Mrs. Della Bernice Ervin

April 18, 1928 - March 10, 2020

Live Streaming will be available on our Facebook page...Congleton Funeral Home and Cremations starting at 2:00pm Della Bernice Ervin was born on April 18, 1928 in Yeatesville, North Carolina in Beaufort County. Bernice was one of five children. Bernice attended Beaufort County High School. After graduating from high school in 1948, Bernice moved to New York where she lived for the past 50 plus years. Bernice was trained as a Beautician at Paris Beauty School, Bronx, New York where she was licensed as a professional beautician. Bernice worked in that profession until she started her own family, wherein, she raised her one and only son, Mitchel Ervin. Later in life she worked as a personal family care technician. Bernice was a faithful member and Mother of Salvation and Deliverance Church in New York until her death. During her early childhood, Bernice joined Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. She was faithful in her work with children and spent time mentoring youth on field trips. Bernice was preceded in death by her grandparents; her mother, Della Lawrence; her sister, Priscilla Lawrence Windly. Bernice leaves to cherish her memory, her son, Mitchel of New York, NY; one sister, Alberta Simmons of New Haven, Connecticut; two brothers, Colon Lawrence and Clinton Lawrence both of Brooklyn, New York; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Her personal testimony was: “If I can help someone while I pass this way, my living will not be in vain.”