Funeral program of Henry Clay Whitlow, Jr.

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Digital copy of a funeral program for Henry Clay Whitlow Jr. The funeral program consists of black ink printed on two sheets of pink paper, folded in a landscape orientation, and stapled together at the top to produce eight pages. The first page, or cover, has a black border around the edge and a gold-embossed rose in the bottom left corner. The cover reads [In Celebration of the life of / Henry Clary Whitlow, Jr. / January 22, 1909 April 15, 1994]. The service took place at Vernon A.M.E. Church and was officiated by Rev. Maurice K. Majors. The first interior spread (page 2) is blank at the top. The bottom of the first interior spread (page 3) is titled "A Life to Be Forever Celebrated" and includes information about the service with a photo of Whitlow to the right of the text. The second interior spread (pages 4-5) features a quote by Booker T.

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