- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Eulogistic service for Mrs. Mary Stephens, Sunday, December 19, 1971, 3:00 p.m., Jerusalem Baptist Church, Rev. M.L. Williams, minister
- Date of Original:
- 1970-12-09
- 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 19, 1971 funeral of Mary M. Stephens.
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:stephens19711219
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_stephens19711219
- 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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EULOGISTIC SERVICE FOR
MRS. MARY STEPHEN SUHDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1971 - 3: 00P.M.
JERUSALEM~BAPTIST~CHURCH~= REV. M. L. WILLIAMS, MINISTER PROCESSIONAL. . . . .Mt. Oliver Baptist -Choir HYMN .... "Wrat A Friend We Have In Jesus" SCRIPTURE. ........ Rev Mrs. E. Holmes PRAYER.. ........ .Rev. George Holmes SELECTION. ...... . .Alien Chapel Choir
n Precious Lord Take My Hand" REMARKS.. ....... Eev. E. W. Washington
Dea. Claude Watson SOLO. ........... Dea. Claude Green ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .... .Mrs. Elnora Butler EULOGY. .......... Rev. M. L. Williams RECESSIONAL. .Mt. Oliver Baptist Church Choir INT3RMEMT. ....... Cedar Grove Cemetery
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OBITUARY
To be able to smile in the storm To be watchful and careful and content in pra yer.
To be cautious to no one harm, To be useful and wanted, to live every day That whenever the bell tolls for you, Youll be hapoy to say, though my end is at hand,
Ive done all good I could do.
Mrs, Mary M. Stephens, daughter of the late Mrs. Fleata Simpkins, departed this life Thurs day morning December 15, at the University Hos
pital; after a very brief illness. She was born in Augusta, Georgia, September
$, 1915. At an early age, she was converter! and baptized at Jerusalem Baptist Church un der the pastorage of the late Reverened T, W.
Adams. She was married to the late William Stephens
Senior. To this union, two children were bo:--n. She served as organist until December 12,She
always has been faithful in jobs assigned to
her. She leaves to mourn two wonderful children-,
Mr. William Stephens,Jr; and Miss Karen Ste phens; a devoted sister, Mrs. Annabel Jones, all of Augusta; two aunts, Mrs. Willie M. Dunn. of Augusta, and Mrs. Cora Alston of Savannah, Georgia; three god children Willene Rouse, Larry Butler, Jr. and Sharon Moore of Augusta.
Several nieces and nephews, and other rela
tives and friends.
Why do we mourn departed friends Or shake at deaths alarm. Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to His arms
Lord, held us so to live
OVER-
That, when death waiting stands In child like faith and trust well give Our souls into His hands
PALLBEARERS Dea. Willie Hooks Dea. Benny Moss Dea. Griffin Taylor Mr. James Booker Mr. Earnest Graham Mr. Otis Clark Dea. Alvin Lewis
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