Obituaries

Amos Perry

Amos Perry

Feb 8, 2023

Amos Perry Jr was born March 25, 1939, he was born in Bessemer Alabama set a lay Hattie Bell Jackson and Amos Perry Sr. Proceeded him in death. Amos work in the Field with his father as a young boy. Amos found love with Shirley Ann Perry who precede him in death. Amos Jr And Shirley got married October 8,...

Gerald B. White

Gerald B. White

Feb 7, 2023

Gerald White, 76, of Walton Hills, Ohio, transitioned on February 7, 2023. Born to Allen, Sr. and Excelene White on July 30, 1946, he attended the D.C. public school system graduating from Spingarn High after which Gerald attended Wilberforce University. As a youth, he loved playing basketball, roller skating, and eventually picked up a tennis racket. He spent his summers...

Deborah Williams

Deborah Williams

Feb 5, 2023

Deborah Williams was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 1, 1954 to the union of the late Lafayette and Mary Williams. She grew up in Cleveland and attended Cleveland Public Schools. She graduated in June of 1973. Deborah loved the Lord and made the decision to join and be baptized at the Pentecostal Church of Christ in Cleveland, Ohio....

Carolyn Mariee Sheppard

Carolyn Mariee Sheppard

Feb 4, 2023

Carolyn Sheppard was born on December 31st, 1954, in Thomaston, Alabama to Susie Bell King-Sheppard and Eddie Lee Sheppard Sr. She has one sister and four brothers. Carol, mama Sheppard or just mom as our mother is fondly known as, and her siblings grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated high school and had four children. Carolyn won an award...

Rev. James Edward Marks

Rev. James Edward Marks

Feb 4, 2023

Reverend James Edward (JE) Marks was born January 2, 1930 in Indianola, Mississippi to Joe and Josie Marks. He departed this life on February 4,2023. Brought up in the church, Rev. Marks was baptized by the late Rev S.L. Sanders of the St. John Baptist Church, Indianola, Mississippi at the age of 10. As a young adult, Rev. Marks...

Jihad Ahmad

Jihad Ahmad

Feb 4, 2023

Like many African Americans plagued with rebuilding the family structure post slavery, four Black women converged to raise their children together in Louisiana during the Jim Crow Era. It's the spirit of the ancestors who know creating a village is the best way to survive. In November 1944, Venita Smith gave birth to Junius McKinley in New Orleans. Her...

Carrie Louise Gill

Carrie Louise Gill

Feb 1, 2023

Carrie Louise Gill was born on Monday, April 23, 1928, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her parents, Sammy Windom, and Marion "Sister" Cook Hall preceded her in death. Carrie moved to Cleveland, Ohio, as a young child. She recounted often how ominous the Terminal Tower looked when she arrived via train. Carrie professed her faith and pledged her life to Christ at...

Robert Lee Watson

Robert Lee Watson

Jan 30, 2023

Robert Lee Watson: Was born November 18, 1940, to the late Bob, and Georg-Ann Watson in Riverwood Alabama. Robert was one of five children which four proceeded him in death. His brothers Thomas and Judge and his sisters Rosie and Leubirta. Robert was Educated in the Choctaw County School System. Robert frequently attended Wahalak Baptist Church located in Butler...

Ross David Nixon

Ross David Nixon

Jan 28, 2023

Ross David Nixon, 53 passed away on January 28, 2023 with his daughters, Amber, Sierra and Sage and his ex-wife, Christine Nixon by his side in Madison Heights, Michigan. Ross David Nixon, born February 20, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents are Deborah Perry and David Nixon. Ross has one brother, Chauncey Nixon. Ross was born in Cleveland and...

Daisy Lee Vallentine

Daisy Lee Vallentine

Jan 19, 2023

Daisy Lee Vallentine, 91, of Cleveland Ohio, departed this world on Thursday, January 19th, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Arlee and Maurice Mickens. Daisy was born and raised in Mississippi but later moved to Memphis, Tennessee where she had four wonderful children: Willie (Rudy), Perry, Frank (Michael) and Veronica Vallentine. Her son Willie preceded her in death....

Andrenette Leonard

Andrenette Leonard

Jan 19, 2023

Andrenette Leonard of Cleveland, Ohio passed away on Jan 19, 2023. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Lewis Clyde Smith

Lewis Clyde Smith

Jan 19, 2023

Lewis Smith of Cleveland, Ohio passed away on Jan 19, 2023. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Macie Lee Maynard

Macie Lee Maynard

Jan 18, 2023

Macie Lee Maynard was born on January 18, 1922, in Martin, Tennessee. Her parents were the late Neal Totton and Bessie Hammons (Grandma Bessie). She was one of nine siblings. Katie Brooks, Robert Totton, Cletus Totton, James Totton, Bertha Holloway, Frankie Moore, Ollie Totton and Mary Ball. She was educated in Martin, Tennessee, having completed only a 6-grade education....

Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

Jan 15, 2023

Mary Lou Williams was born in Farmersville, Alabama on December 14, 1934, to the late James and Bessie Catts Smith. She was one of seven children. In 1947 she and her family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Cleveland Public Schools and graduated from South High School in 1953. Mary was united in holy matrimony to Lafayette Williams on June...

Samuel Wesley Mitchum

Samuel Wesley Mitchum

Jan 14, 2023

Samuel Mitchum of Cleveland, Ohio passed away on Jan 14, 2023. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Henry B. Franklin Jr

Henry B. Franklin Jr

Jan 12, 2023

Mr. Henry Benjamin Franklin Jr. was born on June 17, 1947, to Henry Franklin Sr. and Mamie Lee Gee in Montgomery, Alabama. Henry was the fifth child of ten siblings preceded from eldest to youngest by Edward Gee, Ruby Lee, Albertdean, Henrietta, Emma, Uellen, Ronald, Cynthia, Betsy, and the youngest Arthur. Though originating in Alabama, the family moved to...

Louise Leonard

Louise Leonard

Jan 9, 2023

Louise Leonard was born in Good-water, Alabama on September 26th, 1935. She was born to Otis and Jessie Mae Gladden (now deceased) and was raised with love and strong religious beliefs and values. She was a child of God and member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She graduated from Good-water High School where she met her husband of...

Althea Louise Wall

Althea Louise Wall

Jan 6, 2023

Althea Louise Wall, affectionately known as "Goldpiece" was born November 3, 1931, to the late Willie (Buddy) Savage and Zora Parker in Prattville, Alabama. She professed her faith in Christ and was baptized at an early age. She departed this life on Friday, January 6, 2023. She graduated from Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. She taught elementary school...

Addie Rebecca Gipson

Addie Rebecca Gipson

Jan 6, 2023

Addie Rebecca "Rebe" Harrison- Gipson was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1954 to the union of Leonard and Martha Harrison, both of whom preceded her in death. Addie most affectionately known as Rebe was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, the fourth youngest of ten siblings, aunt, cousin and a friend to anyone she met....

P. Lee Phillips

P. Lee Phillips

Dec 18, 2022

Mr. P.L. Phillips passed away in Cleveland, Ohio on December 18, 2022. Also known as Percy, Pete and Phil, he was born on January 5, 1935, to the late Vollie and Mary Phillips of Marion, Alabama. As a child, he was raised by the late Raymond and Hessaline Nix. P.L. was educated at the public schools of Perry County,...

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