Vivian Bee Curson

CURSON, Vivian Bee – Of Flint, age 91, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Genesys Regional Medical Center.

 

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016 at

Court Street United Methodist Church, 225 West Court Street, Flint, The Reverend Jeremy Peters officiating.

 

Mrs. Curson will lie in repose at Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road 1-5 p.m. Sunday. On Monday she will be at the church at 10 a.m.

 

Burial in Great Lakes National Cemetery.

 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Court Street United Methodist Church.

 

Vivian was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 27, 1924, to Elizabeth Ida Letts and Elmore Hill Grafton. Vivian was the oldest of eight children.

 

After graduating from Montrose High School, she enlisted in the United States Navy. She served in the US Navy during World War II as a Storekeeper Second Class (Sk-2).

 

After World War II she attended Flint Junior College and majored in accounting.

 

Mrs. Curson worked for many years as the Financial Secretary at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Flint, Michigan.

 

She was a member of Court Street United Methodist Church and a member of their senior choir.

 

She is survived by husband, Wilmer Ray Curson, husband of 62 years.

 

three children, Elizabeth (Curt) Price,

Brian (Pamela) Curson and

Diana Curson (Mark) Montjar;

 

siblings, Jean Dunn,

Erean Culbertson,

Margaret Surber and

David Grafton.

 

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mabel North and Isabel Fray; brother, Elmore Grafton.

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