- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Mary Slater Charles
- Date of Original:
- 1981-11-28
- 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. Mary Slater Charles. Date of funeral service: November 28, 1981. Location of funeral service: Green Cypress Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: January 22, 1929. Death date: November 21, 1981.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-068
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-068
- 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. Mary Slater Charles
Saturday, November 28,1981
2 OCLOCK P.M.
Green Cypress Baptist Church
CLAXTON. GEORGIA
REV. JAMES BENJAMIN, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT IN CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE
Claxton, Georgia
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Slater Charles was born in Liberty County,
Georgia, on January 22,1929, to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Turner Slater, who have preceded her in death. She departed
this life on November 21, 1981, at four-twenty a.m. at
Metropolitan General Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
At an early age, she joined the Green Cypress Baptist
Church under the leadership of the Rev. S. B. Stewart where
she served on the usher board until moving away in 1951 to
New York.
She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Lattimore
Charles in the year of 1966. in 1981, she moved to Cieveland,
Ohio.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband,
Lattimore Charles, New York City; one daughter, Claudie
Mae Wiggins, Claxton, Georgia: one sister. Grade M. Davis,
Claxton, Ga.; one aunt, Mrs. Alberta Ford, Miami, Fla.; one
uncle, Mr. Freddie Bennett, Savannah, Ga.; four
grandchiidren, a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives
and friends.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional
Hymn
Scripture
Prayer
Selection.........................................Choir
As I Knew Her......................Miss Lula Bell Oglesby
Solo...............................Mrs. Annie M. Jones
Acknowledgement and Obituary.......Mrs. Lillie Bell Hayes
Eulogy.............................Rev. James Benjamin
Viewing of Remains
Recessional
PALLBEARERS
Nephews
FLOWER BEARERS
Ushers and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Mrs. Mary Slater Charles wishes
to thank its many friends and relatives for the kindness
shown in the loss of our loved one.
May God bless and keep you is our prayer.
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