Mr. Hosie Lee Ragland

RAGLAND, Mr. Hosie Lee - Age 80, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012 at Hurley Medical Center.Family hour 10:30 a.m. Tuesdaty, November 27, 2012 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Henderson Lee officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Ragland will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12:00 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday. Mr. Hosie Lee Ragland was born November 12, 1932 in Oxford, Mississippi, the son of Jerome Ragland and Elsie Berry. He attended Oxford Training School in Oxford, MS. Hosie moved to Flint, Michigan and served and attended Greater Friendship Azusa Church Of God In Christ. He was employed at Ragland’s Construction in Flint, Hub’s Café and Old Fifth Quarter as a Chef in Toledo, OH. Mr. Hosie L. Ragland leaves to cherish his memory: 11 children, Aaron Ragland of Detroit, Bill (Cheryl) Armstrong of Oxford, MS, Hosie (Yolanda) Ragland, Jr. of Thomaston, GA, Jeffery (Erika) Ragland of Toledo, OH, George Wells of Detroit, MI, Elsie Delores ( James) McNeal of Thomaston, GA, Becky Ragland of Stockbridge, GA, Arveldia Ballard of Toledo, OH, Antoinette (Lamar) Patrick of Flint, Victoria (Mike) Alston of Thomaston, GA and Dana Sanders of Toledo, OH; 21 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; uncle, Gene Webb; 4 sisters-in-law, Jeanett Ragland, Conelle Ragland, Sharon (Dyjerry) Warren and Denice Wells; 3 brothers-in-law, Johnny (Juanita) Wells, Innie Wells and Kevin Wells; a host of nieces; nephews including special nephews, William Wells and John Ragland; other relatives and friends including special friends, Ruby Sallie of Toledo, OH, Lovine Green and John Wells, both of Flint, John and Ruby allen. Mr. Ragland was preceded in death by his wife, Karol Ragland; daughter, Martha Ragland; sister, Suzie Ragland; brothers, Charles and Eugene Ragland; parents, Jerome Ragland and Elsie Berry; step-father, OD Berry; brother-in-law, Carl Wells, Jr.; nephews, Charles Williams, Jr., Charles Ragland and Dewayne Ragland. The family would like to express special thanks Hurley Medical Center, Genesys Total Health Care, special nurse, Yvonne Matthews and Universal Ambulance.

Mr. Hosie Lee Ragland

November 12, 1932 - November 18, 2012