Ricky Cotton,

COTTON, Mr. Ricky Reese - Age 53, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 1:30PM Friday, November 16, 2007 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing immediately at 2PM. Eld. Kenneth L. Stewart officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 1:30PM Friday. Mr. Cotton will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Thursday. Mr. Ricky Reese Cotton, Jr. was born September 12, 1954 in Flint, Michigan, the son of Inez and Reese Cotton, Sr. Mr. Cotton was retired and loved working on cars, fishing, music, being with his family and friends. He also achieved various certificates in different fields. "Reese" could do anything he put his mind to do. Mr. Ricky Reese Cotton, Jr. leaves to cherish his memory: 3 sons, Reese Wilson, Julius and Jeremy Allen, Cedric Artis; daughter, Yolanda C. Allen; 7 grandchildren, Sanai, Lil Reese, Julius, Jr., Kontiqueia, Maurice, Jr., Marquisha and Marcus, all of Flint; 3 sisters, Melba Cotton of Flint, Porcha and Lynn Davis of Detroit; brother, Albert Davis of Chicago, IL; 2 nieces, Tonya (Maurice) Cotton-Gray and Tesa Cotton; 3 great-nieces, Markeyia, Mauricha and Mauriya; nephew, Ryelan Cotton; 2 great-nephews, Markquavione and Maurice, Jr.; uncle, David Cotton; 2 cousins, John (Alice) Crawford and Mona (Kurt) Kendall; father-in-law, William Jones, Jr.; sister-in-law, Clara Jones Price; 3 brothers-in-law, Melvin, Casterdal and Ambrose Cecil Jones; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, the Green, Drummond, Keels, Mayfield, Blackmon, McClemore families and Ricky Grisby. Mr. Cotton was preceded in death by his wife, Jackie Jones-Cotton; son, Antoine Allen; parents, Inez and Reese Cotton, Sr.; grandmother, Lula Cotton; aunts, Earnestine Brown and Helen Cotton; uncle, Jimmy Cotton; cousin, Monteke Cotton. The family would like to express special thanks to Hurley Medical Center Emergency Room staff, 4th floor ICU nurses, Eld. Kenneth L. Stewart and House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church family.

Ricky Cotton,

September 12, 1954 - November 8, 2007