- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. DeAlva Jones
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-27
- 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. DeAlva Jones. Date of funeral service: January 27, 1973. Location of funeral service: St. John Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 1:00 p.m. Birth date: October 17, 1928. Death date: January 22, 1973.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-443
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-443
- 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
MRS. DeALVA JONES
SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1973
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. THOMAS SCOTT, PASTOR
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME
IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
FOR
1:00 P. M.
OBITUARY
Mrs. DeAlva Jones, the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Pompey Jones, was born October 17,
1928 at Claxton, Georgia. Mrs. Jones passed sud-
denly at her home in Atlanta, Georgia on Mon-
day, January 22, 1973.
At the age of nine, she was converted and join-
ed the St. John Baptist Church of this City under
the pastorate of the late Rev. J. P. Pearson. She
served faithfully on the Ushers Board and in the
Choir until she moved to Atlanta some years ago.
She was united in marriage to Mr. Brady Rat-
liff; this union ended in divorce.
She leaves to mourn two brothers, Mr. J. Ran-
dolph Jones, Claxton, Ga.; Mr. Reno Jasper
Jones, Vidalia Ga.; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Rock,
Brunswick, Ga.; four aunts, Mrs. Novella Hens-
ley and Mrs. Rosetta Jones, Claxton, Ga. Mrs. Co-
rine Kent, Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Lillia Bryant,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; one uncle, Mr .Raleigh Macon,
Claxton, Ga. a grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Ann Ma-
con, Claxton, Ga.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Zim-
mer Ann Jones, one brother-in-law, Mr. Richard
Rock, four nieces; one nephew; cousins and a
host of other relatives and friends.
Thus Star by Star declines
Till all are past away;
As morning high and higher shines
To purer and perfect day.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Mrs. DeAlva Jones
acknowledges with deep appreciation of the
many telephone calls, flowers and other expres-
sions of sympathy extended in this time of sor-
row.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional
Hymn
Scripture
Invocation______________Rev. James Benjamin
Selection____________________________Choir
God Will Take Care Of You
Remarks_________________Dea. Julius C. Banks
Dea. Norwood Terrell
Mrs. Lillie B. Hayes
Solo______________________Mr. Eugene Hagan
Acknowledgement_________Mrs. Nita Bell Baker
Eulogy____________________Rev. Thomas Scott
Recessional
Interment Hagan Cemetery
Hagan, Georgia
She saw a hand you could not see
Which beckoned her away;
She heard a vocie you could not hear,
Which would not let her stay
And he who is Himself the giver and the gift
The future glory, and the present the present
smile.
With the bright promise of the glad forever
Will light the shadows of thee
PALLBEARERS
Deacons of St. John Baptist Church
Julius C. Banks Charlie Blocker
Sylvester Timmons Willie Bacon
Edgar Freeman Donald DuPont
FLOWER BEARERS
St. John Baptist Church Usher Board