Mr. Nathaniel Callaway

CALLAWAY, Mr. Nathaniel - Age 79, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Bountiful Love Ministries, 3432 W. Pasadena Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, G-3415 E. Hill Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Callaway 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. Tuesday. Mr. Nathaniel Callaway, Sr. was born on October 7, 1935 in Tarry, Arkansas, the son of Lea Holland and Ed Callaway. He was the baby boy of 24 siblings. As a boy he worked on a farm and at a hospital in Little Rock, where he learned the virtues of an honest day’s work. In 1954 he moved to Flint, MI and began working for Buick Motor City and then Chevrolet Truck & Bus, as a Journeyman Pipefitter/Plumber, both division of General Motors, he retired on March 1, 1988. Nathaniel was also a member of UAW Local 598. He later was united in Holy Matrimony on December 16, 1957 to the love of his life, Clara Lee Edwards and to this union was five sons and one daughter. Nathaniel was known throughout the city as a “Jack of all Trades.” He was more than a Pipefitter, also a carpenter, mason, electrician, painter and etc… as an entrepreneur, he also owned cleaning business with his brothers, A.C. and Theodis. Nathaniel did all this while holding down a full time job. He would always say that the greatest thing that a man can have in life is a good man. Nathaniel taught his sons skill and his philosophy, to be fair and honest in business and stand behind your word, even if you have to take a loss to protect your name. He never net a stranger, his southern hospitality was well known. All were welcome around the dinner table and he took pleasure in watching family and friends enjoying some of Clara good home cooking. His homemade biscuits and peach cobbler will be sorely missed. Nathaniel six-foot-inch frame, big smile, booming voice and hearty laugh has always made him larger than life. Maybe sometime intimidating, but to those that knew him well, he was and shall always be just Callaway, baby brother, Tee, Daddy, Paw-Paw and uncle Tee. After his sunset, Nathaniel “baby-girl” Deborah, held his worn and calloused hand at his bedside and from a broken and grief stricken heart spoke of her dad with profound insight. She said “he worked with hand, but he loved with his heart.” Mr. Nathaniel Callaway, Sr. leaved to cherish his memory: wife of 57 years, Clara Callaway; 5 sons, Nathaniel Jr., Ricky (Joanne), Cornell (Marilyn), Eugene Callaway, all of Flint, MI and Thomas (Rushonta) Callaway of Wayne, MI; daughter, Deborah (Derwin) Walton of Belleville, MI; 26 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; sister, Luvella Hunt; brother, Willie Callaway, both of Tarry, AR; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. The family would like to express special thanks you to all the Nurses on the 5th floor at Select Specialty Hospital, all the nurses on the 8th floor at McLaren-Flint, Pastor Kelvelin, 1st Lady Jones and the Bountiful Love Church family.

Mr. Nathaniel Callaway

October 7, 1935 - February 2, 2015