Mrs. Mattie Lee Malone

MALONE, Mrs. Mattie Lee - Age 88, passed away Tuesday July 12, 2016 at Willowbrook Manor. Family hour Wednesday 10:00AM Wednesday July 20, 2016 Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3502 Lapeer Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Rev. Marvin A. Jennings, Sr. Host Pastor. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, G-5710 N. Saginaw St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Wednesday. Mrs. Malone will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12PM-8PM Tuesday. Mrs. Mattie Lee Malone was born December 7, 1927 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the daughter of Clarence and Maggie (Amaker) Thomas. She lived in North Carolina until the age of sixteen when she moved to Flint. Mattie attended Flint Community Schools and graduated from Flint Northwestern High School. Later, she was hired at AC Spark Plug, a division of General Motors. Her employment there afforded her the opportunity to further her education. Mattie received a degree in Business Administration, a certificate in Computer Communications Technology, both from Mott Community College and a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from the University of Michigan-Flint. She also received Master Degree credits from Detroit Mercy College in Education which certified her to teach. Mattie was baptized at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church and later joined Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church working on the Senior Citizens Ministry and the Scholarship Committee. After retiring from AC Spark Plug (Delphi Energy and Management) she became involved in education and begun her career as a Substitute Teacher with emotional mentally impaired and handicapped students. Mattie belonged to various other organizations including a Life Member of the NAACP and the University of Michigan-Flint Alumnae. She served on the Mayor’s City Wide Advisory Board, Representative of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Delta Chapter, the United Teachers of Flint Executive Board including serving several terms as Vice President for the Flint Board of Education Substitute Teachers and American Business Women’s Association Nu Lite Chapter. She is survived by: grandsons, Kelvin Cobb and Ricky Grigsby, both of Flint; great-grandchildren, Lakeshia Cobb, Karell Cobb, Danyla Scott and Daijah Scott; a host of nieces and nephews including, Owen (Jean) Jackson, Evit Coleman, Arlean Jackson and Tanya Coleman; god-daughter, Alfredia Wingate; god-son, Gerald Turner. Mrs. Malone was preceded in death by her daughter, Lynda Cobb-Griffin; granddaughter, La Kesha Cobb; parents, Clarence and Maggie Thomas; three sisters, Patricia Ford, Angela Wilson and Mary Jackson; two aunts, Aline Parks and Marie Robertson. The family would like to express special thanks to the staff of Brookdale of Genesee Village, Willowbrook Manor, Pastor Marvin A. Jennings, Sr. and the Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church family.

Mrs. Mattie Lee Malone

December 7, 1927 - July 12, 2016