- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A celebration of life for Mrs. Nellie R. Williams, Thursday, February 17, 2005, 11:00 a.m., Mount Calvary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 16245, 1260 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Georgia 30919-2245, Rev. Clyde Hill, Sr., pastor, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-17
- 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 February 17, 2005 funeral of Nellie R. Williams.
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:williams20050217
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_williams20050217
- 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:
-
J? CeCeBration of Life for
Mrs. Nettie <% Wittiams
Thursday, February 17,2005 11:00 A.M.
Mount Calvary Baptist Church P.O. Box 16245
1260 Wrightsboro Road Augusta, Georgia 30919-2245 Rev. Clyde. Hill, Sr., Pastor - Officiating
O6ituary
M rs. Hszlliiz R. Williams was born on February 20, 1940 to the late Roy Evans and Ruth Akers. She was baptized at an early age at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church. She departed this life on February 12, 2005.
Mrs. Williams attended C. T. Walker Elementary School and was a 1957 graduate of Lucy Craft Laney High School. She graduated from Grady Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Williams worked at several hospitals in the Augusta area.
She leaves to cherish her memory, devoted cousins, Edna (Robert) Munns, Catherine Frasure, David Crane; special friends, Melvin Jones and Burnice Miller; god daughter, Kortisha Y. Baker, and a host of other rela tives and friends.
Order ofService
PROCESSIONAL
SELECTION SCRIPTURE
PRAYER SoEuLEtCT&IO^N REMARKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SOLO .$/*JJu~2^
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OBITUARY WORDS OF COMFORT RECESSIONAL INTERMENT
Combined Choir Min. Sarah E. Jennings
Rev. Archie Waltower Combined Choir
Dea. James Brinson Sis. Brenda Bonner
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Sis. Geraldine McFadden Read Silently
. Rev. Cly3de Hill, Sr.
Cedar Grove Cemetery
<Patt6earers
Bro. Lewis Carpenter Bro. James Edge Bro. John Hill
Bra. Jack Jones Bro. Moses McCauley Dea. Robert Wilson
Honorary (Pafttearers
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. Lucy C. Laney High School Class of 1957
February Birthmonth Fellowship Group Mamie L. McKie Church School Class
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The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to each of you for your prayers, visits, expressions of love and concern shown during their hours of bereavement.
THE FAMILY
SERVICES ENTRUSTED TO: C. A. REID, SR. MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
314-A Laney Walker Blvd. Ext. - Augusta, GA 30901
