- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A service of memory celebrating the life of Darwin Sweat, Sr., sunrise: June 13, 1929, sunset: September 20, 2005, Saturday, October 1, 2005, 4:00 p.m., Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1454 Florence Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, Pastor Kenneth B. Martin, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2005-10-01
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta
Genealogy
African American men--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Augusta--History--21st 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
- Description:
- Program for the October 1, 2005 funeral of Darwin Sweat, Sr.. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-S-0147
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_sweatdarwinsr20051001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_sweatdarwinsr20051001
- Language:
- eng
- 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.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- 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:
-
A Service of Memory Celebrating the Life of
Darwin Sweat, Sr.
Sunrise: June 13, 1929 Sunset: September 20, 2005
Saturday, October 1,2005 4:00 P.M.
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
1454 Florence Street Augusta, Georgia 30901 Pastor Kenneth B. Martin
Officiating
Obituary
Darwin Sweat Sr. was bom in Beaumont, Texas on June 13, 1929. His parents, Neil B. Sweat and Frances Perkins Sweat preceded him in death. He attended schools in the Beaumont Public School system and graduated from the Charlton Pollard Junior High School. He later went on to obtain his GED while living in Detroit.
Darwin was a very active man in the community and in the workforce. He served his country in the United States Air Force from 1946 to 1949. He met his wife Sarah Roney while being stationed in Augusta Georgia. They married on July 5, 1949 and moved to Detroit where they started a family. To this union, 8 children were bom.
He worked as a Foreman at Ford Motor Company. Later in life, he worked as a bus driver helping the senior citizens at the Adult WellBeing Senior Citizen Center.
He accepted Christ as his personal Savior and joined the New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and was baptized. In 1964, he moved his membership to the New Light Baptist Church and remained a member until he and his wife relocated back to Augusta, Georgia in 1990. There, he joined the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church where he served on the Usher Ministry until his health failed. Darwin was a valiant man who kept his hobbies and enjoyed playing with his grandchildren. He will surely be missed.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his beloved wife of 56 years: Sarah Sweat; 5 Children: Neil Sweat, Glenda Kohlbatz, and Brenda Brundidge, all of Detroit, MI; Julia Sweat of Los Angeles, CA; Quintin Sweat (Krystal) of Southfield, MI; daughter-in-law: Estashia Sweat of Detroit, MI; 3 sisters-in-law: Mrs. Julia Tanksley and Mrs. Mary White, both of Augusta, GA, and Minister Freddine McCormick of Bloomfield, NJ; 1 brother-in-law: Claude Roney of Atlanta, GA; 12 Grandchildren; 5 Great Grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by 3 children: Darwin Sweat Jr.; and Valinda Leah and David Lee who died in infancy.
Order of Service
Organ Prelude ....................................... Church Musician
Processional.... ....................................................... Family
Selection.........
......................................................... Choir "Going Up Yonder"
Scripture Old Testament.................................Rev. John Lockhart New Testament............................... Mrs. Jeanine Hobbs
Prayer of Comfort........................... Minister Freddine Gibson
Solo.................................................................Sis. Rosa Abrams "He Knows How Much You Can Bear "
Remarks............................... Please limit remarks to 2 minutes
Expression of Acknowledgement............... Mrs. Mattie Butler
Obituary.............................................. Mrs. Velveeta Tanksley
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S o l o ....................................
Bro. Renard James
"Precious Lord"
Eulogy............................................... Pastor Kenneth B. Martin
Recessional
"I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. " John 11:25-26
Michael Tanksley Corey Tanksley Jermaine Handy
Pallbearers
Henry Green Larry Tanksley Osborn Butler
Flower Bearers Ushers Ministry, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Final arrangements entrusted to: C. A. Reid Sr. Memorial Funeral Home 314-A Laney Walker Blvd. Ext. - Augusta, Georgia 30901
(706) 724-7594
Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park 2700 Deans Bridge Road - Augusta, Georgia 30906
Repast Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Acknowledgement Thefamily o f the late Darwin Sweat, Sr. acknowledges, with sincere appreciation, the many comforting messages, floral tributes, and other expressions o f kindness evidenced at this time. May God bless and keep each o fyou.