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Obituaries I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 11 Timothy 4:7
Joann Wedlow Homegoing services for Mother Joann Wedlow were held Saturday, April 6, at New Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Cambridge Smith delivered the eulogy. Mrs. Wedlow, a Chrysler Corp. retiree, made her transition Saturday, March 30, three weeks after her 74th birthday. Born March 9, 1939, in Jackson, Miss., she joined church at the age of 9. Her family moved to Detroit in 1951 and united with Alpha and Omega Church of Christ. She completed her formal education in the Detroit Public Schools system and graduated from Northern High School.
Rayford C. Banks The homegoing service for the Rev. Rayford Calvin Banks was held Saturdy, Aorul 6, at Church of Our Father Baptist with Pastor Bernard Byles officiating. Delivering the eulogy was Bishop Edward Vann II. Rev. Banks, pastor of Banks of Jordan Baptist Church, made his transition Thursday, March 28, at the age of 88. Born Aug. 29, 1924, in North Little Rock, Ark., he was the 14th and longest survivor of 16 siblings. He received Christ at an early age, and his formal education, before serving in the Navy. After being discharged in 1946, he moved to Detroit and married Mary Louise Snodgrass. He was employed at Chrysler Corp. for 42 years. Rev. Banks joined Church of Our Father Missionary Baptist, sang with the Male Chorus and taught the ABOUT Bible Class. He became an ordained minister, earning degrees from William Tynsdale Bible College and Lewis College of Business, and a Real Estate certificate from Chatman Realty where he worked for several years. He was also a CPA. Rev. Banks served as interim pastor at Church of Our Father, Mt. Calvary and St. Matthews Missionary Baptist churches before forming his own church, Banks of Jordan, where he was pastor for 37 years. He served as an officer in local and district Baptist organizations including 22 years as treasurer and finance director of the Metropolitan District Parent Body and six years as secretary of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, where he also worked with the Youth Department. He also served as mentor to the Rev. David Lewis, present pastor of St. Matthews Church. In hi leisure time he enjoyed watching westerns and stories of the Bible. Rev. Banks is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary Louise; four children, Reginald, Lynnette, Carla and Audwin; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and other relatives. Burial was at Gethsemane Cemetery. Arrangement were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
Leroy Holland Services for Leroy Oliver Holland were held Saturday, April 6, at Elim Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Oliver officiating. Mr. Holland succumbed to a brief illness Tuesday, April 2, at the age of 89. Born May 12, 1923, he and his new bride, Myrine Swint, moved to Detroit and he found employment in the manufacturing business. Growing up in a family of 11 siblings, he stressed family unity, harmony and helpfulness, and could always be counted on to give a helping hand. Fondly called “Chicken,” Mr. Holland would often host family gatherings with “just having fun” together was the objective. Though he loved telling jokes and socializing, he was described as the serious-minded backbone of the family who in recent years had begun talking about his relationship with God and trust in Him. Mr. Holland is survived by a sister, Gertrude Hart; aunt, Alma McGee; two sisters-in- law, Mary Holland and Erdine Lee, and other relatives. Burial was at Gethsemane Cemetery. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
Ella Mae Chambers A celebration of the life of Ella Mae Chambers was held Friday, April 5 at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. Delivering the eulogy was Pastor Charles G. Adams. Mrs. Chambers, a Henry Ford Hospital retiree, made her transition Saturday, March 30, at age 92. Born June 20, 1920, in Vaughn, Miss., she joined Plainfield Methodist Church at an early age. She married the late Thermon Bradfield Sr. in 1939,and they had three children, the late Rev. Thermon Bradfield III , the late Barbara Jean Spires and Clarence McKinley
Bradfield. The family moved to Detroit in 1953 and united with St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Chambers was an active member of the senior choir for 50 years, served as its president, taught Sunday School and worked in other capacities during her active years. She retired from the Henry Ford Hospital Dietary Department in 1983. Mrs. Chambers is survived by her son, Atty. Clarence M. Bradfield; seven grandchildren, Dinah Price, the Rev. Donald Mingus, Clark Bradfield, Dwayne Mingus, Carmen Gamlin, Gary Bradfield and Ginger Clarke; 14 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and many other relatives. Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Livonia. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
Beverly J. Brantley Services for Beverly Jean Brantley were held Wednesday, March 23, at Conventional Missionary Baptist Church. Officiating was Pastor Roderick Richardson. Mrs. Brantley died Monday, March 18, at the age of 64. Born Oct. 15, 1948, in Detroit, she attended the Detroit and Highland Park public schools. In 1968 she married Timothy Brantley and they became the parents of five children. Employed as certified nursing assistant, she enjoyed taking care of the elderly. She also enjoyed shopping, cooking, baking and dining out. Mrs. Brantley is survived by her husband. Timothy; children, William, Corey, Guinevere, Timarie and Tiffanie; eitht grandchildren, DeAndre Jazmine, Darrell, Aaron, Courtney, Jaylin, Tyson and Taylor; five great-grandchildren, Gabriel, DeShaun, Jayden, James and Aaliyah; a brother, Walter, and other relatives. Burial was at Detroit Memorial Park West in Redford. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
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Doris Floyd Services for Doris Floyd were held Saturday, April 6, at Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. Officiating was Dr. William H. Murphy Sr. Mrs. Floyd died Thursday, March 28, at the age of 71. Born August 22, 1941, in Wetumpka, Ala., she was baptized at Liberty Hill Baptist Church. A graduate of Elmore County Training School, she married Edward T. Floyd Sr. and they had two sons. After moving to Detroit in 1964, Mrs. Floyd united with First Mission Baptist Church. In 1978 she joined Greater Ebenezer where she became a member of the Nurses Board and soon served as its chairman and personal nurse to Dr. Murphy for more than 25 years. She also worked in the church’s kitchen and day care center. She especially enjoyed the Greater Ebenezer annual Palm Sunday concerts, bowling gardening and cooking. Mrs. Floyd was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Edward Sr. She is survived by a son, Edward T Jr.; three grandchildren, Clifford DeShawn, Christopher Earl and Ashley Denise; two sisters, Annie Lois Hamilton and Mattie L. Lewis; two brothers, McKinley Means and David Lewis, and other relatives. Burial was at Grand Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
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Betty Jo Smith Services for Betty Jo Smith were held Thursday, April 4, at Gospel Temple Baptist Church. Officiating was Pastor Anthony E. Darrington Sr. Mrs. Smith, a Sinai Hospital retiree, died Wednesday, March 27 in Lahser Hills Care Center. She was 68. Born Betty Jo Gainer Oct. 16, 1944, in Birmingham, Ala., she received her formal education in the Detroit Public Schools system and graduated from Eastern High School – now Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School – in 1963. She was employed as a phlebotomist at Sinai Hospital for 34 years. Mrs. Smith is described as one who valued life and knew how to enjoy it. She liked dancing, watching Lifetime TV and HGTV programs, bowling, listening to Motown artists, socializing at her home with family and friends, and her greatest joy: “hanging” with her grandson Kyle. Mrs. Smith and her twin sister, Carol Nolen, were the oldest in a family of close-knit siblings and were inseparable until Mrs. Nolen’s death in 2011. They loved their church family at Gospel Temple and both sang in the choir. Mrs. Smith’s survivors include her son, David; three sisters, Merie Gainer, Ann Tyson and Darlene; two brothers, Jerome and Mark Gainer; her grandson, Kyle; her niece, Christine Nolen, who was like a daughter, and many other relatives. Burial was at Grand Lawn Cemetery. Swanson Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Herman Glass Sr. A celebration of the life of Herman J. Glass Sr. was held Saturday, April 6, at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Charles G. Adams officiating. Mr. Glass, a pioneer hospital administrator and businessman, made his transition Thursday, March 28, at the age of 87. Mr. Glass rose from being reared in a rural all-Black Mississippi town to become a top contributor to the desegregation of healthcare in metro Detroit. He was well into his desegregation efforts in hospital staffing and patient room placements as assistant administrator at Providence Hospital, then located in Detroit, when Mayor Roman Gribbs appointed him Detroit commissioner of hospitals. Born July 20, 1925, in Mound Bayou, Miss., one of 14 siblings, Mr. Glass moved to Detroit in 1942 following his graduation from Mound Bayou High School. He worked at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Plant until his 1943 induction in the Army. After returning to Detroit, Mr. Glass began his career in hospital administration in 1948 at the Black-owned Sidney A. Sumby Memorial Hospital in River Rouge. He immediately applied for accreditation at Sumby and by 1950 it received full accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. He then instituted a general practice residency program which began training physicians in 1954. During his 14-year tenure he guided evolution of the hospital from a 48-bed facility to a 100-bed training institution. After assuming his post at Providence Hospital in 1962, he oversaw the hospital’s move from Detroit to Southfield and worked to desegregate as many departments and patient placement policies as he could before his 1969 appointment by Mayor Gribbs. In that post, he was responsible for the administration of Detroit General Hospital (later renamed Detroit Receiving) and the Detroit Psychiatric Institute in the Herman Keifer Hospital Complex. Mr. Glass married the late Elizabeth Copeland in 1948, who passed in 1990 after sharing over 41 years of marriage and parenting three sons, twins Derrick and Darryl and Herman II. Mr. Glass also cherished his only daughter, Velma-Jean. A member of several civic and professional organizations, he joined Hartford Memorial Baptist in 1947 and served on a number of boards and committees through the years. Golf was his favorite pastime and he became the first African American member of Southfield’s Plum Hollow Golf Club. Mr. Glass is survived by his daughter, Velma-Jean Washington; sons Derrick, Darryl and Herman; sisters Blanche Vinson and Brenda Glass Carew; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and many other relatives. Burial was at Westlawn Cemetery. Handling arrangements was Swanson Funeral Home Inc.
CITY OF DETROIT PLANNING and DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DAVE BING, MAYOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS & QUALIFICATIONS 18904 LESURE A/K/A LUGER PARK The City of Detroit, acting by and through its Planning and Development Department (P&DD) is seeking proposals from qualified entities for the purchase and development of the above 2.71 acre site. This property consists of a park site located on Luger between W. Seven Mile and Clarita and is currently zoned R-2 ((Two-Family Residential District). Minimum Bid Price: $177,000. RFP/Q Packages will be available online www.detroitmi.gov (Planning & Development Department – “Requests for Proposals/Qualifications” Tab) or by pick-up at the Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday- excluding holidays beginning April 25, 2013. All proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on: May 16, 2013, to: City of Detroit, Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226., or by email submission to: RFPResponse@detroitmi.gov. The full responsibility for the timely submission of proposals rests with the responding individual(s). Notice of Non-Discrimination: The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, handicap, sex or sexual orientation. Complaints may be filed with the Detroit Human Rights Department, 1026 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, Michigan 48226. Further information may be obtained by contacting:
Mr. James Marusich, Manager - Real Estate Development Planning & Development Department (313) 224-3517 JMarusic@detroitmi.gov
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