Nadine Housley-March

HOUSLEY-MARCH, Mother Erma Nadine - Age 75, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 at Park Manor Nursing Home in Spring, Texas. Family hour 11:30AM Monday, January 12, 2009 at Living Word Ministries, 2001 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 12Noon, Eld. Kurt Whitemore, Sr. officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11:30AM Monday. Mother March will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10AM-6PM Sunday. Mother Erma Nadine Housley-March was born December 17, 1933 in Peno, Oklahoma the third child of William and Joe Erma Housley. She was a resident of Spring, Texas. Mother March grew up in Flint and attended the Flint Public Schools graduating form Flint Central High School. She was employed at Hurley Medical Center as a Nursing Assistant and retired after working 25 years. Mother March later relocated to Spring, Texas to be closer to her children. After moving to Texas she joined the Lakewood Church under the leadership of Pastor Joel Osteen. For the loved that she had for people and their well care, she continued her Nursing Care Assistance in Texas for a while. Mother March would return back to Flint once or twice a year to be with family and to help care for her father who lived to be 104 years old. She was a member of Living Word Ministry while in Flint, and there she served as a Greeter and was also active in other areas of the church. Mother Housley loved to go to church. During the 1950’s she became a member of the Gospel Highlights of Macedonia. She loved listening to gospel music especially quartets. The Williams Brothers and the Canton Spirituals were her favorite. Mother March enjoyed watching the Food Network Channel, yard work, crochet, cooking and spending time with her family both in Texas and Michigan. She and her children had dinner and fellowshipped together on the 1st Sunday of every month. Mother Erma Nadine Housley-March leaves to cherish her memory: 2 sons, Michael (Carla) Housley, Rev. Gregory (Kelly) Housley; daughter, Sherri Pickens (fiancé, Cliff) all of Houston, TX; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Bettie (Juan) Ayuso, Loretta (James) Cannon of Flint and Stella (Johnnie) Malone of Crawford, MS; brother, Billy (Mary) Housley of Flint; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and special friends including, Fannie Barfield, Oma Evans, Hattie Moffitt and dear friend, Emmitt March. Mrs. Housley was preceded in death by her parents, William & Joe Erma Housley; step-mother, Pearl Housley; 2 sons, Mark Anthony & Jeffrey Housley; 2 sisters, Veola Blakley & Della Wells; 2 brothers, Albert & Samuel Housley; and other relatives. The family would like to express special thanks to Eld. Robert Rosborough, Eld. Kirk Whitmore and the Living Word Ministry Church family.

Nadine Housley-March

December 17, 1933 - January 4, 2009