DETROIT -- Lucille Conyers' faith, strength and teachings helped improve people's lives through the formation of unions and the civil rights struggle.
"My mother's untiring support of the family was the basis for any success which came to any family member," said Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit.
Mrs. Conyers died Tuesday, August 1, 2000 in her Detroit home. She was 94.
Born Lucille Jane Simpson in Pelahatchie, Miss., Mrs. Conyers moved to Detroit with her aunt Roxie Phillips in 1920.
Five years later, wearing a new pink coat, she met John Conyers Sr. The Conyers were married 61 years and had five children: Dorothy, John, Carl, William, and Nathan.
The elder Conyers died in 1986.
Mrs. Conyers and her husband helped form the United Auto Workers union. John Conyers Sr. worked for Chrysler Corp. spraying cars in 1926. Angry that white workers were paid a dime more an hour for the same job, the senior Conyers became involved in UAW organizing activities. He remained active with the UAW until his death.
Mrs. Conyers along with her husband joined Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in the 1940s and was active in the church.
Family friends said Mrs. Conyers was always there to offer encouragement.
"She always told all of us to do the best we could with the talent God had given us," said U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.
"I've always tried to live that way and so has Nate and John and everyone else," said Keith, a former law partner of Nathan Conyers. "When you talk about a legacy, the Conyerses have really left a legacy and a dynasty. All of their children and their grandchildren have done really well."
Family members and friends said that was Mrs. Conyers main objective in life.
"Lucille, although direct in her mannerisms, was a loving mother who" raised her children with the skills to be successful, according to a statement released by the family. "While she is missed painfully right now, she will remain the matriarch of the Conyers family."
Survivors include two sons, John and Nathan, and a sister, Callie.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit.
The family hour will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren.
Memorials may be made to the Conyers Tabernacle Scholarship Fund, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit, Mich., 48210. Letters of condolences may be sent to the Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr., 231 West Lafayette, Suite 669, Detroit, Mich., 48226.
Detroit News, The (MI) - Thursday, August 3, 2000
"My mother's untiring support of the family was the basis for any success which came to any family member," said Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit.
Mrs. Conyers died Tuesday, August 1, 2000 in her Detroit home. She was 94.
Born Lucille Jane Simpson in Pelahatchie, Miss., Mrs. Conyers moved to Detroit with her aunt Roxie Phillips in 1920.
Five years later, wearing a new pink coat, she met John Conyers Sr. The Conyers were married 61 years and had five children: Dorothy, John, Carl, William, and Nathan.
The elder Conyers died in 1986.
Mrs. Conyers and her husband helped form the United Auto Workers union. John Conyers Sr. worked for Chrysler Corp. spraying cars in 1926. Angry that white workers were paid a dime more an hour for the same job, the senior Conyers became involved in UAW organizing activities. He remained active with the UAW until his death.
Mrs. Conyers along with her husband joined Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in the 1940s and was active in the church.
Family friends said Mrs. Conyers was always there to offer encouragement.
"She always told all of us to do the best we could with the talent God had given us," said U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.
"I've always tried to live that way and so has Nate and John and everyone else," said Keith, a former law partner of Nathan Conyers. "When you talk about a legacy, the Conyerses have really left a legacy and a dynasty. All of their children and their grandchildren have done really well."
Family members and friends said that was Mrs. Conyers main objective in life.
"Lucille, although direct in her mannerisms, was a loving mother who" raised her children with the skills to be successful, according to a statement released by the family. "While she is missed painfully right now, she will remain the matriarch of the Conyers family."
Survivors include two sons, John and Nathan, and a sister, Callie.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit.
The family hour will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren.
Memorials may be made to the Conyers Tabernacle Scholarship Fund, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit, Mich., 48210. Letters of condolences may be sent to the Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr., 231 West Lafayette, Suite 669, Detroit, Mich., 48226.
Detroit News, The (MI) - Thursday, August 3, 2000
DETROIT -- Lucille Conyers' faith, strength and teachings helped improve people's lives through the formation of unions and the civil rights struggle.
"My mother's untiring support of the family was the basis for any success which came to any family member," said Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit.
Mrs. Conyers died Tuesday, August 1, 2000 in her Detroit home. She was 94.
Born Lucille Jane Simpson in Pelahatchie, Miss., Mrs. Conyers moved to Detroit with her aunt Roxie Phillips in 1920.
Five years later, wearing a new pink coat, she met John Conyers Sr. The Conyers were married 61 years and had five children: Dorothy, John, Carl, William, and Nathan.
The elder Conyers died in 1986.
Mrs. Conyers and her husband helped form the United Auto Workers union. John Conyers Sr. worked for Chrysler Corp. spraying cars in 1926. Angry that white workers were paid a dime more an hour for the same job, the senior Conyers became involved in UAW organizing activities. He remained active with the UAW until his death.
Mrs. Conyers along with her husband joined Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in the 1940s and was active in the church.
Family friends said Mrs. Conyers was always there to offer encouragement.
"She always told all of us to do the best we could with the talent God had given us," said U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.
"I've always tried to live that way and so has Nate and John and everyone else," said Keith, a former law partner of Nathan Conyers. "When you talk about a legacy, the Conyerses have really left a legacy and a dynasty. All of their children and their grandchildren have done really well."
Family members and friends said that was Mrs. Conyers main objective in life.
"Lucille, although direct in her mannerisms, was a loving mother who" raised her children with the skills to be successful, according to a statement released by the family. "While she is missed painfully right now, she will remain the matriarch of the Conyers family."
Survivors include two sons, John and Nathan, and a sister, Callie.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit.
The family hour will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren.
Memorials may be made to the Conyers Tabernacle Scholarship Fund, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit, Mich., 48210. Letters of condolences may be sent to the Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr., 231 West Lafayette, Suite 669, Detroit, Mich., 48226.
Detroit News, The (MI) - Thursday, August 3, 2000
"My mother's untiring support of the family was the basis for any success which came to any family member," said Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit.
Mrs. Conyers died Tuesday, August 1, 2000 in her Detroit home. She was 94.
Born Lucille Jane Simpson in Pelahatchie, Miss., Mrs. Conyers moved to Detroit with her aunt Roxie Phillips in 1920.
Five years later, wearing a new pink coat, she met John Conyers Sr. The Conyers were married 61 years and had five children: Dorothy, John, Carl, William, and Nathan.
The elder Conyers died in 1986.
Mrs. Conyers and her husband helped form the United Auto Workers union. John Conyers Sr. worked for Chrysler Corp. spraying cars in 1926. Angry that white workers were paid a dime more an hour for the same job, the senior Conyers became involved in UAW organizing activities. He remained active with the UAW until his death.
Mrs. Conyers along with her husband joined Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in the 1940s and was active in the church.
Family friends said Mrs. Conyers was always there to offer encouragement.
"She always told all of us to do the best we could with the talent God had given us," said U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.
"I've always tried to live that way and so has Nate and John and everyone else," said Keith, a former law partner of Nathan Conyers. "When you talk about a legacy, the Conyerses have really left a legacy and a dynasty. All of their children and their grandchildren have done really well."
Family members and friends said that was Mrs. Conyers main objective in life.
"Lucille, although direct in her mannerisms, was a loving mother who" raised her children with the skills to be successful, according to a statement released by the family. "While she is missed painfully right now, she will remain the matriarch of the Conyers family."
Survivors include two sons, John and Nathan, and a sister, Callie.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit.
The family hour will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren.
Memorials may be made to the Conyers Tabernacle Scholarship Fund, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist, 6125 Beechwood, Detroit, Mich., 48210. Letters of condolences may be sent to the Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr., 231 West Lafayette, Suite 669, Detroit, Mich., 48226.
Detroit News, The (MI) - Thursday, August 3, 2000
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