Joseph Herndon

HERNDON, Mr. Joseph - Age 87, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Avalon Hospice. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday December 11, 2010 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 424 Kennelworth, with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Dr. Major A. Stewart officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Herndon will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8p.m. Friday. Bro. Joseph Herndon was born July 8, 1923 in Granville, North Carolina, the son of Lurell and Emma (Henderson) Herndon. Joseph completed his high school education in North Carolina. He worked as a Bellboy and Elevator Operator in Oxford, North Carolina. In January 1943, he entered the United States Army as a Radar Operator, where he received several medals including; the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Victory World War II Medal. He was Honorably Discharged from the military in January 1946. Joseph was a faithful member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a Trustee for many years. He was joined in Holy Matrimony to Lula Huddleston in 1962. Joseph was employed by Chevrolet Engine Plant, a division of General Motors Corporation, retiring in 1983 and was a member of UAW Local 659. He loved fishing and traveling to North Carolina to visit his family. Bro. Joseph Herndon leaves to cherish his memory: 2 sons, Linwood (Fatima) Kittrell of North Carolina and Abel Herndon of California; 8 stepchildren, Melvin and Claude Huddleston, Gwendolyn Cooper, Peggy (Larry) Taylor, Gloria Simmons, Sylvia Jibson, Elmira (Jessie Collins) and Naomi Alexander; 20 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; brother, Isaac (Ceatris) Herndon; a host of nieces and nephews including special niece, Vivian Herndon-Latta and special nephew, Ferber Herndon; 2 sisters-in-law, Pearlie Herndon of Henderson, NC and Chesta Nicholson of Memphis, TN; brother-in-law, Hubert Harris of Oxford, NC; a host of other relatives and caring friends. The family would like to express special thanks to Avalon Hospice of Flint and the many caregivers especially, DeKova Cooper and Lonnie Perteet.

Joseph Herndon

July 28, 1923 - December 4, 2010