- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Miss Rosetta Jones
- Date of Original:
- 1980-01-19
- 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 Miss Rosetta Jones. Date of funeral service: January 19, 1980. Location of funeral service: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 2:00 p.m. Birth date: January 14, 1885. Death date: January 12, 1980.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-563
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-563
- 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:
-
IT
FUNERALSERVICES
FOR THE LATE
MISS ROSETTA JONES
Saturday, January 19,1980
2:00 P. M.
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. E. M. SOLOMAN, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT - MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Miss Rosetta Jones, the daughter of the late Dea. Ruben
and Mary Jones was born January 14, 1885 in the Mt.
Pleasant Community, Tattnall County now Evans County,
Georgia. She departed this life Saturday morning, Jan. 12,
1980 at 3:25 a.m. in Savannah, Georgia.
At an early age she joined the Mt. Pleasant Missionary
Baptist Church. Until recent years she was an ardent worker
in many departments of the church. She served as Treasurer,
Teacher and Secretary of the Sunday School. She was also
active in the Tattnall Missionary Baptist Association. She was
a member of the NAACP.
She was a graduate of Georgia State College (Savannah
State College). She taught in the school systems of Tattnall
and Evans counties and at Paris Island, S. C., for many years.
She was recognized as Evans County High School Teacher of
the Year. She retired through the State Department of
Education June 1968. She was a member of the Georgia
Retired Teachers Assn.
During Miss Jones lifetime she reared many nieces and
nephews.
She leaves to mourn her passing three devoted nieces,
Mrs. Bertha Brown, Mrs. Thelma Alexander of Savannah,
Georgia and Mrs. Myrtle Brinson, Tampa, Fla.; also many
other nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and
friends.
HOME AT LAST
Home at last! Lifes voyage oer.
Anchored safe on heavens blest shore.
With the friends gone on before.
Home at last! Home at last!
PROGRAM
Processional
Hymn.......................................Church Choir
Invocation ...........................Rev. Martin Bacon
Scripture...........................Rev. James Benjamin
Selection..................................Church Choir
Remarks:
As a Member...................Dea. Allen McClennon
As a Friend....................Dea. Roosevelt Smith
As a Neighbor....................Dea. Haywood Lee
Acknowledgements...................Mrs. BeniceG. Macon
Obituary .....................Read Silently Soft Music
Solo...............................Mrs. Varnedoe Brewton
Eulogy................................Rev. E. M. Soloman
Viewing of Remains ^J^l^.
Recessional
PALLBEARERS
Deacons of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
FLORAL BEARERS
Ushers from Local Churches
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family of the late Miss Rosetta Jones wishes to
thank their many friends and relatives for their kind expres-
sions of sympathy and all acts of services rendered during
this time of sorrow.