Mrs. Lorena McLaurin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

McLAURIN, Mrs. Lorena - Age 74, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:00 AM Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Minister Willie McClure Jr., officiating. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, 5710 N. Saginaw. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:00 AM Wednesday. Mrs. McLaurin will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed during the family hour only. Mrs. Lorena McLaurin was born July 21, 1946 in Newton, Mississippi, the daughter of Goldena Towner-Wesley and Woodrow Wesley. Lorena resided in a Mt. Morris, MI and was a member of House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church. She attended North Gulfport High School in Gulfport, MS until the 11th grade. Lorena enjoyed sewing, listening to her Gospel music, shopping, playing Bingo, Phase 10, cooking and going to the casino. She also enjoyed spending time with her entire family. Mrs. Lorena McLaurin leaves to cherish her memory: 2 daughters, Patricia Bowen and Felecia McClure; 3 sons, John K. McLaurin, James McLaurin II and Anthony McLaurin; 2 step-children, Ebony McLaurin and Sammuel McLaurin; grandchildren, Kinnetta Collins, Danetta Collins, Willie McClure Jr., Grasa McClure, Teshauna Pitts, Victoria McLaurin, James Houston Jr., Keara McLaurin, Terrence Houston, Edd, Cassandra McLaurin, James McLaurin III, Raymond McSwain, and Aulisha McLaurin; great-grandchildren, Da’king Wyatt, Jaquez Rucker, Sariah Pitts, Serenity Pitts, Alysha Hejhal and Aliyah Ellison; step-mother, Bessie Wesley; 6 sisters, Mary Mourning, Annie Hall, Elverta Davidson Gibbs, Faye Townsend, Martha Wesley and Juanita Hutchins; 4 brothers, William Wright Jr., Willie James Wright, Robert Wesley and Charles Wesley; 2 special aunties, Bertha Sims; and Correna Towner; special uncle, Billy Ray Towner; 2 cousins, ; 9 nieces; 7 nephews; 3 sisters-in-law, Ola Mae LeFlore, Fannie Clay and Artensy Brown; 3 brothers-in-law, Leotis McLaurin, Clarence Brown and James Brown; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Pricilla, Eddo, Betty and her best friend and aunt, Bertha Sims. Mrs. McLaurin was preceded in death by her husband, James McLaurin; parents, Goldena Towner-Wesley and Woodrow Wesley; step-father, Johnnie Townend; 2 sisters, Mary Mourning and Annie Hall; 2 brothers, William Wright Sr. and Willie James Wright; aunt, Dorothy Stennis; cousin, William McSwain Sr.; uncle, Ben Towner Jr.; aunt, Mae Eliza. The family would like to express special thanks to McLaren-Flint, Regency of Grand Blanc and all the nurses, who spent her last days with her granny. She is truly loved.

Mrs. Lorena McLaurin

July 21, 1946 - March 16, 2021