Bertha Black Obituary
We are sad to announce that on May 3, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Bertha Black of Lansing, Michigan. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Bertha Black to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, David Short and Velma Short; her siblings, David Short, Roosevelt Brown and Betty Jean Jackson; her aunt Katie Ruth March; her cousins, Melverlena Ford and Rose Martin; her goddaughter Belinda Hester Brown; and her close friend Clementine Jackson.
She is survived by: her husband Jay L. Black; her daughters, Marcia Watson (JoEl) and Rechelle Black of Lansing, MI; her grandchildren, Nyshell Lawrence (Jonathan) of Lansing, MI, Mariah Watson of Ann Arbor, MI, Andre Smith II and Rechelle Transeth (Matthew) of Lansing, MI; her great grandchildren, Joelle, Olyvia, Emerson Jay and Imari; her siblings, Charles Short (Linda) and Linda Kay Hudson (Wade) of Baton Rouge, LA; her siblings-in-law, Annie Bell Campbell (Willie) of Dewitt Township, MI, Lucille Chambliss (Andrew) of Union Springs, AL, Evalene Short of Lansing, MI, Matthew Black of Leslie, MI and Robert Black (Mary) of Lansing, MI; her niece Terrisa Bradley (Ricky) of Lansing, MI; her cousin Emma Burt (Sherman) of Muskegon, MI; her goddaughters, Charlesetta Kelso of Lansing, MI and Margarett Wallace of Indianapolis, IN; and her close friends, Pat Cannon (Emmett) and Mary Odunaga (Abraham) of Lansing, MI. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
