Lucille Everett

EVERETT, Mrs. Lucille Mae - Age 78, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, November 21, 2008 at Foss Avenue Baptist Church, 1159 E. Foss Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11AM, Pastor Reginald G. Flynn officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the church 10:30AM Friday. Mrs. Everett will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Thursday. Sis. Lucille Everett was born in Lansing, Michigan, the first born of nine children to Lester Ray and Minnie Mae Fulson. She attended Lansing Public Schools and graduated from Eastern High School of Lansing. Sis. Everett continued her education and became a registered nurse and later had an interest in numerous other occupations. She retired from Consolidated Packaging after 35 years of service where she was an active Union Steward. Sis. Everett gave her life to the Lord at an early age at Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Lansing. After moving to Flint, she united with the Foss Avenue Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Dr. Avery Aldridge. Sis. Everett was an active member of the Foss Avenue Baptist Church, where she served on the Deaconess Board, The Mission, Wednesday Morning and Night Bible Study Class. She certainly loved to read her Bible and the Daily Word. Sis. Everett also loved working with the Mothers of the church and monthly she sent cards of cheer to anyone she heard was sick or shut-in. She assisted in sending care boxes to the college students and one of her prize possessions was making sure all the baptismal attire was properly taken care of along with towels for the pastor. Sis. Everett was one of Foss Avenue Baptist Church greatest ambassadors, attended Sunday Church School, even sang in the choir and loved to serve as a hostess for special occasions. She served as a supervisor for the Flint Jr. Golf Association. Her hobbies were gardening, taking pictures, growing beautiful flowers, working in her yard, sewing, crafts and traveling. To know her was to love her, especially when you saw that big wide smile. She also had a gift for talking. Sis. Everett could talk with kings, queens, men, women and children, always with an encouraging word to all that knew her. She had a loving, unique way with children and seniors. Sis. Everett was gifted at sharing stories and lifting one’s spirit. She could make you laugh when you felt like crying. Sis. Lucille “Lucy Everett leaves to cherish her memory: loving devoted husband of 32 years, Fredie; 5 children, Dianne Austin, Geneva Martin, Alvin Austin, Justin (Dianne) Austin of Lansing and Cassandra (Michael) McFarland of Flint; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 4 sisters, Brenda Dulaney, Stacy Brown, Carol Ann McKinley, all of Flint and Tracy Foster of Arlington, TX; 2 brothers, Purnell (Carolyn) Green of Flint and Christopher (Carolyn) Brown of Tennessee; sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Fulson of Lansing; a host of nieces, nephews, her Foss Avenue Church family, special friends, Mary Fulson of Lansing, Lorraine Boyles, Roberta Van Buren and Pauline Pryor. Sis. Everett was preceded in death by her parents; 2 brothers; grandparents; godfather, Mr. Walter Brown; and former Pastor and friends, Dr. and Mrs. Avery Aldridge.

Lucille Everett

September 5, 1930 - November 15, 2008