Bernice A. Rankin

April 18, 1951 - November 9, 2016

Bernice A. Rankin, aged 65 years of Bridgeton, passed away suddenly on Wednesday November 9, 2016 in Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Bridgeton she was the daughter of Nathaniel Henry Davis and the late Bernice Manor. Bernice worked for several years with the Gloucester County Board of Social Services as an intake specialist. She was a member of Union Baptist Temple Church in Bridgeton and enjoyed quilting, taking care of and nurturing her plants, and loving her grandchildren. She leaves to cherish her memory her two children, Kiesha N. Rankin, and Ashanti T. Rankin and his wife Anne; her father, Nathaniel Henry Davis; a sister, Delores Thorp and her husband Matthew; and a brother, Henry T. Davis III and his wife Chum; her grandchildren, Mark A. Jacobs Jr., Ja’Von N. Rankin, Mykelti T. Rankin, Magellan K.L. Rankin, Izayah Dunn, Tyler Bard, Alexandria Collier, and many many whom she considered her children. Besides her mother, she was predeceased by two sisters, Henrietta Davis and Trudy Davis. Family and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Saturday November 19, 2016 at 4:00p.m. from the Union Baptist Temple Church, 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Bridgeton, NJ . A viewing will be held from 2:00p.m. till 4:00p.m. prior to services. Cremation and inurnment of the cremains will take place in the Camden County Crematory, Waterford Twp.