- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Bernice B. Smith "Bunny", Sunrise: March 12, 1945, Sunset: February 26, 2022, Saturday, March 5, 2022, The Westview Cemetery, 507 Westview Drive, Thomson, Georgia 30824, Minister Barbara Smith, Officating/Eulogist.
- Date of Original:
- 2022-03-05
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Thomson
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Thomson--21st century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Thomson--21st century
Funeral service--Georgia--Thomson--21st century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Thomson--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Thomson--21st century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Bernice Bunny Smith, née Belton. Birth date: March 12, 1945. Death date: February 26, 2022. Date of funeral service: March 5, 2022. Location of funeral service: United House of Prayer (Thomson, Ga.).
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_smithbernice20220305
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_smithbernice20220305
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
: Family and Friends - oy .
Hower Bearers
IN LOVING MEMORY
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried A If love alone could have saved you, a
You never would have died --
In life,Iloved you dearly
In my heart, you hold a place,
, _ That no one could everfill
It broke my heart to lose you,
towards ourfamily during the time ofsadness. : The Family of the Late Bernice B. Smith
a. She enjoyed drinking Coca-Colas, 7 oy
g collard greens, and fried chicken. __
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death
by her husband, Edward Smith, son, Cedric Smith, and
sister, Geraldine Wallace.
ok
Bernice's legacy lives on through her family: a devoted
_and loving son, Orenthal "Jay" Smith; grandchildren,
-Kenyetta Bowdry, Chaz Smith, Michael Pierce, and Alisa Waters; great-grandchildren, Katelyn Bowdry, | Bryce Blackwell, and Hunter Bowdry; sisters, Betty
Hampton, Carolyn Belton, and Katherine Belton of
-THomson, Georgia; brothers, Alton (Mary) Belton
and Larry Belton of Thomson, Georgia; sisters-in-law
and brothers-in-law, Sarah (Henry) Blandingburg of
Augusta, Georgia, Leon (Barbara) Smith of Mesena,
Mary Smith of Augusta, Georgia, and Joyce Smith
__ Brown of Stone Mountain, Georgia; loyal and faithful -
friends, Robert Kendrick and Vickie Caldwell; and a_
host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. --_--
Oe er of`Service
rocessional
_ Sis. Allison Belt emetrius Belton
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