Funeral program of Martin Ruby Colbert
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Printed by
content: Jack's Memory Chapel, American, founded 1948
label: Subject of
content: Martin Ruby Colbert, American, 1904 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Christ Temple CME Church, founded 1905
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: Digital copy of a funeral program for Martin Ruby Colbert. The booklet program has eight pages and is printed in black ink on off-white paper. The front cover text reads [Home Going Celebration / for / MARTIN RUBY / COLBERT / November 24, 1904 - April 14, 1995]. At center is a portrait of Colbert followed by information on the service, which was held at Christ Temple C.M.E. Church. The interior pages begin with a brief obituary with information about Colbert's parents, wife, and his eight children, twenty-four grandchildren, fifty-three great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. The following pages have a longer obituary titled [A Part of Oklahoma History / Martin Ruby Colbert], which details his birth in Indian Territory as "a Choctaw Freedman," his childhood in Idabel, Oklahoma, his marriage to Ruthie Mae Green in the historically black settlement of Rentie Grove, and subsequent move to Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of Holsey Chapel CME Church in Tulsa and an avid fisherman. He worked at Mann Brothers Grocery. The program ends with the order of service and, on the back cover, a poem entitled "No Tears." At bottom center is information for Jack's Memory Chapel.
place: label: Place collected
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Christian Methodist Episcopal
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: 2014.117.65
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): 429.81 MB