- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. Roosevelt Brewton, Sr.
- Date of Original:
- 1972-05-16
- 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 Mr. Roosevelt Brewton, Sr.. Date of funeral service: May 17, 1972. Location of funeral service: Green Cypress Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: May 20, 1909. Death date: May 14, 1972.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-022
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-022
- 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:
-
IN MEMORIAM
MR. ROOSEVELT BREWTON, SR.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1972
2:00 P. M.
GREEN CYPRESS BAPTIST
CHURCH
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. P. H. LYDE, PASTOR
OFFICIATING
OBITUARY
The late Mr. Roosevelt Brewton, Sr., was born
in Statesboro, Georgia, on May 20, 1909.
He was married to Miss Gertrude Holmes
and to this union 4 children were bom.
He was a faithful member of Green Cypress
Baptist Church for many years.
He departed this life May 14,1972, at the Me-
morial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia.
He leaves to mourn a loving wife, Mrs. Ger-
trude Brewton, Claxton, Ga.; 4 children. Miss Eu-
delle, Brewton, New Rochelle, N. Y., Sergeant
First Class Roosevelt Brewton, Jr., Fort Jackson,
S. C., Mr. Donnell Brewton, Claxton, Ga., and
Mrs. Frieda M. Travis, Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 broth-
ers, Robert and Jay B. Brewton of New Rochelle,
N. Y.; one half-sister, Mrs. Cleon Brown, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania; four half-brothers, Theo,
Lee, Eugene and Wilbert Martin, all of States-
boro, Ga.; two grand children; one aunt. Miss
Nellie Martin; one daughter-in-law; one son-in-
law; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives
and friends.
It grieves my heart, tis hard to part.
With one who was so kind;
Where shall I go to tell my woe.
Or ease my troubled mind?
PROGRAM
Hymn_________________
Scripture____________
Prayer ______________
Solo
Remarks______________
Acknowledgements and
Telegrams____________
Obituary_____________
Eulogy---------------
Hymn_________________
Reviewing The Remains
Recessional
_______________Choir
__ Rev. D. J. Johnson
Rev. D. J. Johnson
_____Rev. P. H. Lyde
Mr. Willie B. Harper
Mrs. Mary L. Harper
____Rev. P. H. Lyde
_______________Choir
Interment
Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery
PALLBEARERS
McKinley Baker
Nathaniel Finnell
James Slater
Boogie Porter
Tom Jones
Roosevelt Everett
Arrangements
and
Funeral Director
Harpers Funeral Home
Claxton, Georgia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family gratefully appreciates all kind
deeds and sympathy extended them during their
hours of bereavement.