- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Miss Nellie Martin
- Date of Original:
- 1975-02-26
- Subject:
- African American women--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 Miss Nellie Martin. Date of funeral service: February 27, 1975. Location of funeral service: St. John Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 3:00 p.m. Birth date: July , 1891. Death date: February 23, 1975.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-031
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-031
- 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
MISS NELLIE MARTIN
THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1975
3:00 P. M.
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH
Claxton, Georgia
Rev. N. L. Lyde, Officiating
Assisted By Rev. James Benjamin
Harpers Fimeral Home In Charge
OBITUARY
And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more death nei-
ther sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be no
more pain; for the former things are passed
away. Revelation 21:4.
Miss Nellie Martin was born in Bulloch
County, Georgia, July 1891 to the late Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Martin and departed this hfe Feb.
23, 1975.
She joined the Piney Grove Baptist Church
at an early age, later the family moved to Clax-
ton, Ga., and she transferred her membership
to the St. John Missionary Baptist Church, know-
ing the need of Christian guidance became a de-
voted worker always ready and willing to do
whatever she could.
She attended the Public School in Claxton,
Ga. She leaves to mourn her passing two nep-
hews whom she reared as her own children from
an early age.
Mr. Frank Martin, Claxton, Ga., Mr. James
Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., and a host of nieces, other
nephews and relatives and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional
Hymn----------------------------------Choir
He Understands and Says Well Done
Scripture
Old and New Testament __ Rev. James Benjamin
Prayer
Selection_____________________________Choir
God Will Take Care of You
Expressions
As A Church Worker_________Dea. J. C. Banks
As I Knew Her___________Mrs. Annie Holmes
Acknowledgement and Cards
Obituary_____________________(Silent Reading)
Eulogy_______________________Rev. N. L. Lyde
Viewing of Remains
Benediction
Recessional
Interment------------------------Hagan, Ga.
PALLBEARERS
Dea. J. C. Banks
Dea. Willie Bacon
Dea. Sylvester Timnions
Dea. Edgar Freeman
Dea. Charlie Blocker
Dea. R. W. Henley, Jr.
Dea. Reno J. Jones
Dea. Arbertee Harris
FLORAL BEARERS
Usherettes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Miss Nellie Martin
wishes to express their thanks to their many
friends and relatives for their kind expression of
sympathy shown them in the loss of their loved
one. May God bless and keep you is our prayer.