Mrs. Annie Merle Chatman

CHATMAN, Mrs. Annie Merle - age 75, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, 930 E. Myrtle Ave. with funeral service commencing at 12 p.m. Rev. Cedell Timms officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy., Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Chatman will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 1 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Annie Merle Chatman was born August 7, 1938 in Ozark, AL, the daughter of Toy and Ella (Haynes) Dyck. Mrs. Chatman was a resident of Flint for 49 years; she arrived in Flint on Easter weekend of 1965. She was a member of Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle since 1984, serving as president of the Nurses Guild at the time of her illness, past member of the Senior Usher Board and the Senior Choir. Mrs. Chatman retired from Genesys Health Systems (St. Joseph Hospital) after 34 years of continuous service, earning a distinction of never calling off of work. She loved to read, sew, watch her soaps, but more than anything, fellowship with her Christian family at Metropolitan. She gave all she had to her family and took care of them until her illness prevented her from doing so. Mrs. Annie Merle Chatman leaves to cherish her memory: husband of 53 years, John Henry Chatman; 2 daughters, Tamekyo Garner and Rhonda Chatman; 2 sons, William (Brenda) Chatman and Lazarick (Erica) Chatman; 10 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Lois and Hazel; 3 stepsisters; a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends including special friends Sister Connie Veasley, Sister Mary Wash and Sister Pearl Coney. Mrs. Chatman was preceded in death by: her parents, Toy and Ella Dyck; nephew, Jimmy Louis McLeod; step-mother, Bertha Dyck; sister, Betty Ruth McLeod; step-sister, Irene Smith; sister-in-law, Emma Anthony. The family would like to express special thanks to: McLaren-Flint, nurse Jessi, Dr. Peddireddy, Rev. Cedell Timms and Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle Church family, Rev. Michael Pettigrew, Dr. Reginald Flynn, Dr. Lewis Randolph, Rev. Carlos Williams, Sister Mitchell, Steve & Kim Harris and Bennie Goodman and family.

Mrs. Annie Merle Chatman

August 7, 1938 - May 1, 2014