Mr. Dolph Ireland Jr.

IRELAND, Jr. Mr. Dolph - Age 68, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Genesys Health Park - Grand Blanc, MI. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bethlehem Temple Church Of The Apostolic Faith, 3401 M.L. King Ave. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Phillip Thompson officiating. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. After which he will later be taken to West Memorial Funeral Home, 103 Jefferson St., Starkville, MS 39759 (662) 323-6674. Mr. Ireland will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday. Mr. Dolph B. Ireland was born October 4, 1946 in Crawford, Mississippi, the son of J.D. Malone and Irene Rice Ireland. Dolph “Bug”, was an avid gardener who also enjoyed riding his tractor and fishing. He worked for the General Motors Corporation for fifteen years, retiring in 1982. Dolph was a member of the Rose of Sharon Lodge No. 4, A.F. and A.M. He was a member of the New Life Missionary Baptist Church, where the Pastor Wilbert Campbell presides. Dolph enjoyed the gospel quartet group, The Pilgrim Jubilees, and was a lover of the blues. He was well known throughout the city of Flint and Beecher areas because of his cowboy attire. Mr. Dolph B. Ireland leaves to cherish his memory: wife, Linda Ireland of Flint; daughter, LeGayle Ireland of Flint; son, Dolph Ireland III of Chicago, ILL; grandchildren, Jia Brittany Ireland of Flint; 4 uncles, R.T. Ireland of Flint, Reverend Robert Rice (Adeline) of Columbus, MS, Reverend Jonathan (Beverly) Rice of Crawford, MS, and Joseph Rice of Brooksville, MS; a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. Dolph B. Ireland was preceded in death by his parents; J.D. Malone and Irene Ireland; uncles, William Ireland, Daniel Ireland, A.G. Ireland, Wallace John Ireland, Walter Rice, and John Rice; aunts, Lillie Young, Bertha Hendricks, Ollie Perkins, Lizzie Rodgers, Eddie Mae Neal, Maggie Mosley, Rosie Ireland, willie Bell Ireland, and Allie V. Hill. The family would like to express special thanks to the second floor and CICU floor of Genesys Regional Medical Center, Dr. A. Abdul Razzak, Dr. Monir Khoulani, Elder Phillip J. Thompson and the Bethlehem Temple Church family, and New Life Missionary Baptist Church where Pastor Wilbert Campbell is Pastor.

Mr. Dolph Ireland Jr.

October 4, 1946 - July 9, 2015