Public Viewing For Don Barden Begins Thursday
DETROIT (WWJ) - Those wanting to pay their respects to Detroit entrepreneur and casino magnate Don Barden will be able to do so starting Thursday.
A public viewing will take place May 26 between noon and 8 pm at Greater Grace Temple, 23500 W. 7 Mile Road in Detroit.
Family and friends will be able to say their final goodbyes Friday - the family hour begins at 10 am at the church - with funeral services immediately following at 11. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, 19975 Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
Barden passed away last Thursday from lung cancer. He was 67. (More here)
Family members have also added other charities to which donations in lieu of flowers may be made:
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Contributions - VE01FS,
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
(please note Don H. Barden's name in the memo line)
Don H. Barden Foundation, Inc.
163 Madison, Suite 2000
Detroit, MI. 48226
Barden Gary Foundation
One Buffington Harbor Drive
Gary, IN. 46406
West Side Theater Guild
9th & Gerry Street
Gary, IN. 46404
Shade Tree
One Owens Avenue
Las Vegas, NV. 89101
Kermit R. Booker Elementary School
2277 Martin Luther King Drive
Las Vegas, NV. 89101
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
81 Tillman Street
Memphis, TN. 38111
National Civil Rights Museum
450 Mulberry Street
Memphis, TN. 38103
Habitat for Humanity
3245 Eliot Street
Denver, CO. 80211
American Cancer Society
2255 South Oneida Street
Denver, CO. 80224
