Geneva Dantzler

DANTZLER, Ms. Geneva E. - Age 74, passed away Friday, April 1, 2011 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing immediately at 2 p.m. Apostle Charles Dantzler, officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Ms. Dantzler will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12Noon-8p.m. Wednesday. Ms. Geneva E. Dantzler was born April 20, 1936 in Macon, Mississippi, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd (Etheldra) Dantzler. At the age of 3 the family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. Geneva was a 1953 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She confessed Christ at an early age at Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a former member of Peck Memorial Methodist Church in New Orleans, LA. In 1969, she relocated to Flint and attended City of Flint Church. Geneva retired, May 6, 1999 from Frank’s Nursery and Crafts on Dort Hwy after 30 years of service. She enjoyed shopping, house plants, flowers, gardening and crossword puzzles. Ms. Geneva E. Dantzler leaves to cherish her memory: sister-in-law, Mary Louise Dantzler; 2 nieces, Tina (Matt) Ceaser of Picayune, MS and Gina Gray of Slidell, LA; 6 great-nieces, Tiaqualull, Alicia Gray, Lauryn Dantzler, all of Picayune, MS, Shelly Wilson, Tiambrya Smith, both of Atlanta, GA and Danielle Dantzler of Jackson, MS; 8 great-great-nieces; 2 nephews, Danny (Stacey) Dantzler and Lloyd “Tiger” (Sonya) Dantzler III, both of Picayune, MS; 3 great-nephews, Rene’ Dantzler of Slidell, LA, C.J. Wilson and Jermal Randolph, both of Picayune, MS; 6 great-great-nephews;11 aunts, Elberta Cole, Orietta Stewart, Essie (Claude) Spann, Margeres Dantzler, Annabel Dantzler, Zel Hughes, all of Macon, MS, Viola May of E. St. Louis, IL, Ruby Hughes of Parumph, NV, Sarah Hughes of Detroit, MI, Mary and Emmarie Dantzler, both of Flint; sister-in-law, Mary L. Dantzler of Picayune, MS; a host of other relatives and friends including special friend and neighbor, Jackie Adams, the Tyler, Hill, Hughes, Dantzler, Davis, Stewart, Spann, Dixon, Farrs, Simpson, Brooks, Parks and Reeves families. Ms. Dantzler was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd Sr. in 1998 and Etheldra in 1973; and brother, Lloyd Jr. in 1995. The family would like to express special thanks to the Hurley 4th and 5th floor ICU nurses and doctors, Pastor Randy Schultz and Our Savior Lutheran Church family.

Geneva Dantzler

April 20, 1936 - April 1, 2011