Officer Levester "Lee" Crosslin

CROSSLIN, Officer. Levester - Age 68, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2015 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1083 E. Stewart Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Monday. Officer Crosslin will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday with family present from 4-6 p.m. Officer Levester “Lee” Crosslin was born December 4, 1946 in Lockesburg, Arkansas to Dock and Rosie Mae Crosslin. He attended Grambling University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was recruited by the Flint Police Department and hired as a police intern June 1, 1970. “Lee” was drafted November 1, 1971 and served in the U.S. Army Division until he received an Honorable Discharge, December 15, 1972. After his tenure with the U.S. Army, he was hired as a Patrol Officer for the Flint Police Department, January 29, 1973 and graduated from the Police Academy, March 3, 1973. “Lee” was later assigned to the Flint School Liaison Program and served for 25 years at Northern High School and Northwestern High School. The students would always felt safe when Officer Crosslin was in the schools and often referred to him as the “Enforcer”. Police officers who worked the Liaison Program will remember Officer Crosslin’s morning roll call greetings, “What’s up Cou-zin” and “Hey Home Boys”. Officer Crosslin retired from the Flint Police Department, April 20, 2002 with over 29 years of service. He was hired November 1, 2002 as a Public Safety Officer for Bishop International Airport, retiring December 20, 2013 wit 11 years of service. Officer Crosslin enjoyed being a Police Officer. He loved football and basketball games and was a great baseball player and was on the Army baseball team. His favorite past times was going to the race track conversating with co-workers and friends over breakfast after his retirement. Officer Crosslin leaves to cherish his memory: son, Roshon Crosslin; mother of his son, Susan Crosslin; 2 sisters, Margaret (Eugene) Phillips of Albany, CA and Jeanette (M.D.) Deloney of Cowlinsville, Arkansas; brother, Slyvester (Bobbie) Crosslin of Texarkana, TX; sister-in-law, Mildred Crosslin of Brownstown, Arkansas; 4 nieces, Cookie Deloney, Melody Dixon, Cynthia Phillips and Lisa Crosslin; 4 nephews, Randall Phillips, Tony Crosslin, Terry Crosslin and Stanley Crosslin; god daughter, Nicole Blassingame-Dent; a host of other relatives and friends. Officer Crosslin was preceded in death by his daughter, Temia Lechelle Crosslin; parents, Dock and Rosie Mae Crosslin; and brother, L.C. Crosslin. The family would like recognize and thank his friends, Eugene Buchana, Doris Henry, Wilbur “Poppa” Jarret, LeEster Black, Michael Blacque, Jimmy McFadden, Harvey Phillips, Clyde Edwards, Henry Townsend, Alan Davis, Rodney Williams, Henry Younger, Randy Tolbert, Clarence Yancy, Steve Mayfield, James “Butch” Robinson, and those whose names are not mentioned, but whose faces have not slipped our minds nor the many acts of kindness.

Officer Levester "Lee" Crosslin

December 4, 1946 - January 17, 2015