Mother Sandra Kaye Jefferson

JEFFERSON, Mother Sandra Kaye - age 65, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Living Word Ministry, 2001 Carpenter Rd. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mother Jefferson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Mother Sandra Kaye Jefferson was born April 20, 1948 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Deacon Edgar C. Sr. and Sarah King Barnes. Mother Jefferson attended the Flint Community Schools, where she graduated from Northwestern High School “Class of 1967,” she also attended Mott Community College. Mother Jefferson was united in holy Matrimony to Robert C. Jefferson on September 26, 1970, and to this union two sons were born. She was employed by Hurley Medical Center for over 35 years working in the Nutrition Services Department. She was a loyal, faithful, and dedicated member of the Kitchen Committee and was also head of the Church Van ministries where she loved to pick up the saints for movie and craft night. Mother Jefferson was the kind of person who didn’t mind offering help and encouraging words to others when needed. The most endearing quality of Mother Jefferson she knew the Lord Jesus as her personal Savior believing he would supply her every need. Mother Jefferson leaves to cherish her memory: 2 sons, Kenyon (Kesa) Jefferson, Sr., Jermaine Jefferson; 5 grandchildren, Keyonna R. Jefferson, Kenyon D. Jefferson, Jr., Deaubrey Smith, Henry Jordan, and Julius McLean; step-mother, Katherine Barnes; sister, Regina (Henry) Barnes-Swazer; 7 brothers, Edgar Barnes, Jr., Kevin (Marsha) Barnes, Shawn (Kim) Barnes, Lawrence Moore, Darwin (Rose) Moore, Arnold Moore, and Sherron (Kim) Johnson; a host of other relatives and friends including special niece and caregiver, Shwanda Anderson, and special friend, Tashawnna Williams. Mother Jefferson was preceded in death by her parents, Deacon Edgar Barnes, Sr., and Sarah (King) Barnes; 2 sisters, and 1 brother. The family would like to express special thanks to Hurley Medical Center Davita Dialysis, McLaren hospital Staff, Dr. Raffee, Dr. Hasnie, Dr. Osama, Pasadena Church of God, and The Living Word Ministries.

Mother Sandra Kaye Jefferson

April 20, 1948 - March 10, 2014