Funeral program of LeRoy Gibbs
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Created by
content: Princetta Newman, American, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Leroy Gibbs, American, 1910 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: Digital copy of a funeral program for LeRoy Gibbs. The booklet program consists of eight pages bound with staples inside a cover. The cover has a blue and white cloud-like print. The front has text reading [Heaven's Roll Call... /LeRoy Gibbs] with Gibbs' name inside a scroll design. The first interior page has a photographic portrait of Gibbs in military uniform and reads [Service In Remembrance of the Life and Work of LeRoy Gibbs]. The interior pages include a poem, the order of service, and a three page obituary titled [His Notable Life], with photographs. The obituary includes details of Gibbs World War II military service, his membership at Vernon A.M.E. Church, his many stores and businesses and community work in North Tulsa. The obituary is followed by a message of gratitude from the family, a listing of the pall bearers and flower bearers. At bottom center of the back cover is printed [prepared by / Personally Yours / Princetta Rudd-Newman] with a phone number.
place: label: Place collected
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.117.67
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: programs
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: File size (overall): 654.2 MB