Pearline Juanita Williamson

WILLIAMSON, Mrs. Pearline Juanita - age 77, passed away, Monday, November 18, 2013 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. Family hour 6:00-8:00PM Monday November 25, 2013 at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, 250 Fisher Ave. Funeral service 11:00AM Tuesday November 26, 2013 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 318 Auburn Ave. Pastor Billy D. Allen, Officiating. Pastor James Lawrence Sr., Host Pastor. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11:00AM Tuesday. Mrs. Williamson will lie in at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, 250 Fisher Ave., and may be viewed from 2:00-8:00PM Monday. In lieu of flowers donations and contributions can me be made to the Liberty Missionary Baptist Church Scholarship Fund. Pearline Juanita Williamson was born April 24, 1936 in Bainbridge, Georgia to the late Oscar and Johnnie Lee Donaldson, Jr. She attended Howard Academy High School in Ocala, FL and graduated in 1954, where she later attended Bethune Cookman University prior to relocating to Pontiac, MI. Pearline confessed Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at Greater Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church (MBC) under the pastorate of the late Pastor Jesse E. McCrary. An active and faithful member, Pearline sang in the choir, attended Sunday School and Baptist Training Union. Upon her arrival to Michigan in 1955, she immediately joined Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. While adapting to her new home, she met and married the love of her life, Robert L. Williamson, Sr. in 1956 in a double wedding ceremony with her older sister, Ida Lee. Committing her life to Christ and her husband, she followed him and joined Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in 1957 under the direction of the late Pastor Samuel M. Edwards. She continued to be a diligent and faithful servant of God as a member of Liberty for the past 56 years, currently under the leadership of Pastor Billy D. Allen. Pearline served in numerous capacities at Liberty MBC; she sang in the Choir, was Director of the Youth Department and Choir. She was the Mission President, Church Financial Clerk, Sunday School Superintendent and Teacher, Director of the Church Scholarship Fund. Additionally, she understood that her Godly stewardship must be far reaching and not contained within one local assembly. She has generously given her time, talent and resources to the Metropolitan and Crystal Lake Districts, National Congress of Christian Education, and Wolverine State and National Baptist Conventions for over 55 years. Pearline devoted her life to her family, church and friends. She was an avid reader, diligent student and teacher of the scripture, enjoyed cooking and traveling. She was a true servant of our Lord Jesus and had a never-ending passion for helping others. She enjoyed being a Missionary in Action encouraging and socializing with people from all walks of life. She was known for her Bible Trivia games, hidden Biblical Treasure Chest Trivia, her German Chocolate Cakes and Pecan Butterballs, and most of all her Keen Wit, welcoming smile and distinctive laugh. Sharing in the memories of her life is her beloved husband; Robert L. Williamson, Sr.; children, Robert L. & Wendy Williamson, Jr. of Florida, Charles R. & Claudette Williamson of California and David B. Williamson; grandchildren, Robert L. & Lynishia Williams of Georgia, Jason S. Williamson of California, Keyonia T. Williamson, Torrence L. Williamson of Florida; three great-grandchildren, Corri Williams, Ninti Williams of Georgia and Amelia S. Parry; brothers, James Roy Jr. of Florida and Denzel M. Donaldson of New Jersey; sister, Gladys Morand of Florida; brother-in-law, Jerry M. Williamson of Tennessee; sister-in-laws, Dorothy V. Pride of Tennessee, Helen V. Burt of Mississippi and Gladys G. Wyms of Wisconsin; aunts, Winnie Willett and Ellen Mention, nephew Alfred Golden and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Pearline was preceded in death by one brother, Alphonso Ray McCoy; three sisters, Hester (Rudolph) Thrower, Willie Mae (Henry) Lewis, Ida Lee (James) Berry.

Pearline Juanita Williamson

April 24, 1936 - November 18, 2013