- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Jessie Mae Mitchell
- Date of Original:
- 1988-03-16
- 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. Jessie Mae Mitchell. Date of funeral service: March 16, 1988. Location of funeral service: First African Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: August 14, 1925. Death date: March 14, 1988.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-134
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-134
- 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:
-
HOMEGOING SERVICES
for
Mrs. Jessie Mae Mitchell
Dawn: Aug. 14,1925 Sunset: March 14,1988
Wednesday,
March 16,1988
2:00 P.M.
First African Baptist Church
Qaxton, Georgia_______
Rev. Canty, Officiating
Internment - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
MOODY & MiNCEY FUNERAL HOME OF CLAXTON, GA
IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
PHONE: 739^932
OBITUARY
Sunset and Evening Star and one clear
call for me and may there be no
mourning at the bar, when I sail to sea.
Mrs. Jessie Mae Mitchell a native of Evans County. She was
born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carter, on August 14, 1925.
She departed on March 14,1988.
She was a member of The First African Baptist Church of
Claxton, where she joined at an early age. She married Mr.
Theodore C. Mitchell in the year of 1967. She moved to
Savannah, Georgia. She then joined the Mt. Zion Baptist Chur-
ch where she served faithfully until her illness.
She leaves to mourn a devoted husband Mr. Theodore C.
Mitchell, three sons Mr. Terry Stewart of Portland, Oregon,
Mr. Larry Linwood Carter of Anchorage, Alaska, and Mr.
Derrick A. Carter, of Savannah, Georgia; one daughter, Ms.
Shirley Ann Frederick of Claxton, Georgia; one sister, Ms.
Ophelia Carter of New Jersey; one daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Brenda Carter of Anchorage, Alaska; five sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Bessie Carter of Claxton, Mrs. Glada Nelson of Chicago,
Illinois, Mrs. Marquita Cokley of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mrs.
Evelyn Blossomgam of Kalamazoo, Michigan; two brothers-in-
law, Mr. Donald P. Mitchell of Benton Harbor, Michigan and
Mr. Edward T. Mitchell of Kalamazoo, Michigan; sixteen grand-
children, a host of nieces, nephews, friends and relatives.
For our life's just a limit
For when God calls it only takes a minute
Rest in peace and wondering are gone
God has given a brand new home
ORDER OF SERVICE
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN................................."Amazing Grace"
SCRIPTURE.....................Rev. James Benjamin
INVOCATION
SELECTION................................Choir
REMARKS........................Dea. Bill Hall
Mrs. Mary Ray
SOLO............................Sandra Mincey
OBITUARY AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........Staff of Moody & Mincey
Funeral Home
EULOGY...............................Rev. Canty
VIEWING OF REMAINS
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Active Pallbearers
Frank Hagan
Wilson Buigess
Danny Jones
Donny Tyler
Gregg Stewart
Daniel Johnson
Flower Bearers
USHERS & FRIENDS
Acknowledgement
The family wishes to express their thanks to their many
friends and relatives for the kind expressions of sympathy
during their hours of sorrow. May God bless each of you is
their prayer.