- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Elkins
- Date of Original:
- 1984-10-23
- 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. Elizabeth Freeman Elkins. Date of funeral service: October 24, 1984. Location of funeral service: St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 3:00 p.m. Birth date: December 5, 1954. Death date: October 18, 1984.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-097
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-097
- 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. Elizabeth Freeman
Elkins
St. John Missionary
Baptist Church
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
Wednesday, October 24,1984
3:00 P. M.
REV. ISAACH CULBRETH - PASTOR
OFFICIATING
INTERMENT-ADABELLE CEMETERY
REGISTER, GEORGIA
HARPERS FUNERALHOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Elkins was born December 5,
1954 in Evans County, Ga. She entered into Eternal rest on
Thursday, October 18, 1984 at her home in Brunswick, Ga.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Westly Freeman,
Sr. As a child she attended Sunday School and at St. John
Missionary Baptist Church. After moving to Brunswick she
attended St. James AME Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing, six children, Michel
Jerome Elkins, Jr., Jermaine Derell Elkins, Antonio Lamont
Elkins, Karimah Arsha Elkins, Katrina Latrelle Elkins, and
Keecia Elkins all of Brunswick, Ga. Fler mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. John Westly Freeman, Claxton, Ga., four
sisters, Mrs. Brenda Durham, Miami, Fla., Miss Patricia
Freeman, Miss Toshiba Freeman and Sequoia Freeman, all
of Claxton, Ga. Five brothers, John Westly Freeman,
Brunswick, Ga., Lester Wayne and Antonio Freeman all of
Claxton and Timothy Freeman, Dover Air Force Base, Dover,
Delaware. Her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Freeman, Brunswick, Ga., great-grandmother, Mrs. Mabell
Freeman, Claxton, Ga., one aunt, Mrs. Mattie T. Ponder,
Claxton, two uncles, Mr. Jim Henry Roberts, Vidalia, Ga.,
Mrs. Robert Freeman, Sr., Brunswick, Ga., and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Far from my heavenly home
Far from my Fathers breast.
Fainting I cry, Blest Spirit Come,
And Speed Me to My Rest.
ORDER OFSERVICE
What a Friend we have in Jesus
Processionai
Hymn ..................
Scripture
Invocation
Selection.............................................Choir
Remarks (3 minutes Please)
As A Friend.............
Miss Vanessa Dent
Poem By..............................Mrs. Roslyn Bell
Solo...................................Mrs. Leola Stanley
Obituary ..................................Read Silently
Acknowledgements....................Miss Hazel Benjamin
Words of Comfort....................Rev. Isaach Culbreth
Viewing
Recessional
PALLBEARERS
Lewis Smith Alvin Hills
Edward Ponder James McFadden
Roosevelt Slater, Jr.
FLOWER ATTENDANTS
Friends & Ushers
EXPRESSIONS OFTHANKS
The family of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Elkins are eternally
grateful for every act of kindness and expression of sympathy
in their great loss. May Heaven always smile upon you is our
prayer.
The Family