Willie Mae Hunter
My name is Willie Mae Hunter. I was born December 11, 1922, in Gray, Georgia to Willie
and Mary Holmes. I had 5 sisters; I was the middle child. I am the only one that is left,
they all are with Jesus.
I came to Michigan in 1959 to join my sister. My first job was working for A & P in Detroit,
this was the first A & P, it was a very small store. We cut our own meat, pork chops,
steaks, and chicken. I worked for A & P for 36 years before I retired.
I met my husband at A & P, he brought his mom to shop. He kept asking me to come to
his home for a date, 3 months later I let him take me out, we dated for 2 years. I
married Charles Hunter on August 8, 1958.
We had 1 daughter, Cynthia, born in 1961.
I retired from A & P in 1979 at the age of 57.
My husband Charles died November 11, 1999, from cancer. I cared for him at our home
until he went home to be with the Jesus.
I moved out of Detroit to Southfield in a Senior Living apartment on August 7, 2007 and
continue to live there.
I found out about Brightmoor when I was attending a Kenneth Haglin Camp meeting in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. A lady (Thelma) told her about Brightmoor, a guest speaker was going
to speak at Brightmoor on a Wednesday evening. I attended that Wednesday evening
and would attend Brightmoor occasionally but once I moved to Southfield, I made
Brightmoor my home church in 2007.
I was very active with the Brightmoor Prime Timer’s. Attending the trips: Savannah
Georgia, New York, as my last trip was to Canada for 1 week. I am the one that gave
Pastor Tim the idea of the starting senior trips.
I would like the Church family to know: the Lord is so very good, and He will carry you
through anything in life, I am so very thankful that the Lord is a GOOD God. He has
carried me through so much in my life: COVID in 2020 where I was in the hospital for 1
month and then Rehab for 1 month, a Heart attack in 2021, and brain surgery in 2022
from a brain bleed.
I am so thankful I know the Lord and He wakes me up every morning. I love Him so very
much.
– Willie Mae Hunter
