- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Smalley, Monday, July 18, 1988, 1:00 p.m., Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church, Martinez, Georgia, Rev. R.L. Ramsey, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1988-07-18
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Martinez--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Martinez--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Martinez--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Martinez--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Martinez--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Martinez--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Columbia County, Martinez, 33.51736, -82.07567
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the July 18, 1988 funeral of Lena Smalley.
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:smalley19880718
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_smalley19880718
- 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:
-
for
MRS. LENA SMALLEY
Monday, July 18, 1988 - 1:00 P.M. GOSPEL WATER BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH
Martinez, Georgia
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Rev. R. L. Ramsey, Officiating
** OBITUARY**
Peace came silently on Thursday, July 14, 1988 to our loving mother, Lena Samlley. She was born on June 22, 1879.
She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church at an early age. Later she joined the Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church inMartinez, Georgia.
She was the wife of the late Effel Johnson. To that union two children were born. Later she was married to the late John Smalley. To that union seven children were born.
Survivors include: four daughters, Rosa lee Williams, Augusta, Ga., Jaunita Pounds, Augusta, Ga., Estell Beard, Martinez, Ga. and Lila Freeman, Augusta, Ga.; three sons, Marvin Smalley, Augusta, Ga., Theodore Smalley, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Forrest Smalley, Augusta, Ga.; forty-five (45) grandchildren, one hundred and twenty-five (125) great grandchildren , one hundred and twenty (120) great-great grandchildren, twenty (20) great-great-great grandchildren and six (6) great-great-great-great grandchildren.
** ORDER OF SERVICE ** Rev. R. L. Ramsey, Officiating
PROCESSIONAL ............................... The Choir "Come To Jesus"
PRAYER ................................ Reverend Holmes
SCRIPTURE ............................ Reverend Tomblin
HYMN ....................................... The Choir "What A Friend We Have In Jesus"
REMARKS (Limit Three Minutes) Speaker For The Church - Dan Williams As A Friend - Deacon Clarence Stokes
As A Friend - Deacon D. W. Williams
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SOLO ...................................... Ruby Mixon
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Granddaughter
OBITUARY ................................. Read Silently
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF CARDS & LETTERS ................... Patricia Jefferson
EULOGY ...................... Reverend Robert L. Ramsey
HYMN .................................. "Amazing Grace"
TRIBUTE (Limit Three Minutes)
Johnny Hampton
Jimmy Hamilton
RECESSIONAL "Oh Happy Days When Jesus Wash My Sins Away"
INTERMENT ... Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Martinez, Georgia
** HONORARY PALLBEARERS ** Officers & Stewards of Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church
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** ACTIVE PALLBEARERS **
Al Freeman Lawerence Pounds John Pounds
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Forrest Smalley Pierice Pounds Danny N. Brown
** FLOWER BEARERS ** Relatives and Friends ************
Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain, Laughter and teardrop*; pleasure and pain -- Low tides and high tides, mountains and plains,
Triumphs, defeats and losses and gains -- But always in all ways God's guiding and leading And He alone knows the things we're most needing -- Be assured that it comes with Cod's kind benediction --
And if we accept it as a gift of His love, We'll be showered with blessings from our Father above.
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** ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS **
The Family of the late Mrs. Lena Smalley is proud and grateful to their many friends and family for all the many courtesies which have been shown during these hours of bereavement. We thank you and we thank God for you.
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Services Entrusted To DENTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
