Industry from the University of Georgia. Post-graduate" requirements were completed in Diversified Cooperative Training (DCT) at Georgia Southern and Radiological Monitoring for Instructors at University of Georgia.
He was a retired educator of the Richmond County School System after 32 years of dedicated ser vice to the school and community. His memberships included Richmond County Association of Education, Georgia Association of Educators, National Education Association (NEA), Member of the State Association of DCT. , ...... -
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At an early age, he made his religious affiliation with Williams Memorial CME Church. : ;
He dearly loved and married Constance Marie Brown. To this union three daughters were born:
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Melody Denise, Angelus Marie, and Vonda Lee.
His business ventures and social clubs include: Owner of the Lodge Restaurant on Laney-Walker
Boulevard; part owner of Our Shop, a clothing store; First African-American to be a distributor for the
Canada Dry Company; in retirement he owned and operated his own free-lance lawn care service; Life-
member KAPPA ALPHA PSI Fraternity; Life-member Ambassadors Bridge Club; Member 13
Gentlemen Club.
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His awards and honors included: Distinguished co-ordinator of VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) Program Augusta Almuni Chapter of KAPPA ALPHA PSI Fraternity for 35 years of faithful service Dedicated leader of DCT (Diversified Co-Operative Training) Program Served four years in the U.S. Army during World War II
Surviving family members include: his wife, Mrs. Constance Brown Quinn; three lovely daughters, Mrs. Melody Quinn Kenner, Stone Mountain, GA; Mrs. Angelus Quinn Abraham, Martinez, GA; Ms. Vonda Lee Quinn, Augusta, GA; one aunt, Mrs. Corine Swaggert, Philadelphia, PA; three wonderful grandchildren, Ms. Nichelle Marea Protho, Los Angeles, CA.; Mr. Brian Thomas Kenner, Stone Mountain, GA; Ms. Traci Angelus Kenner, Stone Mountain, GA; one brother-in-law, Mr. Clinton Brown, Augusta, Ga; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Brown, Augusta, GA; dear cousins, Juanita Douglas, Ella Jones, Cora Bell, Harold Quinn and a host of other relatives and friends.
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John Cummings James A. Dunn, Jr.
Leamon F. Grier Brian Thomas Kenner
James McRae Bernard Morgan Robert T. Pennamon Henry Ingram
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Fondly known as "PQ" he dedicated his life to helping others in need. We the family will great ly miss this gentle, quiet man who shared his love of life and taught us the value of hard work and service to others. His greatest joy was in seeing that everyone was happy and doing well.
The Family has received personal care from
The Historic DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
930 DAntignac Street Augusta, Georgia 30901
"When on/y memories remain, let them be beautiful"
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