Trooper Brenetta Anne Milhouse

MILHOUSE, Trooper Brenetta - Age 55, made her transition on Monday, December 3, 2012 after a brief illness. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Ebenezer Ministries, 2130 S. Center Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Trooper Milhouse will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday. Trooper Brenetta Anne Milhouse was born November 16, 1957 in Flint, Michigan to the late Anne Milhouse and Otis Odum. She attended Flint Public Schools and was a 1976 graduate of Northwestern High School. Brenetta attended Champaign College in Vermont, where she earned an Associate Degree in General Studies and later finished at the University of Michigan-Flint, where she earned her Bachelor Degree in Political Science. She returned to Flint and later pursued a career in Law Enforcement by joining the Michigan State Police, where she served diligently for 27 years. In addition to loving her job as a State Trooper, Brenetta was also a talented seamstress and a distance runner, having participated in several half marathon races. She was also a poet, publishing a book of poetry entitled “One Somebody.” Brenetta enjoyed motherhood, loved interacting with family, and had a ready smile and infectious laugh. She leaves to cherish her memory: her significant other, James Russell Powe; daughter, Breanne Powe; sisters, Helen, (Tony) Bennett, Sylvia (Layton) Matthews, Tina (Kenard) Edwards, Lanetta Odum, Shirley (JB) O’Neal, Vicky Townsend, Prinzella (James) Milledge and Tracy (James) Tefft; brothers, Kenneth (Valerie) Milhouse, Otis (Donna) Milhouse, Harrell (Felica) Milhouse, Craig (LaVonda) Odum and Michael (Gwen) Odom; aunts, Odessa Jackson, Ruth Milhouse and Eugenia Williams; uncle, William Odum; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends including close friend, Vickie Crawford-Price. Trooper Milhouse was preceded in death by her parents, Anne Milhouse and Otis Odum; brothers, Terrence Odum, Donnie Townsend and Jerry Townsend; and sister, Pat Townsend. The family would like to express special thanks to the ICU nurse Jill at Providence Park Hospital in Novi, MI, the Michigan State Troopers and the Ebenezer Ministries Church family.

Trooper Brenetta Anne Milhouse

November 16, 1957 - December 3, 2012