Minister Bernevia Etherly

ETHERLY, Minister Bernevia (Neva) - age 75, passed away, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at McLaren Oakland. Family hour 1:30 PM Saturday, November 5, 2016 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., with a Funeral service commencing at 2:00PM.Bishop Anthony Clint, Officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 1:30 PM Saturday. Ms. Etherly will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 3:00 PM - 8:00PM Friday. Minister Etherly was born July 15, 1941 in Palestine, Arkansas the daughter of the late Lottie Bell Mason and LaGrant Etherly, Sr. Her parents moved to Chicago shortly after her birth. Bernevia was a member of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ where Bishop Goldsberry was Pastor, until she moved to Michigan to work at Detroit Edison where she retired in 1994 after seventeen years of service. While in Michigan she joined The Church of God and Christ under the leadership of Bishop Lorenzo Turner where she was ordained as a Minister in September 1996. She was very active in the community and loved serving the lord. Her priorities wer fasting for the lord, praying, visiting the local nursing homes, witnessing to people on the street and giving encouraging words for anyone she met. Her favorite saying was, “If I can help somebody, then my living will not be in vain.” Bernevia moved to Youngstown, Ohio in October of 2003 to help her sister Apostle Juanita Slater with her ministry at God’s Tabernacle Church. In August 2013 she joined St. James COGIC under the leadership of Pastor George Moore and First Lady Sheila Moore, whom she loved. She loved supporting the church, praising the Lord and beating the tambourine. She will be deeply missed by everyone whose life she touched. Minister Etherly leaves to cherish her memory, children, Teniesha “Tina” Davis, Denise Davis, Ernine Porter, Hermina Davis and Petrina Porter; grandchildren, Antonio, Davis, Latesha Davis, Sylvester Davis, Deondrae Porter, Lorfronzdell Lenoir, Monique Davis, Darnell Davis, Mykell Porter, Dennis Davis, Kenneth Glenn, Lajonlavar and Gabriel Gipson, Latresa Jones, Dontae Davis, Lanesa Jones, Karon Davis, Khaylin Davis and Jeremiah Glenn; thirteen great grandchildren; siblings, Apostle Marjorie Hartfield, Pastor Ezra Hartfield, Apostle Juanita Slater, Helen Anderson-Etherly, Evette Byrd and Wendell Etherly and a host of siblings other relatives and friends. Ms. Etherly was preceded in death by her daughter, Latrisha Davis; former husbands, Wilford Davis, Jr and Ernest Porter; parents, Lottie Bell Mason and LaGrant Etherly, Sr. and brothers, Pastor LaGrant Etherly, Jr and Minister Henry Etherly.

Minister Bernevia Etherly

July 15, 1941 - October 26, 2016