Mrs. Betty Jene Bragg

BRAGG, Mrs. Betty Jene - Age 76, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Genesys Health Park-Grand Blanc, MI. Family hour 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 317 E. Hamilton Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Rev. David Martin officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd., Flint, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church at 10:00 AM Saturday. Mrs. Bragg 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 Friday. Sis Betty Jean Bragg was born in Ackerman, Mississippi on July 7, 1940 to the Late William and May Ann Lillie. She confessed hope in Christ at an early age at Mt. Herman Methodist Church in Ackerman. She graduated from Choctaw County High School in 1960. In 1964 she graduated from Rust College with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Elementary Education. Betty moved to the State of Michigan in 1965, and began teaching for the Flint Board of Education. She taught in numerous elementary schools in the City of Flint. She enjoyed teaching all children and watching them excel in education. In 1966 Betty married Bobby Lee Bragg, one child was born to this union, Angela. She retired from the Flint Board of Education in 2005 after teaching for 40 years. She loved going to church, cooking, family, friends and spending time with her daughter, Angela “Angel”. Betty attended Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church as well as New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church faithfully until her health started to decline. She was a member of Rosemarie Chapter #33 Order of the Eastern Star. Sis. Betty Jean Bragg leaves to cherish her memory: husband, Bobby Lee Bragg; daughter and best friend, Angela Renee Bragg-Seward; 3 sisters, Mary Ann Walton of Chicago, IL, Ora Bell Jones of Saginaw, MI and Dorothy (James) Wright of Scottsdale, AZ; 2 god-daughters, Shaquaytia and Shaquayla Wright both of Flint; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends including special friends, Martha Mays, Catherine Brooks and the entire White Family. Sis. Bragg was preceded in death by her parents, William and Mary Ann Lillie; brothers, Willie Jean and Roosevelt Lillie.

Mrs. Betty Jene Bragg

July 7, 1940 - November 3, 2016