Mrs. Sharon Antoinette Adkisson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

ADKISSON, Mrs. Sharon Antoinette - Age 76, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2021 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 AM Tuesday, January 18, 2022 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI 48442. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30 AM Tuesday. Mrs. Adkisson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM Monday. Sharon Antoinette (Hoard) Adkisson was born, May, 6th 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Mary Ellen and James Ronald Hoard. She was affectionately known by her family and friends as ‘Toni’. Her life can best be characterized by reverence to her faith, unyielding devotion to family; preparation of delicious entrées; a crazy passion for TV shows of the mystery genre; interacting globally with avatars on various online games; and possessing a powerful green thumb. Toni spent her school-aged years in Indianapolis, Indiana and Toledo, Ohio, where she excelled in literature and developed an affinity for track and field sports; running the 50 and 100 yard dash and 400 meter relay—she was the anchor. While in high school, Toni’s parents introduced her to a jock from across town, James W. Adkisson Jr. It was love at first sight and following his return from Navy Boot Camp, they married in 1963 in Toledo, Ohio. Toni, James, and ultimately four children traveled the country, from duty station to duty station over the next 30 years. With James operating at sea for just over half of those 30 years, Toni concluded her own career as a Certified Nursing Assistant and mastered the solemn duty of rearing her four children and volunteering in the community—honorably known in Navy terms as “the Navy Wife”. In 1979, after living two and a half years in Hawaii, Toni packed up the family and moved to Flint, Michigan, where James was assigned as a recruiter for the next 13 years until his retirement from the Navy. Flint gave Toni an opportunity to forge roots for the family; including cultivating the family home, the first and only home they would own. After guiding her four children and four grandchildren through high school, She and her beloved husband traveled to various countries in Europe, saw Hawaii as tourists, and even took a few cruises; including one to Greenland. On December, 3rd 2016, Toni discovered a great truth she had been seeking her whole life. She was baptized in the faith surrounded by her Brothers and Sisters from the Kingdom Hall. Her faith in Jehovah deepened and she blossomed with a greater love for all. “And you must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength” (Deuteronomy 6:5). Sharon Antoinette Adkisson perished at Hurley Medical Center on still winter morning, Saturday, December, 25th 2021. She would ask that you still yourself because she led a full and exciting life; and there is nothing to fear. She would ask that find adoration in Jehovah so that one day she can be together with you again. Toni was preceded in death by her husband, James; son, Terrence; granddaughter, Asia; father, James; mother, Mary; brothers, James (Ronnie) and Bobby. Sharon is survived by her daughters, Dana and Mya; son, James III; 7 grandchildren, Damion, Damon, Terrence Jr., Ramon, and Truveu; 5 great-grandchildren; god-daughters, Sawania, Lavada, Melinda, and Chequetta; sister, Janis (Teri) Hamlin; sister-in-law, Marjorie Adkisson; brother-in-law, Charles Adkisson; nieces, Treva, Gina, Shelly, and Melody; nephews, Roy, Fritz, Ruel, and Antonio; and her special friends, Sister Narvella Brown, Sister Carol Collier, Sister Patricia Epps, Sister Helen Robertson, Sister LerShelle Steward, Sister Liz Willingham, Maylean Harris, Paula and Lester Fykes, Carol and Tom Wilson, and Tony Novo. What a remarkable Woman and Matriarch to our family! She will always be loved and certainly be missed. The family would like to express special thanks to the Bellaire Woods congregation, the Veterans Assoc., and the many family and friends who helped us through this pinnacle moment to commemorate Toni’s celebration of life.

Mrs. Sharon Antoinette Adkisson

May 6, 1945 - December 25, 2021