Gloria Jean "Glory" Hurner-White

HURNER-WHITE, Mrs. Gloria Jean "Glory" - age 63, passed away, Friday, December 6, 2013 at William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, December 14, 2013 at New Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 124 Prospect Street., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Pastor William Parker, Jr., Officiating Pastor James H. Keys, Sr. Eulogist. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Saturday. Mrs.Hurner- White will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 1:00PM-8:00PM Friday. Glory Jean White was born April 20, 1950 to the union of Flora B. Hurner and Rev. Booker T. Hurner, Sr in Muskegon, Michigan. The family relocated to Pontiac, Michigan in 1957. She attended and graduated from Pontiac Central High School. Glory continued her education and received her Nursing degree from Oakland University. Her nursing career began at Orchard Hills Nursing Center and she later transferred to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital in Pontiac. She continued her work as a Registered Nurse working for the State of Michigan for over twenty two years. Her work continued in the private duty sector as a R.N. for Angel Health Care taking care of special need patients. Gloria accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized. She and her family attended the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, Michigan. In 1989, she joined the New Springfield Missionary Baptist Church under the pastoral leadership of the late Rev. Willie Cohen. She was an active member serving on the Food Service committee, and the Nursing Board. Glory main passion was serving on the Usher Board, which she remained until her death. She inherited a passion of love for her family and friends. She also enjoyed crocheting blankets for newborn children. As a teen Glory was a member of the Black Panther Party and also marched with the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. Glory Jean Hurner-White leaves to cherish her memory: children, Trixy B. Bass, Charles E. Hurner and Robin L. M. Richardson; grandchildren, Nicole, Day’jah, Jasmine, Torrance Matthew, TayJohn, Ja’Kye, Jaliyah and Javon; two great-grandchildren, Jeremiah and Julian; siblings, Doris Jean (Elder Louis) McMurray, Olivia Jones, Booker T. (Ella) Hurner, Joseph T. (Brenda) Hurner and Theresa Whittaker and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends including special nephew, Tyson Miller. Mrs. Hurner-White was preceded in death by her parents, Flora B. and Rev. Booker T. Hurner, Sr; and siblings, Johnny lee Hurner and Florastien Hurner.

Gloria Jean "Glory" Hurner-White

April 20, 1950 - December 6, 2013