Mrs. Willie Mae Charles

CHARLES, Mrs. Willie Mae - 71, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 at her residence. Family hour 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 4805 N. Saginaw Street with funeral service commencing at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Henry L. Fuller, Jr. officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Friends and pallbearers will asseble at the Church 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Charles 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. Monday. Obituary Mrs. Willie Mae Charles “Yellow Queen” was born April 1, 1941 in Tunica, Mississippi, the daughter of Lodenia and Willie Jackson, Sr. She graduated from Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, MS where she was later employed as a Math Teacher. Willie Mae later moved to Flint, Michigan in 1965 where she met and married Johnnie Lee Charles, 3 dearly loved sons were born to this union. Willie Mae was employed at General Motors as an Assembly Worker and also worked at The Red Rooster Lounge in Flint. Willie Mae loved going to the casino, cooking and shopping. She also enjoyed fishing and spending time with her family. Willie Mae was a loving and very generous person with a caring nature. She would give you the shirt off her back and give you her last. Willie Mae was a vibrant woman until her health failed her. Mrs. Willie Mae Charles leaves to cherish her memory: son, Johnnie (Greta Hopson) Jackson; 3 daughters-in-law, Avanell Jackson, Erin Jackson, all of Flint and Alisa Jackson of Grand Blanc, MI; 5 grandsons, Rondal Jackson, Jr., E’Ron Jackson, both of Flint, Harrell Jackson of Grand Blanc, MI, Jalen Jackson of Davison, MI and Staff Sgt. Marcellus Wade of North Carolina; 7 granddaughters, Brittney (JaQuilan) Jackson, Markita Jackson, Briana Jackson and Makalah Jackson, all of Flint, Harisha Jackson of Fort Worth, TX and Kiara Martin of Flint; great-grandchildren, Jareion Jackson, Ma’Kiyah Brown, Terrence Green, Jr., Harrell Jackson, Jr., Ny’Asia Adams, Amari Waters, Kenya Thomas, Ezaryanna (Terrence Green) Allen, Olivia Coley, all of Flint, and Rondal E. Jackson of Tempe, AZ; 3 sisters, Clara (Clifford) Smith, Kitty Mae Gray, both of Flint and Pearl Reed of Chicago, IL; 6 brothers, Walter (Loretta) Jackson, Norman Nelson, Sr., all of Flint, Willie (Brazzie) Jackson, Sr., Leroy (Diane) Jackson, Noble (Jean) Jackson, all of Memphis, TN and Curtis ( Sandra) Jackson of Tunica, MS; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins and friends including special friends, Willie Mae (Bill) Love of Tunica, MS and Mika Grady. Mrs. Charles was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Lee Charles; 2 sons, Harold Jackson, Rondal Jackson, Sr.; grandson, Karon Counts; great-grandson, Jakai’ Waters; parents, Lodenia and Willie Jackson, Sr.; sister, Louise Caldwell; brother-in-law, Isaac Reed; niece, Patricia Gray; mother and father-in-law, Rosa Lee Sanders and Monroe Charles. The family would like to express special thanks to Walter Jackson, Willie Jackson, Sr., Rondal Jackson, Jr., Kitty Mae Gray, Erin Jackson, Johnnie Haynes, Briana Jackson, Makalah Jackson, Takara Cooper, Deshon Davis and Jareion Jackson, Davita Dialysis, Universal EMS, Annetta Cooper & Family, The Bell Family, Grady, Edith

Mrs. Willie Mae Charles

April 1, 1941 - October 15, 2012