Mrs Ruby Motley

MOTLEY Mrs. Ruby - Age 76, passed away, Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her residence. Family hour 10 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 4805 N. Saginaw Street, with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Rev. Dr. Henry L. Fuller, Jr. officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 10 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Motley will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mrs. Ruby Motley was born Ruby Smith on October 23, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee to Julia and Nathaniel Smith. Ruby was the youngest of 3 children. At an early age, along with her brother and sister, Ruby relocated to Flint, Michigan. She was raised by her siblings Addie Bell and Abson McDaniel who lovingly took the role of parents, after the passing of her mother and father. Ruby attended Dewey Elementary, Emerson Jr. High, graduating from Flint Northern High School. She accepted Christ at an early age at New Zion Baptist Church while attending a Revival Service and later joined Antioch Missionary Baptist Church to worship with her family. Ruby married her sweetheart of 56 years Mr. John Motley, Jr. on December 22, 1956, to this union two sons were born; John N. III and Marcus. Ruby joined her husband and became a dedicated and very active member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church after her children questioned the family being divided between two churches. Sis. Motley served as Youth Director and later as a youth worker. She also served as Church School Teacher, Deaconess, Nursery Worker, Mission Ministry Member and even Church Secretary. In the Great Lakes District Leadership & Educational Congress, Ruby served as Assistant Youth Director for many years and was later appointed Youth Director of the Wolverine State Congress of Christian Education. Ruby also served as Assistant Regional Director of the Eastern Regional Youth Conference of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. Her concern was always that young people have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. She was an avid proponent of both secular and Christian education and she involved herself in oratorical contests at home, district, state and national levels. Ruby thought it was important that young people have the ability to verbalize their faith in and love for the Lord. Many young people attribute their speaking ability and thirst for education to the mentoring of Mrs. Ruby Motley. Mrs. Ruby Motley leaves to cherish sweet memories: husband, John Motley, Jr.; 2 sons, John N. III (Wilmernette) and Marcus (Bobbie); four grandchildren, Breeonna (Ken) Collins, Cameron Wells, Takiyah Jacobs and Brooke Lynn Motley; 2 great-grandsons, Amari Morris and Casey Christian Collins; sisters, Etta (Oscar) Jenkins, Mary Arter and Rhoda (Charlie) Strozier; a host of nieces and nephews including, special nieces, Rosalyn (Mark) Alston and Roxanne Jenkins and special nephews, Clyde (Robbie Mae) Bell, Sr., Dwayne (Julie) Bell, Robyn Bell, and Aaron (Lori) Arter; 12 brothers and sisters-in-law, Sam (Lillie) Motley, Charlie Motley, Lela Koger, Theoplis (Geraldine) Motley, Sr., Jean (Wilbur) Banks, Margie Young, Benny (Daisy) Motley, Walter Lewis Motley, Iola Wilson, Gwendolyn Gibbons, Colonel (Barbara) Motley and Dennis (Gwenda) Motley; a very special god-daughter, Sandra Cabine; special friends, Kathleen Estelle Rawls, Bobbie J. Ewing, Carolyn Spight, Rev. Dr. Henry L. Fuller, Jr. and the Mt. Calvary Church family, and the youth of Great Lakes & Wolverine State. Mrs. Motley was preceded in death by her parents, Julia and Nathaniel; sister and brother-in-law, Addie (Johnnie) Bell; brother, Abson McDaniel; 2 nephews, Johnnie Roy Bell and Ellis Duckett III.

Mrs Ruby Motley

October 23, 1936 - March 7, 2013