- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. Charles (CB) McKever
- Date of Original:
- 1987-10-16
- Subject:
- African American men--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 Mr. Charles (CB) McKever. Date of funeral service: October 17, 1987. Location of funeral service: Thomas Grove A.M.E. Church, Claxton, Georgia, 3:00 p.m. Birth date: April 10, 1938. Death date: October 12, 1987.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-126
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-126
- 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. Charles [C. B.] McKever
Saturday, October 17,1987
3:00 P. M.
Thomas Grove AME Church
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. D. L. MOORE, PASTOR
SUPERINTENDENT JESSIE PRIMUS, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT - MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY
RFD CLAXTON, GEORGIA
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Mr. Charles (C.B.) McKever was born April 10, 1938
in Tattnall County, Georgia and departed this life on
October 12, 1987 at home after a short illness. He joined
Green Cypress Missionary Baptist Church at an early age.
He married Lorene Lockhart, October 24, 1959. To this
union three children were born. One preceeded him in
death.
He leaves to mourn his wife, Mrs. Lorene L. McKever,
two daughters, Miss Jacqueline Yvonne McKever and Miss
Patricia Ann McKever all of Claxton, Georgia; his mother,
Mrs. Leilia Allen McKever, Collins, Georgia: step-mother,
Mrs. Thelma Benjamin, Claxton, Georgia; eleven sisters,
Mrs. Martha Taylor and Mrs. Doris Lane, both of Augusta,
Georgia, Mrs. Maxie Cruise and Ms. Linda Benjamin,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Mary Ann Freeman, Mrs. Betty
Warren and Miss Maxie Allen, Claxton, Georgia, Mrs.
Joann Polk, Baxley, Georgia, Mrs. Ruby Lee Sherry,
Collins, Georgia, and Mrs. Sarah Tolbert, Homerville,
Georgia, Mrs. Elvir Dixon, Collins, Georgia; seven
brothers, Mr. J. W. McKever, Claxton, Georgia, Mr.
Ronald Allen, Reidsville, Georgia, Mr. Ray Allen,
Hazlehurst, Georgia, Mr. James Benjamin, Mr. Bobby
Benjamin, Mr. Franklin Benjamin, and Mr. Lonnie
Benjamin, all of Chicago, III.; four grandchildren. Crystal
Alicia McKever, Palric Marcel McKever, Cory LaVeal
McKever, and Lamar Joseph Ponder; one great aunt, Mrs.
Christine M. Hunt and five aunts, Mrs. Maggie McKever,
Hagan, Georgia, Mrs. Juanita McKever, Mrs. Laura C.
McKever, Mrs. Viola McKever and Mrs. Tholia M.
Benjamin, all of Claxton, Georgia; one uncle, Mr. Jim
McKever, Hagan, Georgia; three sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Sabrina Moore, Mrs. Beulah Allen and Mrs. Razetta
McKever; four brothers-in-law, Mrs. Jessie L. Simmons,
Mr. Perlie Polk, Mr. J. T. Dixon, Mr. M. C. Sherry.
A precious one from us is gone. A voice we ioved is
still. A place is vacant in our home. The world can never
fill.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional .................................Soft Music
Selection...........................................Choir
Scripture
Invocation
Selection...........................................Choir
Remarks .............................(3 Minutes Please)
As I Knew Him.....................Elder Bennie Bacon
As A Friend .......................Mr. James Slater
As A Neighbor ..................Mr. Thomas Hayes
Solo.................................Mr. Anthony Collins
Acknowledgements and Obituary.............Missionary
Pauline Hendrix
Solo.....................................Mr. Lonnie Brown
Eulogy.......................Superintendent Jessie Primus
Viewing
Recessional
PALLBEARERS
Sammie Lee McKever
Jeffery McKever
Darren Lane
Greg Palmer
Theron Palmer
Gerald Palmer
FLOWER BEARERS
Friends of the Family
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family graciously thanks each of you for the many
acts of kindness shown during this their time of loss.