Gloria King

Gloria Hunt King was born October 14, 1938 to Amos Hunt and Fannie Ross (Warren), in Greenville, Mississippi. She passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019 at the of 80 years. She was a member of Holy Communion Gospel Center, Saginaw, Michigan. Ms. King was a brilliant, industrious, and caring person whose first career was nursing. She was one of the first blacks to complete Delta College’s nursing program and work as a Registered Nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital. She defiled prevailing racial barriers of her times. Refusing to take no for an answer, she excelled at whatever she set her mind to. A series of health issues prompted her to change careers. While still working as a nurse, Ms. King enrolled at Central Michigan University where she earned a teaching certificate and bachelor’s degree in education. She began her teaching career at Saginaw High School and moved through various schools before joining the Millet Learning Center and the Saginaw Intermediate School District (ISD) where she stayed more than 30 years before retiring. While at the ISD she established a community work program for special needs students obtaining jobs in the community and provided on-the-job training for students enabling them to become self-sufficient. Ms. King also founded a travel club financed by student fundraising activities. Each year she, her students and chaperones traveled throughout North America and the Caribbean including places like Canada, Hawaii, and the Bahamas. In addition to professional engagements, Ms. King was involved in church and civil society as youth director at Tabernacle Baptist Church and later became a member of the Board of SVRC Industrial Services. This is only a brief summary as space nor time would allow us to enumerate all the activities and programs she started or all the lives she touched. Ms. King leaves behind to cherish her memory her daughter, Cloveese Hossmann (King); son, Assegid Mersha; grandchildren, Isis Simpson Mersha, Fulgence Hossmann, Anissa Hossmann and Gaven Mersha; a great-grandson, Hermes Hossmann, and one special daughter, Brandi Washington. Gloria King was preceded by her parents and siblings, Leroy “Bunky” Johnson (Edna), George “Chank” Litfield, Walter “Mike” Litfield, (Helen), Josie (Hunt) Moore (Hiram), Joseph Hunt (Eloise). Family hour will take place at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at Holy Communion Gospel Center, 1245 East Genesee St., Saginaw, MI 48601 with funeral commencing at 10:30 a.m.Pastor Charlene Washington will officiate with interment in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 950 N. Center Rd., Saginaw, MI 48638. Friends may call at Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 N. Jefferson Ave. Saginaw, MI 48607 on Monday, from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. Family will greet friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Gloria King

October 14, 1938 - January 7, 2019