- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Alice Coleman Presley
- Date of Original:
- 1981-01-17
- 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 Mrs. Alice Coleman Presley. Date of funeral service: January 17, 1981. Location of funeral service: Green Cypress Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: January 20, 1902. Death date: January 13, 1981.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-056
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-056
- 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
Mrs. Alice Coleman Presley
Green Cypress Baptist Church
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
Saturday, January 17,1381
2:00 P.M.
REV. LOUCIOUS MERRION - PASTOR
REV. P. H. LYDE-OFFICIATING
INTERMENT-CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERALHOME IN CHARGE
Claxton, Georgia
ORDER OFSERVICES
Processional
Hymn
Scripture
Invocation
Selection............................................Choir
Remarks: Three (3) Minutes Please
As a Member....................Dea. Clyde Williams
As a Friend........................Sis. Pearl Smith
As a Neighbor........... o________William I'lrrtl
Solo ................................. M''i
Acknowledgement and Obituary ,. M(; Mae France McClain
Selection...........................................Choir
Eulogy....................................Rev. P. H. Lyde
Viewing of Remains
Recessional
Interment.................................Church Cemetery
OBITUARY
God saw the road was getting rough
The hills were hard to climb
He gently closed those loving eyes
And whispered 'Peace be thine,
The weary hours, the days of pain
The sleepless nights are passed
The ever-patient worn out frame
Has found sweet rest at last.
Mrs, Alice Coleman Presley was born in Evans County,
Georgia, on January 20,1902, to the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Charles Mikell.
At an early age she joined Green Cypress Baptist Church
and was a faithful member until her health failed.
She departed this life Tuesday, at Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Metter, Georgia, after a long illness.
She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Mr.
Tommie Presley, six sisters; Mrs. Gertrude Scott and Mrs.
Elizabeth Mattox of Hagan, Georgia, Mrs. Marietta Berry of
Glennville, Georgia, Mrs. Bessie Blocker, Mrs. Eloise Nails
and Mrs. Annie Lee Bacon of Ciaxton, Georgia, three
brothers; Mr. John Henry Mikell of Savannah, Georgia, Mr.
J. C. Mikell of Hagan, Georgia, Mr. William (Bill) Mikell of
VIdalia, Georgia, three sisters in law; Mrs. Josie Bell Mikell,
Hagan, Georgia, Mrs. Eloise Mikell, Vidalia, Georgia, Mrs.
Mamie Lue Mikell, Savannah, Georgia, two aunts; Mrs.
Anna Bacon and Mrs. Edna Richardson of Ciaxton, Georgia;
one uncle, Mr. Pratt Reeves of Metter, Georgia, and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Nephews
FLORAL ATTENDANTS
Ushers and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family wishes to express their appreciation to its
many friends and relatives for all acts of kindness shown
them in the passing of our loved one.
May God bless each of you is our prayer.