Mattie Lee Flowers

Mattie Lee Flowers was born on September 26, 1947 in McAdams, Mississippi to the union of Lawrence Kern and Bernice Sandifer. Mattie was educated in the Chicago Public School System and was a Certified Nursing Assistant. Mattie was a loving mother and sister who worked many hours caring for her family and extended family. Mattie had a strong passion for her family and had no favorites, loving everyone the same; she really loved Jehovah God and wanted to make sure everyone she came in contact with knew the type of God she served. Mattie dedicated her life to Jehovah God, symbolized her dedication through water baptism and became a member of the Wabash Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1985. In 1988, she relocated and became a member of the Roseland Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and then became a member of the Maple Park Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2007. Mattie spent part of her life as a Regular Pioneer spending over 90 hours a month preaching and teaching others through the door to door and street ministry, declaring the good news of the Kingdom fulfilling her required responsibility given by Jesus Christ brought out at Matthew 28:19 and 20, she was not ashamed of the Good News. Mattie endured a long illness, and served faithfully as a Jehovah’s Witness. On Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 1:28 p.m., Mattie fell asleep in death in her home. Mattie was preceded by death by her parents, Lawrence and Bernice Kern; her husband, Jesse Flowers Sr.; her sister, Billie Jean McMillan; one brother, Percy Flowers; and two daughters, Zetra and Annette Flowers. Although comforted to know that she will live again in Paradise, Mattie leaves to cherish her memories, her seven children, Rose Flowers, Jeffery Flowers, Anthony Flowers, Jesse Flowers, Timothy Malachi Flowers, Ronald Flowers and Dennis Flowers; two brothers, Ozzie Sandifer (Claudia) and Leonard Kern; four sisters, Everlean Simpson (Felton), Shirley Kern, Mary Christopher (Eddie) and Carolyn Carter; seven daughters-in-law, Carol Flowers, Leslie Moore, Linda Helm, Theresa Flowers, Katrina Cannon, Patricia Harper and Nakeba Flowers; one son-in-law, Harvey Carter; four grandchildren that she raised as her own children, LaShundra Flowers, Dwana Flowers (Kenneth), Shelethia Bohannon and Zetra Bohannon; one great grandchild she raised as her own, Aariyah Bohannon; and a host of other grandchildren, a host of other great-grandchildren, along with a host of in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mattie was so loving and affectionate that she opened up her home to anyone in need.

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Mattie Lee Flowers

September 26, 1947 - June 30, 2013