Clifton Sprinkle

SPRINKLE, Mr. Clifton - Age 79, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, December 4, 2009 at House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, 1851 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11AM, Eld. Kenneth L. Stewart officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd., Burton, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Friday. Mr. Sprinkle will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1PM-8PM Thursday. Mr. Clifton “Bob” Sprinkle was born November 22, 1930 in Tchula, Mississippi, to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin and Alice (Smith) Sprinkle. Clifton was raised in Rison, Arkansas. He married Lois Harden in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and migrated to the Flint area to find work at an early age. Clifton worked for Buick Motor Division for 2 years and Grand Blanc Metal Fab, divisions of General Motors on skilled trades for a total of 53 years, retiring in 2006 and was a member of UAW Local #1292. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon, later moving his membership to House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church. Clifton loved sports and helped to sponsor and coach little league baseball teams around to Piper Street area. He also loved his wife and family, helping them in any way until his illness. Clifton was the pillar of our family and will be greatly missed. He leaves to cherish his memory: wife of 56 years, Mrs. Lois Sprinkle; 4 daughters, Jean Thomas, Antonia (Stonnie) Hasan, Deborah Sprinkle and Leatrice Sprinkle, all of Flint; 4 sons, Elroy (Deborah) Sprinkle of Grand Blanc, MI, Leroy (Wanda) Sprinkle of Lexington, OH, Clifton D. (Patricia Nelson) Sprinkle and Corey Sprinkle, all of Flint; 15 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister, Josephine (Montgomery) Addison of Chicago, IL; brother, Richard Sprinkle of California; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Mr. Sprinkle was preceded in death by his 2 sons, Donald and Calvin G. Sprinkle; grandson, Master Dedric Sprinkle; parents, Calvin and Alice Sprinkle; 3 sisters, his twin sister, Ernestine Whitaker and Ethel Brock; 5 brothers, Calvin Jr., Herbert, Will, Charles and Isaac Sprinkle; son-in-law, Douglas Thomas; and a host of other relatives and friends. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. Emaldhi Saeed, Hurley Medical Center ICU staff, the many friends Clifton met on his life journey, Pastor Henry L. Fuller, Jr. and the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church family, Pastor Kenneth L. Stewart and the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church family.

Clifton Sprinkle

November 22, 1930 - November 22, 2009