Ms. Cherlina Works

Our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, great-aunt, great-great-aunt and friend passed away on November 20, 2022 at Covenant Medical Center-Coooper after a brief illness at the age of 58 years. Cherlina Works was born October 27, 1964 in Saginaw, Michigan to Charlie and Alice (Lampley) Works. She was a lifelong resident of Saginaw, Michigan and a member of Victorious Believers Ministries for many years. She attended Saginaw High School, “Class of 1982”. In 1994 she went on to further her education at Saginaw Business Institute where she obtained an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Paralegal Studies. Ms. Works was employed as a paralegal, worked at Burger King 25 years, McDonald’s five years and Taco Bell five ½ years. Cherlina was an intelligent, loving, caring and kind jokester who loved her family and would help anyone in need. She loved watching sporting events of all kind, Crime TV, doing aerobics, listening to music, reading and creative writing. She wrote with passion and thought writing was a way to bring all your hopes, thoughts and dreams to life. Cherlina was the author of Jewel’s Magical Christmas, Curteroius and The Green-Eyed Dragon, Nothing Can Come Between Us: Well, Maybe a Hater and When the Side Guy is his Brother. Cherlina leaves to cherish her memory, three sisters, Shelley (Michael) Thomas and Bessie Works both of Saginaw and Debra Cooper of Alabama; four brothers, James Works, Houston, John and Roy (Sandra) Hicks all of Saginaw; god-children, Curteria and Curterious Richardson both of Saginaw; a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews many other relatives and friends. Ms. Cherlina Works was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Alice Works; sisters, Irene, Katherine and Melissa Works; brother Charles Works; niece, Cawanna Works; a nephew, Cedric Addison; great-nephew, Treyvon Warren Nash and a sister-in-law, Rose Hicks. Funeral service 11:00 AM Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 North Jefferson Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan 48607. Dr. Willie F Casey will officiate with interment Forest Lawn Cemetery, 3210 South Washington Avenue. Visitation will take place on Tuesday at the funeral home from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m.

Ms. Cherlina Works

October 27, 1964 - November 20, 2022