- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rush, Wednesday, December 13, 1989, 3:00 p.m., Miles Memorial C.M.E. Church, Augusta, Georgia, Rev. Larry Fryer, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1989-12-13
- 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, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the December 13, 1989 funeral of Mary Elizabeth Rush.
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:rush19891213
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_rush19891213
- 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:
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TO LIVE MORE SERIOUS THAN TO VIE. THE OBJECT Of CHRISTS DEATH WAS LIFE. DEATH IS A JOVfUL MESSAGE Of PEACE WHOSE KIN? HANP OPENS TO THE WEAR/ . PILGRIM THE GATE Of IMMORTALITY ANP LETS THE OPPRESSED GO FREE.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR
MRS, MAR/ ELIZABETH RUSK
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Hands by Albrecht Durer, the so-called perfect artist-whose woodcut and copper engravings were major expressions of his art. He used many religious themes, and was noted for his sensitive and detailed drawings. The story is that thesemere the hands of someone who had great faith in his ability, and worked t?W?pVm (FtUjERALirHOMEdyfiSilGMWi the process, their own hands became so gnarled as to be incapable of equal work; and in gratitude, and because he saw theirlabor of love as beautiful, he immortalized the hands.
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