Mrs. Barbara Jean Moten

MOTEN, Mrs. Barbara Jean - Age 85, passed away Monday, March 27, 2023 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 AM Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 2120 N; Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Pastor Daniel Moore, officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 AM Tuesday. Mrs. Moten 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 - 6:00 PM Monday, with family present from 2:00 PM-6:00 PM to receive friends. Barbara Jean (Gaines) Moten was born to Ruby and Falbert Gaines on August 31st, 1937. She went home to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, March 27, 2023. If you knew Barbara, or Babs to all those she loved, you knew a woman who was beautiful, smart, funny, strong, fearless, faithful, and very loving. If you knew Babs, you also knew she lived her life serving the Lord. She was a life-long member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, and for many years served on the Nurses Guild. Barbara was a proud graduate of Flint Northern High School, “Class of 1955,” as well as the Mott Community College Nursing Program, and the University of Michigan-Flint. She was especially proud of being a part of the community of healers, the world’s Registered Nurses. She gave 23 years of service to Hurley Medical Center as a Registered Nurse, along with teaching and training nurses at Ross Medical Center. She also served on the Medical Team at Grand Blanc Metal Center, a division of General Motors Corporation before retiring in 2008. If you knew Babs, you know how much she loved roller skating and dancing; how good she was at roller skating and dancing; how much she loved shopping with her beloved sister Phyllis Ann; and how good she was at shopping with Phyllis Ann. If you knew Babs, you know how much she loved to play the piano for family and friends. If you knew Babs, you know she especially loved travelling to her time-share condominium in St. Thomas, watching sports (especially the Detroit Lions and the Michigan State Spartans) and reading. If you knew Babs, you know what she loved the most was spending time with her family, especially peeking in on her great-grandchildren while they were sleeping. If you knew Babs, you’ve known love from God’s purest light. “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2nd Corinthians 4:6.) Barbara Jean (Gaines) Moten leaves to cherish her precious memory: two daughters, Vicki Lynn Robinson of Flint, and Robbie Ann Moten of Royal Oak, MI; her only grandchild, Victoria Jean Robinson of Flint, MI; four great-grandchildren, Kaiden, Kamrey, Khyleigh, and Dream; a nephew, Minister Phillip (Cassandra) Miller of Flint, MI; two nieces, Tiffany Gaines and Kimberly Gaines Brown of Seattle, Washington; brother-in-law Ronald R. Artis III; first cousins, Eugene, Joyce, and Peggy of the Burton family; first cousins Nancy, Patricia, Angeline, Joseph, Illena, Diane, George and Henry of the Gaines family, as well as the Gaines family members in Mississippi; special godchildren Chantelle Wright and Terrell Miles; best friend and cousin, Gwen Turner; special friend Deloris Edmonds; and a host of cousins, neighbors and friends, including canine companion “Scout”. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby and Falbert Gaines; brothers, Kenneth Burton Gaines and Phillip Gaines; sister, Phyllis Ann (Gaines) Artis; and former husband, Bennie Moten. The Family would like to express special appreciation to Barbara’s doctors Dr. Khalil Katato of Flint, MI and Dr. Noor Bunney of Troy, MI May God bless and keep all of those who helped us to celebrate the life of Barbara Jean.

Mrs. Barbara Jean Moten

August 31, 1937 - March 27, 2023