Mrs. Loretta Sharrief Goshton

In Loving Memory Of Loretta Sharrief Goshton (Gadson): On May 9, 1935, Loretta Sharrieff Goshton (Gadson) was born in Detroit, Michigan to the late Lillian Jones Ali and Monstroffer Ali. She received her high school diploma in River Rouge, Michigan, where she was also raised. In January of 1959 at the age of 23, she married her first husband, the late Joshua Goshton and settled in the city of River Rouge. River Rouge meant a lot to Loretta. It is the place where her family home is located to this day, on Holford Street and where she raised her six children. As a child, Loretta helped her stepfather build their home, brick by brick. (Loretta remarried in January 2016 at the age of 81 to Joseph Gadson.) As a young adult, Loretta worked many odd jobs until she was hired as an admitting clerk at Outer Drive Hospital in Lincoln Park, MI, where she retired in 1991 and worked over 20 years. Years after retiring, Loretta decided to relocate to Marietta, Georgia. In the early 1980's, Loretta joined a church home and committed her life to God. Through her growth in Christ, she became a member of New Greater Bethlehem Temple in Ecorse, MI, Unity Cathedral of Faith in Detroit, MI, and Full Counsel Apostolic Ministries in Mableton, Georgia. Loretta enjoyed traveling, and through the years she traveled to: Alabama, Arkansas, the Bahamas, California, Canada, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Washington, D.C., just to name a few. Loretta enjoyed Life and Praising God. Over the years, she attended countless church shut-ins, church conventions, delivered food to the senior citizens, and worked as a prayer warrior visiting and praying for the sick. She opened her home to the homeless, cooked baked goods to raise money for the church, and crusaded to Trinidad and Tobago to pray and minister to the natives. She worked tirelessly on the Mother's Church Board, led a prayer warrior hotline, supervised the baptism auxiliary, and volunteered as an usher. She served as a member of the choir, taught Sunday school and an etiquette class to young females of the church, and volunteered to transport members to and from church. She graduated from Catechism School in the late 1990's. In addition, Loretta loved to shop with friends, visit the senior center, and go out to dinner with her husband.

Mrs. Loretta Sharrief Goshton

May 9, 1935 - January 17, 2017