Mother Anna Lee Newkirk

NEWKIRK, Mother Anna Lee "Annie" - age 83,of Pontiac, MI; a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi departed this life on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Lake Orion Nursing and Rehabilitation. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 599 Michigan Ave. with funeral service commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor Jerry Love, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Saturday. Mother Newkirk will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 12:00Noon - 8:00PM Friday. On May 18, 2013 the gates of heaven opened up and God extended welcoming hands unto his child. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest; lay down, thou weary one, lay down thou head upon my breast.” Mother Anna L. Newkirk was born July 28, 1929 to the late Mr. William and Marie Newkirk. She was the seventh of ten children from this union. She attended Yazoo County Public School where she received her education. Mother Newkirk worked fifty plus years as a domestic worker for several families in the Bloomfield Hills area. Anna was a dedicated member of the Mother’s Board at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Mother Newkirk was a member of the Pontiac City Wide Choir Union for thirty plus years. She worked tirelessly soliciting funds for the College Scholarship Foundation. Mother Newkirk leaves to cherish her memory: two children, Otis (Zelma) Newkirk of Auburn Hills, MI, and Mary (Billy) Anderson of McDonough, GA; siblings, Marie Christmas of Yazoo City, MS, Cleotha (Ola) Newkirk of Chicago, IL and Alfred (Joyce) Newkirk of Benton, MS; ten grandchildren, DeUndra Newkirk, Sonya Williams, Angela Simmons, Rolanda Peet, Harry Benton, Brandi Newkirk-Turner, Jerome “Will” Anderson, Terrance Anderson and Kimberly Anderson-Prophet; fourteen great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Mother Newkirk was preceded in death by her grandson, Kevin D. Newkirk; sisters, Willie Mae Martin, Eula Bee Harris, Robbie Lee Thomas, Sylvia R. Jeffery, Ella Mae Fox; brother, William Newkirk.

Mother Anna Lee Newkirk

July 28, 1929 - May 18, 2013