Funeral program for Mother Lurine Cheryl Moncrease

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Sunri^: June 9, 1932- Sunset: February 9, 2018
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Saturday, February 17,2018
^our: 10:00 AM / Funeral: 11:W AM
fcH^ROTORj) MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
^8700. James Couzeus Highwa}'
Detroit. Miehigan 48235 /
Cli^I^Gilchrist Adams, Pastor, Officiating
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qiir: 3:00 PM / Funeral
EXSANT mSSIONARl^ARTIST^HURCH
4268 Pleasant Road
^^Glaxtou. GA 30417 .
5)3i|ltpp^aVerous J. Boggs, Officiating
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dottier Lurine CfieryC Moncrease was bom June 9,
V 1932 in Claxton, Georgia. She was the oldest of three
Mwrm children bom to the late Jack and Rosalee Williams. She
r Jtwas preceded in death by her parents and bother Johnny
Lester JL Williams. Lurine married Richard Moncrease, Sr. and to that
union five children were bom, Richard Jr., Anita, David, and the twins,
Darryl and Deborah.
Lurine accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at the age of 12,
on the same day as her aunt Willie Mae, in the Canoochee River behind
Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church where she was a dedicated and
devoted member. Lurine served on the usher board, and was active in the
Sunday School. She enjoyed traveling to and attending the Sunday
School Conventions.
Lurine graduated from Evans County High School in 1953. She loved
school and was a member of the basketball and baseball teams, drama
club, and a cheerleader. She was voted Best All Around Student in
high school as well as president of her senior class. She was also the first
Homecoming Queen of Evans County High School.
Lurine moved to Detroit, MI in 1953 and joined Hartford Avenue Baptist
under the leadership of the late Rev. Charles Andrew Hill. She met and
married Richard Moncrease, Sr. She was active in the Sunday School as
a member and a teacher, BTU, June Birth Month Club, the Altar Circle,
Deaconess Ministry, Mothers Board, the Lenten Cell Ministry,
Missionary Red Circle, Mission #4, the Charles G. Adams Drama Group,
Chancel Choir and the Historical Ministry. During the 1960s she
proudly accepted and sometimes shared the Hartford Avenue Baptist
Church Mothers Day Award for having the most children attending
Sunday School along with the late Sister Mary Turner. She also loved
the work she did with the Deaconess Nurturing Committee providing
scholarship to college students. She enjoyed the time she spent
fellowshipping with her Red Hatters group.
Because Lurine attended high school in Georgia, she was not allowed to
enter Wayne University in Michigan. Instead she had to take courses at
Detroit College of Business, but put her education on hold to raise her
family. Lurine physically and philosophically walked with her children in
the pursuit of their education from elementary through high school.
During that time, Lurine served as a volunteer, teacher's aide and media
technician.
Lurine accepted a position at Sears and Roebuck during the early 1960s,
establishing her among the first group of Black women hired by the
company in Detroit. After an accident at work she was forced to resign,
this allowed her to resume her passion for education. While the twins
enrolled in high school, she enrolled in Wayne County Community
College and obtained her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. She
subsequently enrolled in the University of Detroit and received her
bachelors degree and teaching certificate. She taught the family the
importance of obtaining an education and persevering. Lurine
exemplified its importance by teaching at Northwestern and Henry Ford
High schools before taking a position at Munger Middle School from
pif
which she retired.
Lurine loved to travel with Hartford and the Red Hatters. Almost every
summer during the time of Revival at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist
Church she would travel back to Georgia to see her family and let her
children learn about their roots. Lessons on racism and segregation were
avoided but God and Black pride were predominate themes. She would
manage the house during the day, and in the evenings the ladies would sit
on the porch and tell stories of early life. When her son David moved to
California, she would fly out once a year and the two of them would
travel to Mexico where they started a leather goods business. She also
traveled to Canada, Puerto Rico, Amsterdam, Egypt, and Ghana. One of
her most life changing experiences was going to the slave castles in
Ghana and walking through the doorway of no return that her ancestors
may have walked through.
On Friday February 9, 2018 Lurine departed this life. She leaves to
cherish her memory: her five children Richard Jr. of Detroit, MI, Anita of
Southfield, MI, David (Rena) of Moreno Valley, CA, Darryl (Cathy) of
Southfield, MI, and Deborah Allen of Detroit, MI; ten grandchildren:
Kourtni, Kimberly, Brandon, Tiffany, Brittani (Brandon), Monique,
Kiera, Demetrius, Rashard, and Donavan; four great grandchildren:
Demetrius, Dillyn, Elan, and Gabriel; one sister Ada Bacon of Batavia,
NY, two sisters-in-law Emmie Thomas and Helen Turner of Castleberry,
Al; a special daughter Tonia; a special grand niece, Kim; and a host of
nieces, nephews, relatives ^nd friends.
There are truly two doorways of no return. God does not give us a
choice when and how we pass through them. The first is when we are
born. Most of us come kicking and screaming through it almost as if
we know the world is not the best place for us and we are about to
experience some painful challenges. The second is when we die. The
life most of us fought not to be born to, we fight to hold on to for as
long as we can before we pass through deaths doorway of no return.
Lurine has walk through both doorways of no return but this time she
has entered paradise.

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HARTFORD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Saturday, February 17, 2018
FAMILY HOUR / 10:00 AM

Processional
Visitation
Remarks
Acknowledgments
Solo
(Limit to 2 minutes please)
Church Ministries
Mother Ernestine Mosely
Northwestern High School
Ms. Kiera Allen
Trustee Kathy Hemingway
*Angeb Watching Over Me
Mr. James Moore
SERVICE OF WORSHIP / 11:00 AM
Organ Prelude
Opening Sentences Rev. Charles C. Adams
Hymn #504
Scripture
Prayer
Hymn #94
Obituary
Solo
Eulogy
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Solo
23rd Psalm
1 Corinthians 13:1
Walk With Me Lord
Rev. Dr. Earnest Harris
Rev. Shaun O. Gardner
Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross
Ms. Kourtni Moncrease
Hallelujah
Mr. James Moore
Dr. Charles G. Adams
Dr. Charles G. Adams
Beams of Heaven
Dr. Charles G. Adams
Going Up Yonder
Recessional
Organ Postlude
Repast immediately following the service in the Fellowship Hall

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MX. PLEASANT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Ptistor Michael Paul Dickerson
Saturday, February 24, 2018
VISITATION HOUR / 3:00 PM
Processional
Visitation
Remarks Limit 2 minutes please
Acknowledgments Ms. Mya Tonya Wilkerson
SERVICE OF WORSHIP / 4:00 PM
Opening Sentences Bishop Caverous J. Boggs
Hymn 'Walk With Me Lord
Living Word Candlelight Choir
Scripture Old Testament: 23rd Psalm Dea. Evan Watson
New Testament: I Corinthians 13 Dea. Jewel Jones
Prayer Minister Lelia Dixon
Song Living Word Candlelight Choir
Mrs. Kimberly Jones
Ms. Pam Miller
Eulogy
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Solo
Recessional Hymn
Rev. Dr. Linda Roberts
Bishop Caverous J. Boggs
'When We All Get to Heaven

DETROIT, MICHIGAN
(PaOBearers
Deacon Richard Moncrease Jr.
Donovan Moncrease
Darryl Brandon Moncrease
Kenneth Bailey
Demetrius Renard Moncrease
Demetrius Dwayne Cranberry
Robert Williams
Bernard Smith
David Moncrease
Honorary ^oMearers
Deacons of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church
slower (Bearers
Friends of the Family of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church
CLAXTON, GA
(PaCtBearers
Jerry Williams
Rashard Ballinger
Deacon Richard Moncrease Jr.
Kenta Boggs
Michael Ray
Deacon Jewel Jones
Evan Watson
Deacon Gerald Ray
Honorary (PaOfBearer
Deacon Samuel Ray
slower (Bearers
Friends of the Family of
Historical Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
Interment
Historical Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Claxton, Georgia
Tina!JLrrangements Tmlrusted to
DETROIT MICHIGAN
Wilson-Akins Funeral Home
17500 Fenkell Avenue
Detroit, MI 48227
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
Harpers Funeral Home
125 North Broad Street
Claxton, GA 30417
Ac^noivCedjjments
The family of Mother Lurine Moncrease wishes to acknowledge, with deep
appreciation, the many comforting messages, floral tributes, prayers and
man y other expressions of kindness and concerns evident at this time in
thought and deed. A more personal acknowledgement will be made at a
later date.
(program disign 6y iHdrtforcCPrinting Ministry 313-861-1285