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Letha Mae Metcalfe
Born: 1/24/1929
Died: 1/29/2014
Age: 85
Community: Baldwin City, MI
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Metcalfe, Mrs. Letha M.-age 85 passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 10, 2014 with 10:00 a.m. family hour at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church 3502 Lapeer Rd., Flint, MI 48503. Pastor Marvin Jennings officiating. The final resting place for Mrs. Metcalfe will be Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, MI. Calling hours are 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Serenity Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Letha Mae Metcalfe was born January 24, 1929 in Alexandria, Louisiana the daughter of Rene Lee Howard and Prince Howard. She confessed her belief and first love to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at an early age where she attended Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Letha graduated from Peabody H.S. in Alexandria where she received an award for her cooking skills which lead later in her life to be known as Bread Lady in Idlewild/Baldwin Michigan. Upon graduation she moved to Flint, MI where she met and was united in marriage to Uel Othello "Bubba" Metcalfe until his death February 11, 1976. Through this union Letha gave birth to four daughters and six sons. While in Flint, Letha attended First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church and Mt. Zion. After the death of her husband she moved to Baldwin, MI and united with Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Leroy Childress where Mother Metcalfe was a faithful member until illness prevented her from attending.
Letha was a Boy Scout Leader at Cook Elementary School, Flint, MI. Upon moving to Baldwin she was very involved with her local government. She was a Trustee for Weber Township for over 20 years and she was the longest serving elected official in the township. She was honored with a park being named in her honor. Letha's second love was talking/bragging about her ten children, baking bread, gardening, traveling and feeding anyone who came in her home.
Mrs. Metcalfe leaves to cherish her memory: daughters, Aletha Ann Metcalfe, Kathleen Marie Metcalfe, Rosalie (Michael) Marve, Dr. Bernice Denise (Leonard) Ball; sons, Ronald Douglas (Matie) Metcalfe, Stephen Uel Metcalfe, Thomas Othello Metcalfe, Robert Legion (Tamica) Metcalfe, Brian Omar Metcalfe, Dr. Walter Scott (Dr. Contessa) Metcalfe; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; sisters, Vergie (Jerome) Stanford, Loretha Lattimore; sisters-in-law, Johnnie M. Metcalfe, Edna B. Howard, Awilda M. Lomax and Deloris Howard.
Mrs. Metcalfe was preceded in death by: parents, Rene Lee Dorsey-Howard and Prince Howard; sisters, Corine Cotton, Dorothy Dennis, Thelma Dorsey; brothers, Benny Dorsey, Chester Dorsey, J.C. Howard and Joseph Howard; grandson, Jamar Sandle Lee; special friends; Linda Smith, Amy Owens, Ruthie Riley and Tony.
Special thanks; Medina Jones, Lee and Rosemarie Lattimore, Charles Metcalfe, Bee Bee Davis, Pamela Smith and Ed Hill
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| Visitation-Sunday, February 9, 2014 1:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Serenity Funeral Chapel |
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2/10/2014 |
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Serenity Funeral Chapel
2339 W, Carpenter Rd.
Flint, MI 48505Get a Map to this location...
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