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By Audrey Frazier
ROOSEVELT BRANCH
Roosevelt Branch of 1505
Conklin Lane died Thursday July
11th at a local Hospital.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs..
Geneva Branch; two sons, Willie
Walter Branch and Roosevelt
Branch Jr., both of Miami, Fla.; one
daughter, Mrs. Mamie Lee Blount;
two step-daughters, Mrs. Charlene
Fulton, Miami, and Mrs. Helene
Scott, New York City; one sister,
Mias Alma Branch, New York City.
Funeral services were held
Thursday July 18th at 2 p.m. from
Beulah Grove Baptist Church and
Rev. J.R. Tate officiated. Burial
was in Southview Cemetery.
William & Dotson Funeral Home
AUGUSTUS GROCE
Augutus Groce of 810 Hopkins
St died Sunday July 14th at a
local nursing home.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Nelson Oneill and Mrs. Laura
Brooks; one son, Willie Nelson,
Philadelphia.
Graveside services were held
Thursday July 18th at 4:30 p.m.
from Cedar Grove Cemetery and
Rev. E.T. Martin officiated.
William & Dotson Funeral Home.
ROSA MAE JIMPERSON
Rosa Mae Jimperson of 30
Telfair St died Thursday July 18th
at a local infirmary.
Survivors are her husband,
Samson Jimperson Sr.; five
daughters, Mrs. Bernice Thomas,
Mrs. Bessie Mae Scott, Miss Mary
Jimperson, Mrs. # Reola Moss, Miss
Barbara Jimperson; two sons, Oneal
Stepman, Samson Jimperson Jr.;
two sisters, Mrs. Cora Lee Gibson,
Mrs. Mary Alice Jenkins; two
brothers, Clarence Reeves Sr.,
Lester Reeves.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
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EULA LEE DAVIS
Eula Lee Davis of Aiken died
Thursday July 18th in a local
hospital
Funeral services were held
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and Rev. J.E. Dozier officiated.
Burial was in Randall Branch
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home,
Aiken.
JAMES STUKES
James Stukes of 500 Hampton
Ave., Aiken, died Thursday July
18th at Aiken County Hospital.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Pearl
Stukes; one daughter, Miss Margaret
Stukes; three sons, Jimmy Stukes,
Arthur Stukes, and James Stukes
Jr., Belmont, N.Y.
Funeral services awere held
Sunday July 21st at 3:30 p.m. from
Jackson-Brooks Memorial Chapel
and Rev. Anthony Dicks officiated.
Burial was in Pine Lawn Memorial
Gardens.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home,
Aiken.
JAMES P. GREEN
James P. (Fat) Green of 2354
Dublin Drive died Wednesday July
17th at University Hospital.
Survivors are his wife Mrs.
Barbara Green; four daughters, Mrs.
Ella Mae Pitts, Hempstead, N.Y.,
Mrs. Janet McCullough, Milwaukee,
Wis., Mrs. Beatrice Combs, North
Augusta, Miss Jenny Green,
Augusta; four sons, Robbye Green,
Toney Green, James Pugh, Jessie
Smith, Greensboro, N.C.; one
brother, Willie Green.
Funeral services were held
Sunday July 21st from Old
Macedonia Baptist Church,
Edgefield, S.C. where Rev. W.H.
Hightower is pastor and Rev. E.
Martin officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Peoples Funeral Home.
WILLIE G. THOMAS
Willie G. Thomas of 1740
Twelfth St. died Tuesday July 16th
at University Hospital.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Rosena Thomas; daughters, Mrs.
Deloris Hunt, Mrs. Connie
Patterson, Mrs. Barbara Jean Smith,
Mrs. Louise Bryant, Mrs. Gloria
Jean Jones, Miss Shelia Thomas,
Miss Shirley Thomas; sons, Charles
Patterson, Raymond Patterson,
Kenneth Thomas, Willie Thomas,
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Church
Mrs. Clara Thomas
“A service of divine worship
to the glory of God and in
honor of Mrs. Clara Thomas”
was held at the Christ United
Presbyterian , Church, 1316
Gwinnett Street, on Sunday,
July 14th at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Thomas is the oldest
living member of the Christ
United Presbyterian Church in
terms of service, having united
with the church more than
seventy years ago.
The speaker of the morning
was Miss Claudette Jackson, a
junior at Lucy Laney High
School and a great-niece of
Rev. J.S, Wright,
Civil Rights Veteran
The Rev. J.S. Wright is a
long time veteran civil rights
campaigner for equality for
Blacks.
Rev. Wrjght has been
involved with the civil rights
movement since 1947. He has
been physically threatened, his
churches have been boycotted
by Blacks by the order of
white racists, and his wife,
Sarah, was forced out of the
Larry Thomas; parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Willie G. Thomas, Sr.; sister,
Mrs. Frankie Mae Brown.
Funeral services were held
Sunday July 21st at 3 p.m. from
Dents Funeral Home Chapel and
Rev. Mitchell officiated. Burial was
in Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens.
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EDNA KEY
Edna (Edna Anna) Key of 427
Barton Rd., North Augusta died
Saturday July 13th in Alvista, Va.
Survivors are her husband
Thomas Key; two step-children,
Chester Key and Donell Key; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Johnson; two
brothers, Robert Lee Jefferson,
Belvedere and John H. Jefferson,
Trenton, S.C.
Funeral services were held
Sunday July 21st at 4:30 p.m. from
Old Macedonia Baptist Church,
Edgefield, S.C. and Rev. W.H.
Hightower officiated. Burial was in
church cemetery.
Peoples Funeral Home.
ELIZABETH WALKER KELLY
Elizabeth Walker Kelly died in
Bronx, N.Y.
Survivors are her husband, Olin
Kelly, Sr.; five step-children, Mrs.
Doris McCain, Olin Kelly Jr., Otis
Kelly, James Kelly, Johnny Kelly;
one brother, Joseph Walker; one
sister, Mrs. Louise Howard.
Funeral services were held
Monday July 22nd at 2 p.m. from
Green Grove Baptist Church and
Rev. R.F. Thompson officiated.
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FURMAN DUNBAR
Furman Dunbar of Route 1
Blackville, S.C. died Saturday July
13th at the VA Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Saturday July 20th at 2 p.m. from
Zion Hill Baptist Church and Rev.
D.W. Phinizy officiated. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral
Home, Aiken.
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Honored
Mrs. Thomas. Miss Jackson
spoke on “Friendship”.
Miss M. Louise Laney gave
the tribute from the church.
Her tribute was based on the
well known hymn “Take My
Life and Let It Be”.
Mrs. Thomas, who because
of ill health has been unable to
attend church regularly, was
brought to the service by a
niece and nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. Gregory Jackson.
Mrs. Thomas has served
continuously under nine
pastors.
Denmark, S.C. school system
of his non- violent
activism.
Yet he appears to be
unwavered by it all. “I have
seen many improvements in
qqual employment, but we
have a long way to go in the
voter registration area,” he
said.
In 1947, Rev. Wright and
seven more Blacks sued the
city of Denmark, S.C. for the
right to register to vote in that
year’s primary elections and
won even though they had to
read parts of the Constitution
of the United States.
“We were fortunate enough
to be able to do that,” he said.
“I heard of Dr. King’s
working jointly with Roy
Wilkins of the NAACP. He was
doing a lot of speech making
and eventually formed the
Montgomery bus boycott,”,
Rev. Wright continued.
According to the minister,
FREDDIE D. BUCKINGHAM
Freddie D. Buckingham of 130
Watkins St. died Sunday July 14th
at his residence.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Maggie Buckingham; one daughter,
Mrs. Beatrice Mattison; two
brothers, Phillip Boyd, Henry
Boyd; one sister, Mrs. Catherine
Mays.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday July 17th at 10 a.m.
from Hudson Memorial CME
Church and Rev. Davenport
officiated. Burial was in Savannah,
Ga.
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MARY VOU ALBERT
Mary Lou Albert of 2061 Willow
St. died Thursday July 11th.
Survivors are four sons, Monroe
Blackmon, Jimmy Blackmon,
Reginal Albert, John Albert;
mother, Mrs. Jessie Blackmon; four
sisters, Mrs. Penny Jones, Mrs. John
Brown, Mrs. Florene Howard, Mrs.
Myra Bailey; one brother Eugene
Blackmon.
Funeral Services were held
Tuesday July 16th at 1 p.m. from
Good Samaritan Baptist Church
and Rev. T.H. Glasker officiated.
Burial was in Southview Cemetery.
PEoples Funeral Home.
DAVID SCOTT
David Scott of 1383 President
Drive died Saturday July 13th.
Funeral services were held
Thursday July 18th at 4:30 p.m.
from Montmorenci Baptist Church
and Rev. George Brightharp
officiated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home,
Aiken. #
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Blacks Who Helped Build Augusta
PART DI
HISTORY OF TRINITY C.M.E. CHURCH
For 153 years Trinity has stood as a spiritual landmark on the
corner of Eighth and Taylor Streets. Trinity is older than the
Christian Methodist Episcopal Branch of Methodism. It is a
daughter of St. John Methodist Church which is located at 734
Greene Street.
The Negro membership of St. John in 1840 numbered 324 of a
membership of 610. The Negro membership desired a church of
its own and at least 100 to 125 marched in a procession carrying
lighted lamps and marched to the spot where the church now
stands and worshipped under a brush arbor.
The first building which was not more than a barn was built in
1843. Rev. James Harris of Athens, Ga. was the first pastor. The
length of his pastorate is not recorded but he was followed by
Rev. Ned West.
In 1869, Dr. Goodrich a member of St. John bought and
deeded to the members of Trinity the land where Trinity now
stands.
Rev. Lucius Holsey drafted a resolution and presented it to the
General Conference that was held in New Orleans in 1876 to give
Negroes a separate church.
At the General Conference which met in Jackson, Tenn., the
Rev. W.H. Miles and Rev. Richard Vanderhurst were elected
bishops. The Rev. Vanderhurst died after serving a year or two.
The General Conference was held at Trinity in 1973 and the Rev.
Lucius Holsey, the Rev. Isaac Lane and the Rev. J.A. Bebee were
elected bishops. About 1855, a Baptisimal fountain with a
memorial tablet was placed in the altar under the Rev. C.H.
Collins and a church parsonage was built under the Rev. E.L.
Stinson.
The church was rebuilt between 1889 and 1894 under the
pastorate of the Rev. R.S. Williams who was elected bishop in
1894.
Between 1920-1923 the church was brick veneered under the
pastorate of the Rev. I.H. Jones. The Rev. J.C. Anderson
followed the Rev. tones and naid off a verv heaw indebtedness.
The Rev. J.D.Hudsoi. followedtheßev. Amosßyce,“ayoungmanwith
he met Dr. King when King
came to Orangeburg, S.C. in
the early sixties. “Those were
threatening years in Denmark
and during these crucial times
we demonstrated and
integrated theaters,” he said.
While Rev. Wright was the
pastor of the Rome Baptist
Church in Denmark, the Black
principal of the South Carolina
Area Trade School warned the
Rev. Wrights’ church musician,
an instructor at the trade
school, and other faculty
members that the Rev. Wright’s
FRANK GIVENS
Frank Givens of Mclntosh, Ga.
died Tuesday July 16th at a
Hinesville, G a. hospital.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Annie
B. Givens; one daughter, Miss
Annette Givens, Mclntosh; one
brother, Dr. John T. Givens,
Norfolk, Va.
Funeral services were held
Saturday July 20th at 12 noon
from Midway Congressional Church
and Dr. James Eaton officiated.
Burial was in Mclntosh, Ga.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home,
Aiken.
CARRIE WASHINGTON
Carrie Washington of 1320
Mauge St died Thursday July 18th
at her home.
Survivors are one brother, Sam
Rome, Nashville, Tenn.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
W.H. Mays Mortuary.
JOHN HENRY EUBANKS
John Henry Eubanks, formerly
of Aiken, died Friday July 12th in
Hempstead, N.Y.
Survivors are one daughter, Miss
Lisa Vanetta Eubanks; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Angus Eubanks, Salley,
S.C.; two sisters, JMiss Dorothy
Eubanks Hempstead, Mrs. Margaret
Bradley, Aiken, S.C.; two brothers,
Horace Eubanks, Qentral Isbp,
N.Y., and Stephen Eubanks,
Augusta. Funeral services were
held Tuesday July 16th at 5 p.m.
from Indian Grove Baptist Church
and Rev. Frank Rouse officiated.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home,
Aiken.
VIOLA EVANS
Viola Evans of 920 Hopkins
Street died Thursday July 11th at
her residence.
Survivors are a son, Washington
Evans and an adopted daughter,
Mrs. Dorothy Washington..
Funeral services were held
Tuesday July 16th at 10 a.m. from
Dents Funeral Home Chapeland
Rev. Floyd Heard officiated. Burial
was in Macon, Ga.
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Presently, he is the
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Conference, dean of the Walker
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The Augwta Newa-Review - July 25,1974 -
Things You Should Know
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TANNER.
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vision” served Trinity from 1946-1950. The Rev. H.H. Davis
followed Rev. Ryce. Plans for an Educational Building were made
under his pastorate and built under Rev. L.C. Jones. The church
acquired an additional lot from Taylor to King Street; a lot was
also donated to the church in the same vicinity by Mr. S.M.
Jenkins.
On some of this property, through the cooperation of the City
Recreation Department, a play-ground was started and named in
honor of Bishop R.S. Williams. All of this was done under the
pastorate ot Rev. G.C. Jay. The Rev. Maurice Cherry served the
Church during the illness of the Rev. Jay. The Rev. L.R. Neal,
who is the present pastor, followed Rev. Jay. Under the Rev.
Neal, a million dollar non-profit Housing Project which has 100
apartments named TRINITY MANOR was built during Rev.
Neal’s pastorate. A Youth and Recreational Building has been
constructed with funds left the church by Mrs. Sophenia Thomas
and has been named in her honor. This building is used by the
city for recreation.
Trinity has always been interested in the education and
progress of young people. Many young people who had their
beginnings in Trinity have won world wide fame. Some of the
first graduates of Paine College came from Trinity - among them,
Clara Lou Wigfall, Marie Cashin. Irene King, Isabella King, Mary
Cauley and Rosa Cashin were some of the oldest trained nurses.
Charles Harris, a musician, Maude Simmons Carr, the girl with
the golden voice in New York in “Poigy and Bess,” had
their early training in Trinity. Trinity can boast of sending out
many professional people, doctors, nurses and educators. A large
percentage of teachers in Augusta public schools are from Trinity.
The Rev. Dr. Channing Tobias, a minister, lecturer, alternate
delegate to the United Nations, University Administrator, one
time Director of Phelps-Stokes Foundation and John Wesley
Gilbert, missionary and college professor received their early
religious training at Trinity.
Trinity has always worked closely with Paine College. At one
time Paine Commencement Exercises were held at Trinity.
The church for many years has made contributions to all
worthy organizations such as the NAACP, College Fund and the
United Fund.
Trinity is proud of its heritage - three of our former pastors
were elected bishops, two served as general officers. Five bishops
were elected and consecrated in Trinity.
Trinity lias had 31 pastors and all of them have left their
impact on the church.
Some of the former pastors were: the Rev. James Harris, the
Rev. Ned West, Rev. Dawson Flanigan, the Rev. Davis Westley,
grandfather of Miss Estella Witherspoon, the Rev. Lucius Holsey,
the Rev. A.J. Stinson, the Rev. R.J. Brown, father of Mrs. Ursula
Collins, the Rev. W.H. Holmes, the Rev. C.H. Collins, husband of
Mrs. Ursula Collins, the Rev. W.M. Smalley, the Rev. S.L. Stinson,
the Rev. N.H. Haygood, the Rev. J.C. Waters, the Rev. I.S.
Pearson, the Rev. Sebastian Doyle, father of Bishop B.W. Doyle,
the Rev. James Bray, the Rev. H.L. Stallworth, the Rev. W.M.
Gladden, the Rev. C.L. Bonner, the Rev. S.B. Wallace, husband of
the former Mrs. Etta Wallace. Others have been named in an
earlier part of the history.
COMMITTEE ON HISTORY:
Edith R. Buchanan
Maude D. Parks
Jerrylyn W. Dent
Ardelle Floyd.
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