MICHAEL L. CAROTHERS WAS BORN DECEMBER 25, 1949 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO TO LINWOOD SR. AND MABEL CAROTHERS, BOTH PARENTS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. MICHAEL ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. HE ACTIVELY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED IN 1971. MICHAEL WAS THE LOVING FATHER OF MICHAEL L. WOODS. HE CALMLY SLIPPED AWAY FROM THIS WORLD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014 AT VETERAN AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. MICHAEL LEAVES TO MOURN HIS MEMORY HIS SON, MICHAEL; BROTHERS, LINWOOD JR. (EVANGELINE), JAMES (ANITA), AND GREGORY; ONE SISTER, SANDRA (JARVIS); MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NEPHEWS, NIECES, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ; SERVICES to be held 3 PM, SAT, JAN. 11TH at Watsons Funeral Home 10913 Superior Ave. Cleve 44106.