Bernice Dorsey

DORSEY, Mrs. Bernice - Age 76, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Avalon Hospice. Family hour 11 a.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010 at St. Marks Missionary Baptist Church, 3020 Dupont St., with funeral service commencing at 11:30 a.m., Dr. J.S. Hopkins officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Dorsey 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. Friday. Mrs. Bernice Dorsey was born October 25, 1933 in Gloster, Louisiana, the daughter of Albert and Lillian Waites. Bernice resided in Flint. She was a member of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother’s Board and Missionary Society. Mrs. Dorsey attended Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas and later became a Home Health Provider. She was united in Holy Matrimony on April 1, 1950 to her high school sweetheart McKinley Dorsey. Mrs. Bernice Dorsey leaves to cherish her memory: 3 daughters, Deborah Dorsey (Jim Howell) of Grand Prairie, TX, Denise (James) Morrow of Flushing, MI and Angela (Jarvis) Hudson of Flint; grandchildren, Marlon (Kenisha) Dorsey of Kentwood, MI, Tifani Cobb (Earl Carter) of Columbus, OH, Maia Peery of Oak Park, MI, DeAundric Dorsey, Jarvis Hudson (Cristadia Williams) and Lechele Hudson, all of Flint; 6 great-grandchildren including, Marlon Dorsey II, Kaylece Dorsey of Kentwood, MI and Nia Williams of Oak Park, MI; 2 sisters, Hazel (Clifton) Gilliard of Prairie View, TX and Vera Waites of Houston, TX; brother, Albert (Johnnie) Waites, Jr. of Houston, TX; 8 nieces; 15 nephews; brother-in-law, Carl English of Flint; a host of cousins, other relatives and friends including special friends, Floradene Breed, Dorothy Thompson and Essie Peoples; god daughters, Shirley Silman and Patsy Strozier. Mrs. Dorsey was preceded in death by her beloved husband and friend, Mr. Mckinley Dorsey; parents; 1 brother; 1 niece; 2 nephews; mother and father-in-law; and 4 sisters-in-law. The family would like to express special thanks to: Avalon Hospice, Convenant Hospital in Saginaw, MI, the Jones family of Dallas, TX, Dr. J.S. Hopkins and the St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church family.

Bernice Dorsey

October 25, 1933 - June 5, 2010