Erma Lee Fuller's Obituary
Erma Lee Jones Dozier Fuller was born February 10, 1928 to the union of Marion and Jearlean Jones in Willis, Texas. She grew up in Allen Farm, Novasota, Carthern and Corpus Christie, Texas. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age.
She graduated from Solomon Cole High School in May 1946 and migrated to San Francisco, California in August 1946. She united with Macedonia Baptist Church under founding pastor Reverend Osborne. In 1947, she married Roosevelt Dozier Jr., and to this union five children were born: Roosevelt Dozier III (deceased) Arretha Cooper, Blynthia Bolton (deceased), Coleen Wendell (deceased) and Jerrie Landry.
In 1960 she joined Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Francisco and served as a member of the Chancel Choir for many years. She loved and appreciated great music and good fellowship.
Miss Erma was a licensed cosmetologist graduating from Charm’s Beauty School of Oakland. She worked in various hair salons and eventually she opened her own salon in her home. She took great pride in keeping her license current. In 1966, she changed careers. She worked for Emporium in San Francisco for twenty-five years and proudly retired in 1991 at the age of sixty-two.
She was known for her needlework skills and was very accomplished in the area of crochet, knitting, embroidery and quilting.
She was a very discerning, sharp minded lady of integrity and dignity. Once you met her you could never forget her. The word of God promises us six score and ten years (70 years). Miss Erma always said that “every year that you lived beyond that was because of God’s grace.” We were privileged and blessed to have her for eighty-five years.
She will be dearly remembered by her siblings, Melvin Jones Sr., Marie Paige, Willie Cole, Susie (Alvin) Lambert; her surviving daughters Arretha and Jerrie; her grandchildren Samuel Loving, Damisha Collins, Adrienne Cooper, John C. Landry Jr., Michael Cooper, a host of great grands , great great grands, great great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.
“Mrs Fuller, Miss Erma, Mommy, Grandmama, GG Erma, GGG Mama, Auntie, ”
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