Sarah Chaney-Buford

CHANEY-BUFORD, Mrs. Sarah L. - Age 56, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 10, 2012 at Community Fellowship Baptist Church, 1601 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Maurice Pugh, officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Friday. Mrs. Buford will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1-8 p.m. Thursday, with family present from 5p.m.-7p.m. Mrs. Sarah L. Chaney-Buford was born September 29, 1955 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Nathaniel and Edna Chaney. Sarah was a resident of Flint, Michigan her entire life and she attended the Flint Public Schools. She confessed hope in Christ at an early age and was baptized at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Later she joined the Community Fellowship Baptist Church. Sarah had a welcoming smile and contagious laugh; she loved to cook and could clean a house to perfection. Mrs. Sarah L. Chaney-Buford leaves to cherish her memory; daughter, Nina Simone Buford and son, Charles Buford III; 2 loving grandchildren, Kameron E. Motley and Lauryn C. Motley; mother, Edna Chaney; 3 sisters, Erma (Thomas) Pugh, Penny (Melvin) Vickers, all of Flint, Regina Mosley of Farmington, MI; 2 brothers, Rev. Eddie (Deborah) Chaney of Flint and Phillip (Chong AE) Chaney of Charlottesville, VA; 10 nieces, including devoted niece, Monique Pugh; 4 nephews; 8 aunts, Lila Williams of Los Angeles, CA, Thelma King, Mary Ann (Joe) Hicks, Helena, AR, Marie Thompson of Stone Mountain, GA, Bobbye Manney of Indianapolis, IN, Mattie Williams, Mary Alice and Rosemary Chaney, all of Flint; a host of cousins; brother-in-law, Bobby (Yvonne) Buford of Flint; a host of other relatives and friends including special friend, Raymond Pea and friend, Geraldine Chaney. Mrs. Chaney-Buford was preceded in death by her family, Nathaniel Chaney; brother, Charles Chaney; father of her children, Charles Buford, Jr.; father of her grandchildren, Samuel J. Motley; grandparents and a host of uncles and aunts. The family would like to express special thanks to the Hurley Medical Center ER, Dr. Pamela Young and the entire staff in 5E Neuro-Trauma Unit.

Sarah Chaney-Buford

September 29, 1955 - February 2, 2012