"Charleszetta-Lena-Campbell" (October 7 1912-July 12 2001)

Also known as mother Mother Waddles,was an African-American activist, Pentecostal church minister,and founder of Mother Waddles Perpetual mission,an independent church in Detriot  that provides support,such as food,clothing and other basic services to Detriot's poor.
She is listed  in the Michigan Women's Hall of  Fame for her  contributions to Social  Work and Mission Work in the Detriot  area.

She was born in St.Louis,Missouri to Henry Campbell & Ella Brown.She was the eldest of  seven children,only three  of  whom survived  to adulthood.Her  daddy was a successful StlLouis  barber who became financially ruined  after he unknowingly gave a haircut to a customer with impetigo,a contagious skin disease,which  subsequently caused the infection to spread to other clients who were members of his church
congregation.Her daddy died when she she was 12,and, despite,being 
a successful student,she left school in eight grade to get work as a housemaid  and provide  for her family.

The following year,Charleszetta found work as a sorter in a rag factor
became pregnant by her 23-year-old boyfriend,who ended up leaving her.In 1933,at age 21,she married LeRoy Wash,a 37-year-old truck driver,and the couple had six children together.The family moved together to Detroit in 1936.She divorced  LeRoy in 1945.She then lived in a common-law marriage with Roosevelt Sturkey and had three more children.In 1950 she married Payton Waddles,and employee of  Ford Motor Company.

For over four decades,the Rev.Waddles,affectionately known as "Mother Waddles," devoted her life  to providing food,hope,and human dignity to
the downtrodden and disadvantaged people of  Detroit. Founder,director,and spiritual leader of the Mother Waddles Perpetual  Mission, Inc., a nonprofit,nondenominational organization run by volunteers and dependent on private donations, Charleszetta believed that the church must move beyond religious dogma on the real needs of real people.

1956  she became a minister  of  First  Pentecostal  Church.

Following a period of  diligent bible study, Charleszetta became an ordained as a minister in the First Pentecostal Church.She was later re-ordained, in the International  Association  of Universal Truth.In  1950,
her religious teachings gave shape and inspiration to the founding of the Helping Hand Restaurant.In Detroit's skid row surrounded by  flophouses she offered meals as little as 35 cents.Unlike "soup Kitchens" of the depression era,where the destitute lined up with a tin cup  for a handout,Mother Waddles' establishment boasted of white tablecloths,a flower on every table and uniformed waitresses.Those who could not pay could not pay could eat for free,while those who could afford to often paid as much as three dollars for a cup of coffee.At
first Mother Waddles did all the cooking,dish washing, and laundry herself,but as time went by,dozens of dedicated volunteers joined her.
The restaurant remained open until 1984 when a fire forced its closure.

In 1956  Rev.Waddles  convinced an inner-city landlord to let her use a
vacant storefront at no cost.Located  a crime-ridden area of Detroit that
she established Mother Waddles Perpetual Mission for Saving Souls of
All Nations.Its name was later shortened to: Mother Waddles Perpetual
Mission.Fires,financial setbacks and other problems forced the mission to move several times over the years,but its spirit and goals remained the same.Thousands of  needs people walked through the doors of the mission.At times over 200 volunteers were available to help provide for and assist the needy.

In addition to helping people,Mother Waddles,started innovative programs for the disadvantaged.Classes in typing,dressmaking,machine operation, upholstery and cooking were among those thought the centers. A free medical clinic, job counseling and placement were available through the mission. "we're trying to show what the church could mean to the world if it lived by what it preached," Mother Waddles told newsweek."I read the bible.It didn't say just go to church.
It said,'Do something." In addition to operation a 35-cent dinning room on Detroit's  "skid row" that serves appetizing meals in cheerful,dignified  surroundings,the mission offers health care,counseling,and job training to thousands of needy citizens.Still others benefit from an Emergency Services Program that provides food,
clothing,shelter,and medicine.Well into her eighties,Rev.Waddles continued to  work 12-your days and to remain on call throughout the
the night."We give a person the things he needs,when them," she told
Lee Edson of Reader's Digest."We take care of him whether he's an
alcoholic or a junkie, black or white,employed or unemployed.We don't turn anyone away."