- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. Thomas Wallace Levant
- Date of Original:
- 1991-11-08
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Groveland--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Groveland--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Groveland--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Groveland--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Groveland--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Groveland--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, Groveland, 32.14436, -81.74567
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mr. Thomas Wallace Levant. Date of funeral service: November 8, 1991. Location of funeral service: Jerusalem Baptist Church, Groveland, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: October 11, 1907. Death date: November 11, 1991.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-174
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-174
- 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:
-
FUNERfiL SERVICES
FOR
Mr. Thomas Wallace Levant
Friday. November 8. 1991
2:00 P. M.
Jerusalem Baptist Church
CROVELAND, GEORGIA
REV. LORENZO MCNEAL OFFICIATING
INTERMENT - CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPER'S FUNERAL HOME
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Mr. Thomas Wallace Levant, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Levant, was born October 11,1907, in
Liberty County, Georgia. He departed this life Friday,
November 11, 1991 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in
Metter, Georgia after a long illness.
He joined Jerusalem Baptist Church at an early age.
He was united in marriage to Mrs. Julia Levant in
1941. To this union four children were born.
He leaves to mourn; a loving wife, Mrs. Julia Levant,
Claxton, Ga.; four daughters, Ms. Mary Levant, Newark,
N. J., Mrs. Marcel Jones, Jackson, Ms., Mrs. Juanita Scott,
Maywood, II., and Ms. June Levant, Newark, N. J.; two
sons-in-law, Mr. Arnell Jones, Jackson, Ms., and Mr.
Nathaniel Scott, Maywood, II.; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Baker and Mrs.. Albertha Young, both of Claxton, Ga. and
Mrs. Rosa Love, Cincinnati, Ch.; three brothers, Alexander
Levant, Clinton Levant, and Fletcher Levant, all of Clax-
ton, Ga.; five sisters-in-law, six brothers-in-law, ten grand-
children and other relatives and friends.
He saw a hand you could not see
Which beckoned him away;
He heard a voice you could not hear,
Which would not let him stay.
And he who is Himself the giver and the gift
The future glory, and the present smile.
With the bright promise of the glad forever
Will light the shadows for thee.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Processional
Hymn
Scripture..................Rev. Clarence T. Williams
Invocation.................Rev. Clarence T. Williams
Selection.....................................Choir
Remarks;
As I Kne\A/ Him......................Mrs. Bert Ball
Solo
Acknowledgements
And Obituary.................Mrs. Emma Jean Carr
Eulogy.........................Rev. Lorenzo McNeal
Viewing of Remains
Recessional
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Bro. Kelsey Levant
Bro. Christopher Jones
Bro. Walter Levant, Jr.
Bro. Albert Baker
Bro. Leartis Levant
Bro. Theron Levant
FLOWER ATTENDANTS
Ushers and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Mr. Thomas W. Levant
acknowledges with deep appreciation each visit, prayers,
telephone calls, floral arrangements and other expressions
of kindness during their many hours of bereavement.
May God add a blessing to each of you in their prayer.
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME
LONG STREET
CLAXTON, GEORGIA