Zola Mae Cherry

MY MOTHER, ZOLA MAE (BLAKE) CHERRY WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1931 IN LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA TO THE LATE PEARL ANNA (HARRIS) AND JAMES BLAKE. SHE WAS THE SECOND OF THREE DAUGHTERS. ZOLA WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH PARENTS AND HER ELDEST SISTER, LILLIE PEARL RIVERS. ZOLA ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY. SHE MOVED TO CLEVELAND, OHIO IN THE EARLY 1950'S. ZOLA LATER MARRIED R.C.(SAM) CHERRY AND TO THEIR UNION ONE SON, MICHAEL CHERRY. WAS BORN. ZOLA, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND R.C. ALSO RAISED A NEICE, HELEN CHERRY AND ADOPTED A DAUGHTER, CANDACE AND A SON, JAMES DOCKING (DECEASED). ZOLA LOVED HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS SHE SPENT MANY HOURS ON HER FRONT PORCH. MANY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THEY WERE IN NEED OF SHELTER, FOOD, MONEY OR WHATEVER COULD ALWAYS GO TO MISS. ZOLA OR MR. SAM. SHE EVEN LOVED ANIMALS. ANY STRAY DOG OR CAT OR BIRD COULD TAKE UP RESIDENCE AT 635 EAST 108TH STREET. MOVED BY HER LOVE FOR JEHOVAH GOD, SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE AND WAS BAPTIZED AS ONE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN 1973. DESPITE HER DETERIORATING HEALTH SHE ALWAYS ENJOYED READING THE BIBLE. SEVERAL DAYS AGO, ZOLA'S HEALTH WORSENED AND ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011 SHE PEACEFULLY FELL ASLEEP IN DEATH. LEFT TO REMEMBER AND MISS HER ARE HER SON, MICHAEL CHERRY, HER SISTER, REACIA NELL (BOOKER) LOGAN, NEICES, VERLETTA (ROBERT)JACKSON, SHARON HANSARD, MARSHA LOGAN, MARLA GLENN, VICKIE(VINCENT) IRIZARRY, ANGIE(WELLINGTON) HORHN AND NEPHEWS, BERTRAM (SHARON) HUDSON AND CHRISTOPHER LOGAN WITH A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND A MULTITUDE OF SPIRITUAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SERVICES ARE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11; WAKE 6:00 PM, MEMORIAL SVC 6:30 PM AT Watson's Funeral Home, 10913 Superior Avenue.