- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Lee Dotson Wiley, Monday, June 20, 1983, 3:00 p.m., First Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. N.T. Young, Sr., officiating
- Date of Original:
- 1983-06-20
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Hephzibah--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Hephzibah--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Hephzibah--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Hephzibah--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Hephzibah--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Hephzibah--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Hephzibah, 33.31403, -82.09679
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- Program for the June 20, 1983 funeral of Jennie Lee Wiley.
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:wiley19830620
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_wiley19830620
- 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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MRS. JENNIE LEE DOTSON WILEY
Monday, June 20, 1983 - 3:00 P. M. FIRST EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. N. T. Young, Sr., Officiating
** OBITUARY **
This service is dedicated to the memory of the late Mrs. Jennie Lee Dotson Wiley. She was born June 13, 1920 to the late Mrs. Lizzy Dotson and James Dotson.
She was married to Mr. Nathaniel Wiley, Sr. and from this union 8 daughters and 3 sons were born, Mrs. Adel Ashmore, Augusta, Ga., Ms. Emily Wiley, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Addie Jackson, Staten Island, N. Y., Mrs. Vivian Thompson and Ms. Barbara Wiley both of Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Carolyn Butler, Belve dere, S. C., Mrs. Deborah Hawker, Houston, Tx., Mrs. Faye Williams, Atlanta, Ga., Mr. Nathaniel Wiley, Jr., and Michael Wiley both of Augusta, Ga., and the late Mr. Melvin Wiley; one brother, the late Mr. Hubert Dotson; one half brother, Mr. Willie Dotson; one daughter-in-law; six sons-in-law; twelve grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; five aunts; one nephew; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was a member of the First Ebenezer Baptist Church, and also an active member of the Moral Life Society, Hephzibah, Ga.
** PROGRAM **
PROCESSIONAL
SELECTION
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Thankful Baptist Church Gospel Choir
SCRIPTURE ............................... Rev. R. E. Donaldson
PRAYER
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Rev. J. S. Wright
SELECTION
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Thankful Baptist Church Gospel Choir
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................ Ms. Bettye Johnson
EULOGY ................................... Rev. N. T. Young, Sr.
RECESSIONAL
INTERMENT
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You blessed me, God, to have lived in this beautiful world
To experience joy, happiness, and fulfillment.
You blessed me to have had eyes
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to see your beautiful trees, flowers
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You blessed me to have had the love of a husband, children, grandchildren,
sisters, brothers and friends.
You blessed me to have seen dawn breaking after dreary hours of pain.
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You blessed me, dear God to have lived.
B. J. Johnson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family wishes to acknowledge with grateful appreciation all expressions of sympathy shown during their bereavement.
