Mrs. Julia Mae "Mom Mae" Thurmon

THURMON, Mrs. Julia Mae “Mom Mae” - Age 87, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at her residence. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 13, 2014 at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1601 Chippewa St., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Jacob Hawkins, Jr. officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 10:30 a.m. Monday. Mrs. Thurmon will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, with family present 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Mrs. Julia Mae “Mom Mae” Thurmon was born March 8, 1926 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Willie and Della (Moten) Wilburn. She married Clovellon Thurman and they relocated to Flint, Michigan where they worked faithfully together until his death in 1994. Julia Mae was employed at McLaren Medical Center in laundry retiring after 27 years of service. She was affectionately known as “Mom Mae” by everyone that knew her. “Mom Mae” spent her retirement years enjoying family, talking daily to friends and co-workers, closely following the local news and monitoring her Police Scanner. “Mom Mae” had a very giving and generous heart and reached out to help friends and neighbors and touched everyone that she knew in a special way. Mrs. Julia Mae “Mom Mae” Thurmon leaves to cherish her memory: devoted daughter and son-in-law, Charlie Mae (Hilton) and James T. Rhodes; 3 granddaughters, Pamela (Terry) Powell, Julia (James) McKinnon and Lori (Victor) Campbell; grandson, James (Latasha Artis) Rhodes, Jr.; 4 great-granddaughters, JaNay and Stephanie Vines, Chardenea Burrell and Deijana Rhodes; 6 great-grandsons, Philip, Stephan and Aaron Powell, DeQuan Gettens, Dequavion Paige and James Rhodes III; 1 great-great-grandson, Darreion Fowlkes, all of Flint; sister-in-law, Myrtle Wilburn of Milwaukee, WN; god-daughter, Valerie (Homer) Mosley; god-son, Everett; a host of nieces, nephews, cousin, other relatives and friends including special friends, Mildred Buggs, Evelyn Faye Harrison, Esther Jones and Flora Mae (Clovester) Baber. Mrs. Thurmon was preceded in death by her husband, Clovellon Thurmon; parents, Willie and Della Wilburn; 3 brothers, Willie, Henry and Arthur Wilburn. The family would like to express special thanks to the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the North Central Church of Christ Church families, neighbor and friends for their special kindness including special neighbor, Lucy White.

Mrs. Julia Mae "Mom Mae" Thurmon

March 8, 1926 - January 8, 2014