Mr. Bruce Sullivan Feaster

FEASTER, Mr. Bruce Sullivan - Age 55, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2016 at St. John Hospital-Detroit, MI. Family hour and Alpha service 10:00 AM Friday, November 18, 2016 at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2101 Lippincott Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy., Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church at 10:00 AM Friday. Mr. Feaster will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thursday, with family present from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM to receive friends. Atty. Bruce Sullivan Feaster was born July 13, 1961 in Flint, Michigan, the son of John and Lillian (Battle) Feaster. Bruce began his formal education at Flint Christian Elementary School, Whittier Junior High School and graduated from Flint Southwestern Academy in 1979. (National Merit Scholarship recipient). He attended Michigan State University (James Madison College) in East Lansing, MI (where he was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity) graduating in 1983 and continuing his education at the University of Texas at Austin Law School, where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1986. Also in 1986, Bruce passed the Bar in California and was employed with the McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen Firm in San Francisco, CA. He later relocated to Detroit (passing the Bar in Michigan) and working with the Street Law Project and Coordinator for Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services where he founded the “Children’s Center for Justice & Peace Program.” This was the largest Law related Education Program in Michigan. He was responsible for hiring hundreds of attorneys, legal assistants, paralegals, law school graduates and college graduates as Consultants for various Children’s Center Justice & Peace Programs in law related education. His work experiences led him to work as Legislative Assistant in the Office of the Honorable City Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.; Legislative Assistant, Office Director of Detroit Office for the former Honorable State Senator, Hansen Clarke; Internal Organizer & Political Organizer for the Service Employee International Union, Local 1 Detroit. He was serving as Senior Community Liaison for City Council Member, Scott Benson prior to his death. Bruce married Deborah Mallory of Detroit on August 21, 1993 at the Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Detroit, MI under the leadership of Pastor Benjamin Hooks. Bruce was a member of Triumph Church (Eastland Campus) Harper Woods, MI, Rev. Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr., Pastor, former member of Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, where he worked with the Male Responsibility Program and the Quinn Chapel AME Church in Flint, MI where he served with the Altar Boys Guild and attended many conferences of the Church with his parents. Bruce was involved in many community organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, NAACP, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Urban League, Umoja Nia (Black College Tours) and the Michigan Democratic Party. Atty. Bruce Feaster leaves to cherish his loving memory: parents, John and Lillian Feaster of Flint; wife, Deborah Mallory Feaster; beloved nephew, Montez Mallory of Pontiac, MI; aunts, Juanita Battle, Mary Battle of Flint and Rosalee Battle of Charleston, SC; uncles, Nathaniel (Mahala) Battle, James Battle, Herbert (Geraldine) Feaster, James Feaster, all of Flint; Thomas (Glenda) Feaster of Grand Blanc, MI, and Joseph T. Wallace of Warren, AR; a host of cousins; 5 sisters-in-law of Detroit, MI and many friends. Atty. Feaster was preceded in death by grandparents, special cousin, Dr. Rodney Feaster, aunts, uncles and cousins. The Family would like to express special thanks to the Intensive Care Unit, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Gross Pointe, MI, the Staff of City Council Member Scott Benson, Detroit, MI, Pastor Solomon W. Kinloch, Triumph Church of Detroit, and Pastor Sharinese Jackson and the Quinn Chapel AME Church Family.

Mr. Bruce Sullivan Feaster

July 13, 1961 - November 10, 2016