Mother Mary Frances Camel, a woman that loved the Lord, has made her transition from this life of labor to reward to a place in Heaven that God has prepared for her. Mother Mary Camel went with the Lord at Saginaw Geriatric Nursing Home on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 in the year of our Lord. She was born February 6, 1922 in Ruleville, Mississippi, the only daughter born to Tommie and Minnie Glenn.
Mary Camel was a dedicated wife to the love of her life, Tom Camel who preceded her in death in 1977. Tom and Mary shared over 40 years of marriage, truly brought together by the Lord. From this union of marriage four sons were born, Dennis, Rudolph, Charles and Larry. She was employed by Maccabee Nursing Home until her retirement. Mother Camel was a mother of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of her son, Pastor Larry Camel and spiritual family.
Our beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, spiritual mother and friend will be dearly missed but never forgotten. She left her mark on many lives, encouraged the discouraged and strongly believed in family unity. Mother Mary took every opportunity to ensure that everyone she came in contact with had a church home.
She leaves to cherish her precious memory two sons, Charles (Denise) Camel of Jackson, Michigan and Pastor Larry (Shirley) Camel of Saginaw, Michigan; ten grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; several nieces, nephews and an abundance of other close relatives and friends too numerous to name.
Mother Camel was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Camel, two sons, Dennis and Rudolph Camel, parents, Tommie and Minnie Glenn, one grandson, Kenyon Hartfield, one brother, Reverend Joe Glenn, one sister-in-law, Rosie Lee Glenn.
The family wishes to extend special thanks to Ivan E. Phillips and the staff of Paradise Funeral Chapel and the staff of Saginaw Geriatric Nursing Home. You are greatly appreciated.
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