Mr. Thomas "Skeeter" Chaney Sr.

CHANEY, Sr. Mr. Thomas P. “Skeeter” - Age 62, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10 a.m. Monday, December 2, 2013 at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3502 Lapeer Rd. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Marvin A. Jennings, Sr., officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 10 a.m. Monday. Mr. Chaney will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Thomas P. “Skeeter” Chaney, Sr. was born July 18, 1951, in Helena, Arkansas the son of Tommie and Mary Alice Chaney. Thomas accepted Christ at an early age; he supported his Wife Christine at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church. Thomas graduated from Northwestern High School “Class of 1970.” He was drafted in the United States Army in 1971 and was Honorably Discharged August 1976. Thomas was employed by Chevrolet Metal Fabrication, a Division of General Motors, he was a member of UAW Local 569 and Retired from General Motors in September 2003. He was a big Detroit sports fan, loved to travel, hunt, fish with his grandmother and cook, especially beans. Thomas also mentored his younger brothers in wrestling. Most of all He loved spending time with his family and close friends. Mr. Chaney leaves to cherish in his memory: his devoted wife, Christine Chaney; 4 daughters, Delicia Chaney, Mary (Migial) Watson, Tonyetta Pressley of Flint, MI, Kimacka (Kadell Sr.) Randle of Indianapolis, IN; son, Thomas P. Chaney Jr. of Flint, MI; 10 grandchildren, Dionntae (Zenia) Mizell, Travaris Watson, Tyree Watson, Kadell Randle Jr., Kyran Randle, My’khi Chaney, Sharie D. Williams, Kimaya Layelle Randle, Skylar Thames and Nykhia Chaney; 5 great-grandchildren, Ariel Mizell, Rosetta Mizell, Damain Reed, Darius Reed, and Te’irahs Hudson; mother, Mary Alice Chaney; 8 brothers, Rufus (Maggie) Chaney of Chicago, IL, Otto Chaney, Peter (Dorothy) Chaney, Tommie (Margaret) Chaney of Flint, MI, Dunell (Jackie) Chaney of Oxford, MI, Purvill (Dian) Chaney of Louisville, KY, Milton (Jeaneatha) Chaney, and Douglas (Nana) Chaney of Chicago, IL; 7 sisters, Barbara Beard of St. Louis, MO, Lillian Robinson, Mattie (Channing) Pearson of Flint, MI, Betty (Tom) Arnieri of Chicago, IL, Linda Hunter of Las Vegas, NV, Mary Ann McNeil of Memphis, TN, Elvira (Willis) Chapman of Canton, MI; 6 aunts, Mattie Williams, Rosemary Chaney, Edna Chaney of Flint, MI, Thelma King of Helena, AR, Marie Thompson of Stone Mountain, GA, and Lillie Morris of Ruston, LA.; mother-in-law, Ms. Lottie Mae Pressley; 3 sisters-in-law, Virgie Sampson, Darlene (Theodis Sr.) Johnson, and Stephanie Pressley-Mattox; 5 brothers-in-law, James Pressley, Ronald (Satashia) Pressley, Jeffery Pressley, Rodrick (Ann) Pressley, and Rev. Eugene (Janet) Newton. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. Mr. Chaney was preceded in death by: grandson, Taron Thomas Chaney; father, Tommie Chaney; 2 grandmothers, Josie Burks and Pinnie Chaney; grandfather, Milton Chaney Sr.; sister, Diane Young; father-in-law, Rev. Henderson Pressley; brother, J.D. Chaney; 10 uncles, Otto, Lanford, Peter, Nathaniel, Milton, Joseph, Samuel, Lonnie, Marion Chaney and Plumer Davis; 7 aunts, Alice Hobbs, Ethel Adams, Sophia Bates, Rena Chaney, Florence Chaney, Mary Ann Hicks, Bobbye Jean Manney; sister-in-law, Renee Chaney.

Mr. Thomas "Skeeter" Chaney Sr.

July 18, 1951 - November 22, 2013