Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt received her wings on December 12, 2018 at the age of 82 years old. She was born June 22, 1936 to the late Dave Grays and Corrine Grays in Yazoo, Mississippi.
Maggie Lee Grays moved to Saginaw, Michigan after graduating from high school in 1954 and later married James Erwin, Sr. on November 15, 1968. Mrs. Maggie became a member of New Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church where she faithfully served on the Nurses Guild for over 50 years. She was devoted to family and community, volunteering in the Saginaw Public School District and working at the Saginaw Neighborhood House. Maggie enjoyed shopping and being fashionably stunning. She had a passion for baking and spending time with her family. To know Mrs. Maggie was to love her. She often said, “meek and humble is the way”, while raising her children to value education and to reverence God at all times.
Mrs. Maggie Lee Erwin’s memory will be cherished by her daughters, Jacqueline (Darren) Nash, Olathe, Kansas, Stacy (Michael) Oakes; sons, Billy (Fashonta) Erwin, Timmeth (Lillie) Grays all of Saginaw, Michigan; grandsons, Demarkius Erwin, Huntsville Alabama, Myles and Erwin Nash, Olathe, Kansas, Marcus and Maurice Parker, Michael II and Kingston Oakes, all of Saginaw, Michigan; granddaughters, Nevalynn Grays, Youngstown, Ohio, Tayna Grays, Mt. Vernon, New York, Maegan Williams Erwin and Maggie Erwin, Saginaw, Michigan; five great-grandchildren, Kyra Erwin, South Haven, Mississippi, Sherry and Jade Erwin, Huntsville, Alabama, Namine’ and Samya Borom, Youngstown, Ohio; two sisters, Ida Mae Stuckey, Alean Junious; two brothers, O.D. Grays, Y.T. (Barbara) Gray; sisters-in-law, Virginia Grays, Saginaw, Michigan, Mary Grays, Detroit, Michigan, Azaleane Stephson, Leora Gipson, Ella Williams, Clara May Jordan, all of Henderson, Texas. Mrs. Maggie had an abundance of love to give serving as a mother to L. Fallasha Erwin, Beatrice King, Yvonne (Randle) Flowers, James Erwin Jr., Belinda and Brenda Erwin; and grandmother to Ronald Owens III, Jewel Owens, Davion Stevens, Kiera Erwin, and Jalen Flowers. Mrs. Maggie’s host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends who encountered her will treasure her legacy and love for family and friends.
Mrs. Erwin was preceded in death by her husband, James Erwin Sr.; son, Dennis Grays, Sr.; daughter, Sherry Diane Erwin; four brothers, Curlee, McKinnely, Claud and Clarence Grays; two grandchildren Kedeem L. Baten and Dennis Grays, Jr.
The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Rama Mulpri, niece Mary (Polly) Woods, Care Givers and all who extended a measure of love and support. God has gained the angel he created and we know this world is a better place as a consequence of the presence of Mrs. Maggie Lee Erwin.
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