Mrs. Martha Shivers

Martha Shivers was born August 25, 1932 to the late Ruth Johnson Ferguson in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at the age of 86 years. She attended Vicksburg Public Schools as a youth. Martha moved to Saginaw, MI met and married the love of her life, John T. Shivers. They were married for 48 years. Martha was a house wife because she wanted to stay home and raise her children. She made sure that her children were well taken care of with her strict upbringing she demanded that we work hard, get good grades, pursue our education, go to church and live right and not be a hypocrite. Martha loved to cook, clean and keep an immaculate house. She was a home body. She was a very serious person and would say, “I mean what I say and I say what I meant.” But at the same time she was a very kind and generous person. Martha loved to play her gospel music and sing while she was getting her day started. She was a member of New Mt Calvary Baptist Church for several years and sang in the choir; later she attended Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church where on February 26, 1999 she was baptized in Jesus Name and filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost. Martha leaves to cherish many memories, two sons, Harry (Barbara) Johnson, Saginaw, MI and Jonathan (Lynn) Shivers, Ypsilanti, MI; two daughters, Betty (John) Packard, Saginaw, MI and Crystal (Malcolm) O’Bryan, Grand Rapids, MI; one brother, Robert (Daphine) Ferguson, Vicksburg, MS; aunt, Idella Grey, Saginaw, MI; eight grandchildren, Shadana (Daryl) Black, Nashville, TN, Shanelle (Quentin) Johnson, Saginaw, MI, Quintoria (David) Wallace, Saginaw, MI, Maquana O’Bryan, Grand Rapids, MI, Melanie Logan, Lexington, KY, Gabriel Smith, Jacob and Sicily Shivers, all of Sparta, MI; six great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends, including a close friend, Mr. Craig Young. Mrs. Shivers was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Ferguson; husband, John T. Shivers; daughter, Marie Johnson Bailey; brother, Elmer Ferguson, Jr.; her best friends, Ms. Rosetta Walker and Mrs. Pauline Lax. Funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 North Jefferson Avenue, Saginaw, MI 48607. Elder Jonathan Shivers, Jr. with officiate with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, 3210 S. Washington Ave., Saginaw, MI 48601. Friends may call at the Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 North Jefferson Avenue, Saginaw, MI 48607 on Friday from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m.

Mrs. Martha Shivers

August 25, 1932 - November 25, 2018