Mr. James J. Dawkins Sr.

DAWKINS, Mr. James J. Sr.- age 73, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 at McLaren-Flint. Masonic service 6 p.m. Thursday, July 31, 2014 from the chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. Family hour 10 a.m. Friday, August 1, 2014 at Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 317 E. Hamilton Ave. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy., Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Friday. Mr. Dawkins will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Mr. James Julian Dawkins was born January 21, 1941 in Harleyville, South Carolina to Johnnie and Martha (Owens) Dawkins, the oldest of 5 children. The family relocated to Flint, Michigan in 1955 where James attended Flint Schools and graduated Flint Northern High School, “Class of 1960.” After attending Ohio State University, he became employed with General Motors, Truck and Bus Assembly in Flint from June, 1966 to October, 1994 when he retired as a General Forman. He worked part-time at Leer Seating in Fenton, MI until fully retiring in 1995. Mr. Dawkins was a great lover of jazz music, golf, and watching sporting events on TV; and he usually enjoyed all of these with a cigar in his mouth. He also served the community in the Rose of Sharon Lodge #4, and was the Worshipful Master. Another great love of his was serving at Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church as an usher, in the jail ministry, Sunday school teacher, and secretary, vice-chair, and chair of the Deacon Ministry. He was a proud dad, and an especially proud grandfather. Mr. James Julian Dawkins leaves to cherish his memory: Beloved and devoted wife, Nora Dawkins; daughter, Julie (Sylvester) Jones of Grand Blanc, MI; son, James Julian II (fiancé LyTania Tolbert) of Flint; grandchildren Leah Nichelle, James Julian III, Sylvester III; 3 step-sons, Rockey Newton, Paul Newton, both of Flint, and Brian Adams, of Las Vegas, NV; 2 sisters, Jenelle Finklea, and Pamela Dawkins of Flint; brother, Roosevelt (Shelia) of Surprise, AZ; 4 sister-in-laws, Mary White, Lillian “Peaches” (Halbert) Kellum, all of Flint, Rose Burns and Annie Burns of Chicago, IL; 3 brother-in-laws, Tommie (Willa) Burns of Jackson, MS, Calvin Burns of Chicago, IL, and Henry (Vera) Burns of Flint; 6 nieces; 1 nephew; friend and mother of his children, LaVerne Dawkins, and a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. Dawkins was preceded in death by: daughter, Dawn Marie; parents, Johnnie and Martha Dawkins, brother, Levi and grandparents .

Mr. James J. Dawkins Sr.

January 20, 1941 - July 27, 2014