Bishop Betty Jean Kirksey

Bishop Betty Jean Kirksey obituary

Bishop Betty Jean Kirksey

Betty Kirksey Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home - Pontiac on Aug. 27, 2025.

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KIRKSEY, Bishop Betty - age 81, passed away Friday, August 22, 2025 at SKLD Bloomfield in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Family hour 10:00AM Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Berea Family Tabernacle of Faith Church, 68 West Walton Boulevard, with funeral commencing immediately at 10:30AM. Bishop Rosezell Rutley, Host Pastor. Bishop Reginald Burrell, Eulogist. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble 10:00AM at the church Saturday. Bishop Kirksey will lie instate at Berea Tabernacle of Faith and may be viewed from 10:00AM until the time of service Saturday. Bishop Kirksey leaves to cherish her memory: her children, Treva (Terry) Mack, Monica (William) McCray and Frederick Anderson; a host of grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; siblings, George W. Hairston, Priscillia Cooper, Minister Peggy Johnson and Barbara Buckhannon; and a host of other relatives and friends. Bishop Kirksey was preceded in death by her son, Robert Anderson; grandson, Marcus Ross Waller, II; parents, George Hairston and Francis Dudley; siblings, Archie C. Dudley, Dr. Alice Hairston, Brenda Boykins, Dodi Buckhannon and Deborah Buckhannon; and special nieces, Joy Blair and Linda Daniels.

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Veola Wright

August 26, 2025

To The Entire Family Of Bishop Betty Jean Kirsey!,I'm Sending My Deepest Yet , My Most Humblest Smpthay!, During This Difficult Moment, I'm Lifting Entire Family, Love One's, And Faithful Friends! Up In Prayers, May Heaven Showered Done On Everyone!
Much Love.
Veola R. Wright.

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