HACKNEY, Vivian M. - Of Flint, age 91, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at McLaren Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 11AM Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 6273 Miller Road in Swartz Creek, Dr. Roy L. McLaughlin officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Clio. Those desiring may make contributions to Cornerstone Baptist Church Benevolent Fund or Fairwinds Girl Scout Council. Visitation 12Noon-8PM Tuesday at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road. Vivian will be at the church from 10AM Wednesday until the time of the service. She was born in Onaway, Michigan on March 24, 1912 and was a resident of the Flint area most of her life. She married Fred Hackney on April 21, 1951 and he preceded her in death on February 2, 1983. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church and was a Girl Scout Leader for 10 years in Montrose. Vivian worked for the Social Security Administration, City of Flint Civil Service Department, she was secretary to the Flint Police Chief, secretary to McLaren Hospital Administrators, and retired in 1972 from the Hill-McCoy School Library in Clio. Surviving are 4 children, Joan (Berg) McCormick, Greta (Berg) and husband Richard G. Somers, James Theodore and wife Greta A. Hackney, Ethel Lynne (Hackney) McCormick and Randy; 11 grandchildren, Dennis, Theodore, Louann, Timothy, Richard, David, Susan, James, Oliver, Kari and Marnie; 13 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Loretta Fortune; several nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the nurses and hospice nurses at McLaren Hospital and also to all the people at McFarland Home.
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