Ms. Kathleen Walton

WALTON, Ms. Kathleen - Age 77, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kingdom of Heaven Ministries, G-2430 Dutcher Rd., with funeral service commencing at 1 p.m. Apostle Lonnie Brown officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Walton will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd, and may be viewed from 12 noon-8 p.m. Friday. Kathleen Walton (Hilbert), affectionately known as “Momma Kat” was born on April 21, 1935 in Osyka Mississippi, the daughter of Lena Barnes Hilbert and Mannie Hilbert Sr. She accepted the Lord at an early age and grew up worshipping at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She loved gospel music particularly fond of Shirley Caesar and Lee Williams and was a long time member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Flint MI., and recently became a member of Kingdom of Heaven Ministries. She later moved to Flint Michigan to work at the Fisher Body Plant and eventually married Fredrick Walton. She is the mother of 3 children Robbie Walker, Fermeko (Peachy) Myles, both of Flint, MI and Rodney Walton from the Metro-Detroit area; all three, Kathleen referred to as her “chaps”. After retiring from GM she moved to New Orleans where she married Sidney Robinson and was a cook at her late brother, Mannie Hilbert Jr. restaurant, “Brotherly Love Café”. Momma Kat loved to cook and feed everyone in the neighborhood. Everyone who met her soon knew her as “Momma Kat” whereas all her nieces and nephews called her “Aint Kat”. While she could cook anything literally from scratch; she was famous for her home made dinner rolls, German chocolate cake, “Kathy burgers” (for which she made her own special sauce), and any flavor pound cake you could ever imagine. Momma Kat was known as being strong believer in the Word of God, very feisty, and someone who would tell it like it is. She never failed to render an encouraging word to whomever she met, even if she just met you. Although she became ill, she was a fighter to the very end as she continued to trust in God. She took great pleasure in making people laugh and always had a story to tell. She loved her kids, especially her eight grand kids and five great grand kids; there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for any of them. Every child that came into contact with her became “Momma Kat’s chap”. There wasn’t an ailment that she didn’t have a home remedy for. Kathleen loved to work in her garden and teach her kids and grandkids how to snap peas, crack pecans, cut up okra and can string beans. Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents Mannie and Lena Hilbert, five brothers, Mannie Hilbert Jr., Arthur, Leroy, Charlie, and Perlie Hilbert; three sisters, Mamie Hilbert Nathan, Lizzie Mae Hilbert Williams, Lexie Leonard, and beloved niece Creshenda Artis. She leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Fermeko “Peachy" (Alan) Myles; sons, Robbie Walker and Rodney Walton; sisters, Ella Mae (Ulysses) Coney and Arnita Simmons; grandchildren, Amari and Alayna Myles, Cierra, Keturah, Mariah and Jayla Walker, Nicole and Nicolas Walton; great grandchildren, Kimorah, Kaileigh Walker, Mekhi Shumpert, Christian Walker, and Jordyn Walton. The family would like to express a special thanks to number of her family and friends, (sister) Ella Mae Coney, (nephew) Rufus “Shorty” Hilbert who called her every day, long time friends Erma Smith and Sue Love Irvin, prayer partner Fannie Mae. Also, special thanks go out to all the doctors and nurses at McLaren Hospital and Select Specialty Care who cared for Kathleen and also ended up calling her “momma”.

Ms. Kathleen Walton

April 21, 1935 - April 20, 2013