- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Ruby Eloise Mikel Nails
- Date of Original:
- 1993-08-11
- 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 Ruby Eloise Mikel Nails. Date of funeral service: August 12, 1993. Location of funeral service: St. Christopher Catholic Church, Claxton, Georgia, [no time specified]. Birth date: August 12, 1918. Death date: August 08, 1993.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-448
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-448
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 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:
-
On Sunday morning, August 8,1993
God in his infinite wisdom removed from
our midst our beioved Ruby Eioise Mikel
Naiis.
Ruby was born in Ciaxton, Georgia
on August 12,1918, to the iate James C.
and Geneva Brewton Mikel._
She joined Green Cypress Baptist
Church at an early age, where she serv-
ed for a number of years. She joined St.
Christopher Catholic Church during
Father George Mathis time in Ciaxton.
She was very active in the church, very
generous with her time as a CCD teacher,
and other activities for thiry-two years.
She ran the Clothes Basket for eleven
years.
She served in the United States
Army receiving an Honorable Discharge.
She was a retired educator of Evans
County, where she served thirty-seven
years. A graduate of Dickerson Training
School, Vidalia, Georgia; BS Degree,
Savannah State College and a M.Ed,
Savannah Armstrong State, in Special Ed-
ucation.
She leaves to mourn her devoted
daughter, Zenohia Mikel; a son, Carl Les-
ter Bacon; two grandhcildren, Tyeese N.
Chandler and Mashoko Woods; two
great-grands, five sisters, Gertrude Scott,
Ciaxton, Marieta Berry, Glennville, Bessie
Blocker, Elizabeth Mattox and Annie Lee
Bacon, all of Ciaxton; two brothers, John
Henry Mikel, Savannah, Georgia and
James Charles Mikel, Hagan, Georgia;
one brother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and
a host of relatives and friends.
LOVE IS FOREVER
Love is not some fragile thing
that parting can somehow sever.
Love that's true dwells within
Living on and on forever.
Through the years, love sincere
Grows stronger day by day.
Though the one who is dearly loved
May be many miles away.
A certain word or a special/ song,
Though memories off grow dim.
Love will suddenly stir the soul
And come rushing back again.
GLADYS ADKINS
I thank my God upon every
remembrance of you. (Phil 1:3)
ORDER OF SERVICE
Funeral Mass
Father Larry Gculding
PALLBEARERS
Military Honor Guard
ALTERNATES
John Doe
Reginal Mikel
Harold Jones
Eugene Bacon
Glenn Mikel
Barney Berry
FLOWER BEARERS
Friends
A CKNO WLEDGEMENT
The family of Eloise M. Nails express our sincere
thanks to all for the many cards, flowers, gifts and expres-
sions of condolences shown during this time of great loss.
THEFAMILY