April 13, 2011
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Remembrance
E llen B rister
Funeral services for Ellen Brister
w ill be held T hursday, A pril 14 at
11 a.m . at E m m an u el T e m p le
C hurch, 1033 N. Sum ner St. Public
view ing w ill be held on W ednes
day, A pril 13 from 4 p.m . to 7 p.m .
at T erry Fam ily Funeral H om e.
She w as bom on A pril 1 3 ,1 0 3 0
and died April 3,2001. To read a full
obituary and sign the guestbook
visit terryfam ilyfuneralhom e.com .
A rrangem ents entrusted to Terry
Family Funeral Home.
Homegoing
Service
O dessia W illiam s Young
A h o m e g o in g s e r v ic e fo r
O dessia W illiam s Y oung w as held
T hursday. A pril 7 at N ew H ope
Baptist Church. Interm ent followed
at W illam ette N ational C em etery.
She w as b o m Feb. 4, 1926, in
A rcadia, La., and she passed into
perfect peace on A pril 4 ,2 0 1 1 .
She m oved to V ancouver in
February 1949. She leaves to c h er
ish h er m em ory, five children ,
J e a n e tte W a rd , M ary C lis b y ,
Juanita Y oung, M ark Y oung and
C arl Y oung; four grandchildren;
tw o great grandchildren; son-in-
law H ow ard W ard, and daughter
in-law , L inda H om buckle-Y oun g
and num erous fam ily and friends.
A rrangem ents by V ancouver
Funeral Chapel.
Devoted Mother,
Grandmother
and Friend
B ern ice D un n
B ernice D unn w as b o m on A pril
14, 1934 to the late M aggie and
Jim m y D unn in E utaw , A la., the
eldest o f six daughters. O n A pril 2,
2011, G od dispatched H is H eav
enly A ngels dow n to earth and
called B ernice to h er new H eavenly
home.
W hen she w as at the young age o f eight, h er
g ran d m o th er M uggie D avis led her to accept
Jesus C hrist as h er personal savior. She w as
baptized and becam e active in Sunday school,
the C h ild re n ’s C h o ir and began a faithful p ray er
life.
In 1942, h er m o th er b rought h er daughters to
P ortland to begin a new life. B ernice com pleted
elem entary school and later attended Lincoln
H igh School.
She was affectionately called “A unt Bern’’ and
gathered m any friends throughout the Portland
area. She was a loving, caring and devoted mother,
Praying w as h er favorite pastim e and she
began her day w ith a celestial devotion, singing,
reading the B ible and then praying som e m ore.
She w as a m issionary in h er church, and in 2000
traveled to A rgentina serving on a m onum ental
m ission trip.
W hen Aunt Bern w asn’t praying or giving
young people G odly advice and direction, she
enjoyed playing Scrabble and Solitaire. She also
had a great time finding bargains at vintage and
thrift shops, once buying a m ink coat at a shop for
ju st 99 cents! She sported that coat for years.
M ost will miss seeing Aunt Bern walk, strut,
and even run in church w earing one o f her w on
derfully designed and colorful N ubian African
outfits. A lso m issed will be her w onderful and
delicious Sunday afternoon dinners that she so
graciously served in her hom e to her family,
adopted family, her church family and many friends.
Preceding h er in death w ere h er parents; a son
R onald D unn; sisters, R uby H agler, Shirley
W arren, Jim m ie Lee M cN eal and R ebecca Dunn;
and a brother, M ichael. She leaves to cherish her
m em ory, son Stanley D unn and daughter Jenean
D unn; 15 grandchildren and 21 great gran dchil
dren. She also leaves her loving fam ily in Detroit,
M ich., sisters V era, V ikki, Peggy, M ona, M arsh,
Jim m ie D ale and Judy; and brothers T im othy,
Phillip and Rudy; a host o f nieces, nephew s and
m any friends.
Mission to Host Easter Brunch In Loving Memory
U nion G ospel M ission is p rep ar
T his Saturday, A pril 16 from 11
ing an E aster Sunday brunch fo r the a.m . - 2 p.m ., the m ission w ill be
hom eless and people in need. T he h o stin g a H o p e T o te c o lle ctio n
event w ill take place E aster Sunday, party. D ro p o ff H ygiene item s, food,
A pril 24 from 10 a.m . to 2 p.m . at coffee and financial donations at
U nion G ospel M ission, 15 N .W . th is e v e n t a t th e m is s io n 's
T h ird A ve. L ast year, the m ission L ifeC hange C en ter at 3 N .W . T hird
served 621 E asterm eals and d istrib A ve. Call 5 0 3 -274-4483 o r visit the
uted 432 H ope T ote hygiene kits.
w ebsite u g m p o rtlan d .o rg .
T erry F amily
F uneral
H ome
grandm other, aunt and dear friend. You could
alw ays depend on Aunt Bern!
She first jo in e d N ew H ope M issionary B ap
tist C hurch and later becam e a m em ber o f
M aran ath a C hurch and w as active in m any
m inistries. She w ould plan her jo b vacation tim e
at the sam e tim e o f M aran ath a’s V aca
tion B ible School so she w ould be
available to teach there.
In 1992, she united w ith Im m anuel
Free M ethodist C hurch, later renam ed
Life C hange C hristian C enter, under
the pastorate o f Rev. M ark Strong.
T here she faithfully served on the
Intercessory P rayer T eam , the C om -
m union M inistry and as su perinten
dent o f the Sunday school.
A unt B ern w orked fo r Safew ay for 32 years
until retirem ent.
She had alw ays studied h er B ible and truly
ch erish ed G o d ’s w ord. She enrolled in the B ible
Study F ellow ship series, striving to be the best
ed u cated and trained C hristian she could b e
come.
H er favorite passage o f scripture w as the 91 st
Psalm and her favorite song was “Days o f Elijah.”
H er m ost m em orable phrase w as “G lory, G lory,
G lo ry !” She m ost certain ly is chanting those
w ords and reciting those verses as she w alks
around heaven all day.
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B obbie J ea n L arry
Funeral services for B obbie Jean Larry, w ho d e
parted this life on A pril 8,2011, will be held Saturday,
April 16 at 11 a.m. at the W alker Tem ple C hurch o f G od
in C hrist, 5023 N. M ichigan Ave. Public view ing will
take place one hour prior to the service from 10 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
She was bom on Feb. 2 1 ,1 9 4 0 in H am m ond, Texas to M ae O la Savage
and Lee A. Jackson. She attended public schools in D allas, Texas.
She m arried A lfred E. Larry on July 22, 1957. T o g eth er they w ere
blessed w ith seven children, Joyce Phillips (T im othy), D elkin Larry
(D ebra), D orene W illiam s (U lysees, deceased), R odney L arry (d e
ceased), D rexall Larry (M ichelle), C ristie B arfield (R andy) and R andy
Larry; along w ith a host o f grandchildren and great grandchildren.
T o re a d a fu ll o b itu a r y a n d s ig n th e g u e s tb o o k , v is it
terry fam ily fu n eralh o m e.co m . A rrangem ents en tru sted to T erry Fam ily
Funeral H om e.
Greater Saint Stephen
Missionary Baptist Church
hosts our 6th Patoral Appreciation
for Eldar Kimberly K. Black
It's a Holy Ghost party........
Come get your praise on with us
Sunday, April 17th at 4:00 PM
3605 Northeast Mallory ~ PtId, OR 97212
featuring...
Special M usical Guest
Evangelist Robin H enderson
o f U niversity Park, WA
Along with Portland’s own from Dallas, TX
Psalmist Ledra McClinton
& Triumphant Praise
For more information please call 503.281.5200