- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. Odell McClain
- Date of Original:
- 1980-09-18
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Bellville--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Bellville--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Bellville--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Bellville--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Bellville--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Bellville--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Evans County, Bellville, 32.15241, -81.97428
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mr. Odell McClain. Date of funeral service: September 19, 1980. Location of funeral service: United House of Prayer, Bellville, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: June 21, 1931. Death date: September 14, 1980.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-053
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-053
- 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
Mr. Odell McClain
Friday, September 19,1980
2:00 P.M.
United House of Prayer
BELLVILLE, GEORGIA
ELDER A. DUDLEY - OFFICIATING
INTERMENT-MT.ZION CEMETERY
HAGAN, GEORGIA
HARPERS FUNERALHOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Mr. Odell McClain was born June 21, 1931, in Evans
County.
He departed this life Sunday, September 14,1980.
He was the son of the late Mr. James McClain and Mrs.
Rhyner McClain. On November 13, 1967, he was joined in
holy matrimony to Dorothy Calhoun and to this union, 2
children were born. He became a member of the United
House of Prayer at an early age.
He leaves to mourn his passing a loving and devoted
wife, Mrs. Dorothy McClain; one son, Odell McClain, Jr.;
one daughter, Leslie Evetta McClain, all of Bellville,
Georgia. Two step-children, Mr. Roy Calhoun, Jr. and Miss
Melissa Calhoun of Manassas, Georgia; his mother, Mrs.
Rhyner McClain, Syracuse, New York; two brothers, Mr.
Rudell McClain, Syracuse, New York; Mr. Tom L. Martin of
Savannah, Georgia; one sister, Mrs. Jannie Ruth
Washington, of Syracuse, New York; mother-in-law, Mrs.
Maebell Calhoun; father-in-law, Roy Calhoun, all of
Manassas, Georgia; ten sisters-in-law and nine
brothers-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews and other
relatives and friends.
ORDEROFSERVICES
Mistress of Ceremony..................Sis. Mae Etta Smith
Selection..........................................Choir
Scripture...................................Kelly Mincey
Prayer ...................................Elder D. Young
Solo........................................Sis. B. Martin
Remark................................Friends (2 minutes)
Acknowledgement of cards and condolences
Eulogy
Elder A. Dudlers
Larry Tompkin
Ricky Tompkin
Dennis Porter
PALLBEARERS
Wiliiam Meivin
Aiexander McNeal
Keliy Mincey
FLOWER GIRLS
Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Odell McClain would like to thank
their many friends for flowers, cards, phone calls and other
acts of kindness shown during their hour of bereavement.