Obituaries

Ethel B. Cotton

Ethel B. Cotton

Jul 25, 2020

Ethel Cotton was born on April 18, 1935, to father, Bennie Lee Gilkey and mother, Florence Duncan. She was one of five children.

Ethel grew up in Macon, Mississippi and was educated in the Macon School District. Ethel married Riley Cotton where they relocated to Gary, Indiana before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. There...

Ressie Mae Bradford

Ressie Mae Bradford

Jul 23, 2020

Ressie Mae Bradford "Birdie" was the firstborn to the union of the late Willie James Jr (dec. 2008) and Katie Chambers (dec. 2005), on December 15, 1948 in Somerville, TN. at the age of 2 she came to Cleveland on a train with her parents. She accepted Christ as her personal savior at the age of 12 at Fire...

Agatha C. Robinson

Agatha C. Robinson

Jul 23, 2020

Mrs. Agatha C. Robinson transitioned to Glory on July 23, 2020, at 103 years of age. She was the second of three children born to the late Samuel and Annie Hamilton Clinkscales on March 3, 1917, in Anderson, South Carolina. Agatha fondly recalled that Lucinda Clinkscales, her paternal grandmother, delivered her. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio...

Wilma Loucille Mccall

Wilma Loucille Mccall

Jul 22, 2020

Wilma Loucille McCall was born to Lucy Chavers on May 25, 1934, in the home of Lucy's parents Moses and Charity Williams. Wilma attended elementary school in Sawyerville, Alabama and graduated from Hale County Training School in Greensboro, Alabama. Wilma remained in Alabama until her early twenties, she then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Wilma married Arthur McCall in Cleveland,...

Cecelia Walcott

Cecelia Walcott

Jul 20, 2020

Cecelia Walcott of South Euclid, Ohio passed away on Jul 20, 2020. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

John Charles

John Charles

Jul 20, 2020

John Charles was born July 26, 1932, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Mary And John Charles. He was the 8th oldest born of this union. As a child, John attended Piney Grove Baptist Church where he accepted Christ at an early age. He attended Tuscaloosa Public City Schools. He moved to Cleveland in his late teens and began a career...

Liaketa Williams

Liaketa Williams

Jul 19, 2020

Miss Liaketa Pennocwa (Pa-nock-wa) Williams made her debut here on Earth on March 12, 1965, to the parents of Lee Vaughan Williams Sr. (deceased 1988) and Mary Eugene Jackson Williams (deceased 2019) in Jackson MS and lived in Florence MS. "Keta" as she was fondly known, was the mother of two; a son and a daughter, Carl Allen Harris Jr....

Chester Lee

Chester Lee

Jul 18, 2020

Chester Emerson Lee was born to Major and Ada (Campbell) Lee on January 10, 1924, in Pennington, Alabama. Major and Ada had 11 children that lived to adulthood, and Chester was next to the last. Chester frequently spoke of caring for his younger sibling Lonnie and caring for his mother prior to her death. He was a great storyteller...

James Delano Champ

James Delano Champ

Jul 12, 2020

James Delano Champ, Jr., son of Rose Evelyn Allen Champ and James Delano Champ, Sr., was born January 25, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio. James was a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Cleveland. James lived the majority of his adult life in Indianapolis, Indiana. Being very active in his neighborhood, James was also a paralegal assistant. He...

Teressa Jackson

Teressa Jackson

Jul 11, 2020

Teressa “Chee-Chee” Jackson who is affectionately known as Chee Chee was born on December 26, 1966, in Cleveland Ohio to the late Isom Jackson and Joann E. (Nolan) Jackson; she was preceded in death by her brother, Isom T Jackson. At an early age Teressa accepted Jesus Christ in her life as her LORD and Savior and was baptized at...

Arthur Lee Shareef

Arthur Lee Shareef

Jul 10, 2020

Arthur Lee Jr. " Artie " was born on March 8th, 1974 at Martin Medical in Newark New Jersey to Arthur Lee Jones and Dethena Hall.

Artie was the third oldest of nine. Artie grew up in East Cleveland Ohio and attended Shaw High School and received his GED later. In 2018 Artie...

Linda Marie Garrison

Linda Marie Garrison

Jul 9, 2020

Linda Marie Garrison was born on January 24, 1951 in Belle Mina, Al to the late Wilson Garrison Sr and Mary Garrison. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1957. Linda passed away suddenly on July 9, 2020. Linda married S.T. Davis in 1975. She spent most of her working career as a Dietary Aid serving the elderly at Sunset...

Roberta Farrow

Roberta Farrow

Jul 8, 2020

Ms. Roberta Loretta Farrow (Gg), of Euclid, Ohio passed on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at the age of 85. Roberta was born to parents Rudolph and Betsey Woldridge on October 17, 1935, in Saint Louis, Missouri. She grew up and moved to Ohio, and later through schooling became a LPN. Roberta had five beautiful children and two...

Michael Woods

Michael Woods

Jul 7, 2020

Michael Woods of Hyattsville, Maryland passed away on Jul 7, 2020. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Frank Stone

Frank Stone

Jul 7, 2020

Frank George Stone, 79, died suddenly on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. He suffered a heart attack at home and was later pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m. at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio. Mr. Stone was born in Passage Fort, St. Catherine on May 17, 1941. After completing secondary school in nearby Port Henderson, Mr. Stone was admitted to the...

Bobby Jean Scott

Bobby Jean Scott

Jul 5, 2020

Bobby Jean Scott was born on June 30, 1933, to James E. Scott, Sr. and Violet Agee Scott. She was the sister of James E. Scott, Jr. born on May 30, 1931. Bobby received Christ at a young age and was baptized at the age of 12 by Reverend H.C. Head, at Winona United Baptist Church. Bobby received her...

Anthony Darrell Mcbride

Anthony Darrell Mcbride

Jun 24, 2020

Anthony McBride of Cleveland, Ohio passed away on Jun 24, 2020. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Grace Jefferson

Grace Jefferson

Jun 24, 2020

It is with great sadness that we the family of Grace McGill Jefferson announce her transition from life to death. Grace was born on July 18, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio to the union of Luvenia Reeves and Charley McGill. Grace attended Cleveland Public Schools and later graduated from John Hay High School in 1943. Then, at the...

Mary Tinker

Mary Tinker

Jun 23, 2020

MARY TINKER, born February 21, 1937, was the sixth child, born to the union of Maggie and Willie Curtis Tinker, in Sawyersville, Alabama. Quiet by nature, and devoted to her family, MARY adored as "Mae", accepted Christ at an early age. She was baptized at Willow Spring Baptist Church. MARY traveled to Cleveland, Ohio in 1955, in...

Thelma V. Young

Thelma V. Young

Jun 19, 2020

Thelma Vernell Young was born on January 20, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio to Kitty Odell Young and Eddie White. Both of her parents, and her only sibling, Franklin Dwight Young, preceded her in death.

Thelma was extremely intelligent and gifted, she loved learning and reading. Thelma was always a straight-A student and took...