- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for PFC Charles Ford
- Date of Original:
- 1969-08-15
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Claxton--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Evans County, Claxton, 32.16158, -81.904
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for PFC Charles Ford. Date of funeral service: August 16, 1969. Location of funeral service: The Green Cypress Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: May 9, 1949. Death date: July 23, 1969.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-016
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-016
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- African American Funeral Programg Collection, Evans County African American Archive Museum, Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Holding Institution:
- Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR
P.F.C. CHARLES E. FORD
THE GREEN CYPRESS BAPTIST
CHURCH
X
CLAXTON^ GEORGIA
REV. P. H. LYDE, PASTOR
SATURDAY/AUGUST 16' 1969
2:00 P. M.
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME
IN CHARGE
OBITUARY
PFC. Charles E. Ford, the son ol Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Jackson Ford, was born In Evans County, Georgia, May
9th, 1949, and departed this life on July 23rd, 1969, while
in action in Vietnam. He attended Public Schools of Evans
County. He graduated from the Evans County High School
in 1967.
He joined and was baptized at the St. John Baptist
Church in his early youth. He was drafted into Military
Service on September 26th, 1968. He will be.sadly missed
by a loving Mother and Father, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Jack*
son Ford and a dear Grandmother, Mrs. Willie G. McClain j
4 brothers, Wendell McClain, Cecil D. McClain, Jeffery and
Daryl McClain, aU of Claxton, Georgia; two sisters, Gwen>;
dolyn and Jacquelyn McClain of Claxton; one Uncle and
Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hemy McClain; four Great Ahnts,
Mrs. Callie Brenton, Mrs. Beatrice McCray, Mrs. Sarah
Badger of Claxton, Mrs. Artencia Akins of Glennville, Ga,;
three Great Uncles, Mr. Jessie McClain, Claxton, Ga., Mr.
David McClain, Hagan, Ga. ; e host of relatives and friends.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. St. John 15:13,
ORDER OF SERVICE
t
Processional
Selection - God Will Take Care Of You"_Choir
Invocation ,i
Scripture i
Selection - Thy Holy'WiU Be Done______________Choir
Bemarks------------------------------- Dea. Willie Bacon
Bemarks -----------------------------Dea. Foye Palmer
Acknowledgements
Obituary I
Solo--------------------j---------------Miss Aim Batts
Eulogy-------------------------------Chaplain Turner
Assit--------------------------------Rev. P. H. Lyde
Recessional------------------------------Last Respect
Final Resting Place____________Green Cypress Cemetery
Full Military Escorts and Burial Rites
ACTIVE PAXXBEABEBS
MILITARY PERSONNEL
FLOWER BEARERS
LINDA BOGGS CONSTANCE BANKS
SHIRLEY FREDRICK ANN BATTS
BRENDA HAGAN DORIS PALMER,
LOLA RUFFINS MARIE BACON
EMMA LITTLES CHERRY BATTS
The family of the deceased wishes to express their
thanks to their many friends and relatives for the kind
expressions of sympathy through florals, telephone calls,
visits and cards. Ood bless and keep you. This is our
Prayer