Mrs. Josie Mildred Mitchell

MITCHELL-PETERSON, Mrs. Josie Mildred - left us for her heavenly home on Friday, July 4, 2014. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 3020 Dupont St. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Kevin Thompson officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Association, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 10 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 1 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, with the family present from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Josie was born in Montgomery, Alabama; the daughter of Moses Mitchell and Johanna Hall Mitchell; and the granddaughter of the late Elech Mitchell. Josie relocated with her family to Muskegon Heights, Michigan where she and her siblings were raised. There she attended public schools graduating from Muskegon Heights High School. Josie obtained her undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University and her Master’s Degree from Eastern Michigan University. Her lifelong career was serving as an Educator in Muskegon Michigan, Washington, DC and the Flint Community School District until her retirement in 2007. She was a faithful Christian and member of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, under the pastorage of Rev. Kevin Thompson Sr. and previously under the leadership of Rev. Dr. J.S. Hopkins. Josie served as a Deaconess, Missionary and in the Sunday School Ministry. She was always a willing worker and ready to serve as called. Josie was very involved in the Flint community, serving as a parent advocate; she was also a member of the Flint Teachers Union and the Michigan Education Association. Mrs. Josie Mildred Mitchell Peterson leaves to cherish her loving memory: the love of her life, husband, Morris Peterson Sr.; step-children, Sandra Collins, Tonda (Will) Peterson-Bryant, Trina Peterson, Morris (Tata) Peterson Jr., and Dominick Peterson; grandchildren, Crystal Collins, Malia, Malani, Alena & Morris Peterson III; Dominick Peterson II, Dimon Peterson, Donovan Peterson, Dominick Peterson III and Britton Peterson; great-grandson, Yassir ElMorabit; siblings, Dorothy Mitchell Watson, Louise Mitchell (Linwood) Lee, Lori Mitchell Bailey and Leroy (Elizabeth) Mitchell; brother, Roosevelt (Lizzie) Mitchell; a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends including lifelong friends, Gloria White Gardner, James and Helen Jackson, Emmett and Ellerese Newhouse. Mrs. Mitchell Peterson was preceded in death by: her parents, Moses and Johanna Hall Mitchell; and two nieces, Paula Ann Watson and Sharon Ann (Mitchell) Coley. The family of Mrs. Josie Mitchell-Peterson wishes to express special thanks to Dr. Syed Sattar, Dr. Evans, Dr. Veguese, Pastor Kevin Thompson Sr., and the St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church family and the Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home staff.