Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell

CALDWELL, Mrs. Elizabeth - Age 62, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Genesys Health Park - Grand Blanc, MI. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Promise Tabernacle Church, 815 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Frederick L. Flowers, Sr. officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Association, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Caldwell 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. with the family present from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Elizabeth (Big Girl) Dunbar Caldwell was born March 18, 1953 in Lula, Mississippi the daughter of Miss Hattie Lee Dunbar. She attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN. Elizabeth united with the Promise Tabernacle® Baptist Church (formerly Golden Leaf Baptist Church) in 1973. She was a born again creation who loved the Word of God and attending Bible Study and Sunday School. She enjoyed singing in the church choir and participating in the Flint City Wide Choir. Liz had a passion for cooking and creating new recipes and designing new dishes, and watching the joy on the faces of her family and friends as they chowed down on her creations. She won many awards and certificates for her God-given gift. Mrs. Caldwell was employed by The Medical Team at Lockwood of Fenton, MI as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant. She considered it a joy and a blessing to serve her patients and they adored her, many of whom often enjoyed some of her home-cooked meals. In God’s care Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell leaves her devoted husband, Wallace Caldwell of 41 years; 2 sons (by way of her Beloved sister Ms. Jessie Wilson), Derrick Wilson of Palm Costa, FL and Darryl Wilson of Flint, MI; brother James (Sandra) Dunbar of Flint; aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar of Memphis, TN; special sisters and brothers; Mildred Yates, Fannie Mae & Cedric Thomas, Dorothy & Douglas Barton, Patricia & A.T. Ashby, Irma & Johnny Johnson, Shekedra Dunbar, Fred Dunbar, Julius & Barbara Dunbar, Moses & Thelma Taylor, Henry Moore, Roosevelt Moore, Audrey Crutcher, Colby Dunbar, Lisa Griffin, Joey & Cashara Dunbar, and W.H. (Broad) McKinley; brothers and sisters-in-law Tommy (Barbara) Caldwell, Pearl (Cleo) Gilmore, and Frank (Martha) Warren; nieces and nephews, Mary Carson, Regina (Drew) Ross, Juanita (Billy) Bland, Robert Moss, Hosea Moss, Dwayne Dunbar, Darian Dunbar, Noah Thomas, James (Trisha) McWilliams, Anthony Dunbar, Darnell Watson, Johnny Bland, Terence Gilmore, LaTonya Caldwell, and David Childs; 12 great nieces & nephews, 7 great-great nieces; and a host of other relatives and dear friends. Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell was preceded by her parents, grandparents, mother and father-in-law, 4 sisters, 2 brothers, 4 aunts, 2 uncles, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. The Caldwell family extends sincere thanks and appreciation to Pastor and Mrs. Frederick L. Flowers, Sr. & the Promise Tabernacle® Church family and the doctors, nurses, and all the Genesys Emergency Room staff.

Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell

March 18, 1953 - April 4, 2015