Mother Anna McCaster

MCCASTER, Mother Anna - Age 100, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016 at her residence. Family hour 10:00 AM Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, 930 E. Myrtle Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Rev. Dr. Herbert Miller II officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Saturday. Mother McCaster will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Friday. Mother Anna McCaster was born in Helena, AR. She was the oldest of two girls and two boys and was the only surviving one in her family. Anna was a young child when her parents moved to Benton Harbor, MI where she received her education. Anna was married to Booker McCaster, Sr. and they had one son and two daughters, Connie Veasley, with whom she lived with, Booker Jr. and Sandra Anderson. Mother McCaster also has eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Mother McCaster was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church where her grandmother was one of the founders. She later became a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she remained an active member until her move to Flint. Once in Flint Mother McCaster attended Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle. Being an avid Bible reader, she and fourteen other ladies met to organize the Willing Workers Prayer Band in 1966, they met at different homes for prayer, read scriptures and gave testimonies of God’s goodness. She served as president and secretary of a World War II Mother’s Mission whose aim was to help service men and veterans. Her preparation for teaching came from a program at Michigan State University and Lake Michigan College. Afterwards she began her career teaching pre-school in 1976 and remained in that position until she retired. Mother McCaster loved knitting and embroidering and she also loved working in her flower garden, Mother McCaster leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Constance Veasley of Flint; 8 grandchildren, Vino (Audrey) Gormley- Veasley of Saline, MI, Michael Veasley of Dallas, TX, Michelle (Rodney) Mosley of Ypsilanti, MI, Bettina Allen of Flint, Sandra (Curtis) Griffith of Benton Harbor, MI, Albertteen (Rev. Tyrone) Bradley of Benton Harbor, MI, Demetrius (Earl) Atteberry of Dallas, TX, Rainee Rolland of Grand Rapids, MI; a host of nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends, Mother Anna was preceded in death by; husband, Booker T. McCaster, Sr., daughter, Sandra R. Anderson; son, Booker T. McCaster, Jr.

Mother Anna McCaster

February 4, 1916 - July 31, 2016