Rosie Richmond

RICHMOND, Ms. Rosie “Rose” M. - Age 61, answered the Lord’s call, Friday, June 11, 2010 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2010 at House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, 1851 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Elder Kenneth L. Stewart, officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Ms. Richmond will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Friday. Ms. Rosie “Rose” M. Richmond was born June 23, 1948 in Cordova, Tennessee, the daughter of Walter “Bobby” and Margaree (Johnson) Richmond. Rose professed a hope in Christ at an early age and was a member of the House of Prayer Baptist Church. She was educated in the Flint Community Schools and graduated from Flint Northwestern “Class of 1966”. In 2002, Rose retired from Service Parts Operations, a division of General Motors and was a member of UAW Local 659. She leaves to cherish her memories: 2 sons, Cedric (Bernadette) Smith of Flint and Shawn Smith of Toledo, OH; daughter, Latasha Smith of Flint; 4 grandchildren, Saquinda Smith, TyTionna Barber, TySionna Smith and TaShionna Smith; 2 great-grandchildren, De’Terrion and De’Metri Holmes, all of Flint; 5 sisters, Delores Bradley of Memphis, TN, Barbara Richmond, Diane Rawls, Sabrina Richmond, all of Flint and Sandra Richmond of Nashville, TN; 4 brothers, Sylvester (Verna Mae) Richmond, Rudy Richmond of Nashville, TN, Dennis Wayne (Rose) Richmond of Flint and Ronnie (Patricia) Richmond of Nashville, TN; 3 aunts; a host of other relatives and friends including the Smith, Lanehart, Pinson, Owens and Holmes families. Ms. Richmond was preceded in death by 2 grandsons, Tyree Pernell and Terrell Barber; parents; sister, Carolyn Richmond Clifton; 3 brothers, Keith, Walter “June Bug” Richmond and Talmon Long; and special sister, Linda “Gayle” Pitts. The family wishes to express a special thanks to the Dollar Giant on E. Carpenter Rd., Hurley Medical Center Trauma and ICU Unit for their efforts to assist Rose during her distress.

Rosie Richmond

June 23, 1948 - June 11, 2010