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William Russell Sr. Kansas City
William Earl Russell Sr. was born on March 18, 1956 to Rebecca Stewart and William E. Russell. William Earl was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Central Senior High School where he graduated as a “MIGHTY BLUE EAGEL” in 1974. William Earl enlisted with the United States Army being honorably discharged in 1975. He was employed for many years with the Kansas City Fire Department, KC Public Works and the Post Office. William Earl...
William Earl Russell Sr. was born on March 18, 1956 to Rebecca Stewart and William E. Russell. William Earl was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Central Senior...
Sarahellen Cummings Kansas City
We share joy as we celebrate the life of Sarahellen McPike Cummings. Sarahellen received her heavenly wings on October 13, 2019. Her final days on earth were spent surrounded by loving family and friends. On March 30, 1931, the family of Reverend Theodore McPike and Lottie Corrine Watkins McPike were blessed with Sarahellen’s birth. She was welcomed to the family by her older sister Myrtle Bernice. With the early and untimely death of her father,...
We share joy as we celebrate the life of Sarahellen McPike Cummings. Sarahellen received her heavenly wings on October 13, 2019. Her final days on earth were spent surrounded by...
MAUDELLE WILLIAMS
Maudelle Williams was born to Violet Mae and Harvey Alston on June 20, 1930. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1947. She enjoyed an eventful career as a visiting nurse. She was a member of the New Apostolic Church. Maudelle leaves to mourn her memory sisters, Harvie Mae Hayes (Kansas City, Missouri), Sylvia Ann Alston and Tanya Youngblood of Pasadena, Ca; nephews, George E. Johnson, Wardell Johnson and a host of other relatives and...
MAUDELLE WILLIAMS
Maudelle Williams was born to Violet Mae and Harvey Alston on June 20, 1930. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1947. She enjoyed an eventful career as a...
Pastor Kenneth Gray Kansas City
PASTOR KENNETH TYRONE GRAY
Kenneth Tyrone Gray (Paw-Paw) was the baby of eight children born to the union of Norris Sr. and Maxine Gray, on April 23 1964. Both parents, paternal and maternal grandparents, two sisters, Joyce Jones and Sharron and one brother Norris, Jr. preceded him in death. Kennie was educated in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, attending Phyllis Wheatley Elementary and Lincoln High Schools. Kenneth obtained his GED while serving in the U.S. Army...
PASTOR KENNETH TYRONE GRAY
Kenneth Tyrone Gray (Paw-Paw) was the baby of eight children born to the union of Norris Sr. and Maxine Gray, on April 23 1964. Both parents, paternal...
John Obie Jr. Kansas City
John Tilmer Obie Jr., 73, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019 due to complications from COPD and Lung Cancer. He was born on November 19, 1945 to the union of John Tilmer Obie Sr., and Mary Lee in Sapula, Oklahoma. His parents moved to Kansas City, Missouri. John is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Donnell, James and Richard Obie.
John attended Manual High School in Kansas City, Missouri and successfully completed the 11th grade. John dibbled...
John Tilmer Obie Jr., 73, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019 due to complications from COPD and Lung Cancer. He was born on November 19, 1945 to the union of John Tilmer Obie Sr., and...
VIOLA BRAY Niagara Falls , NY
VIOLA MAE BRAY
Viola Mae Bray was born on November 9, 1923 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Dovie Fields. Viola had four sisters and one brother: Juanita Prater, Romona Gale, Odella, Charlene Fields and Calvin Prince. Viola Mae Bray departed from her earthly life on Thursday, September 24, 2019. In 1945, Viola married Lee Walter Bray Sr. and to this union 9 children were born: Charles, Lee Jr., Frederick, Shirley, Jimmy, Wanda, Edwin, Judy and Vincent and 28 grandchildren...
VIOLA MAE BRAY
Viola Mae Bray was born on November 9, 1923 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Dovie Fields. Viola had four sisters and one brother: Juanita Prater, Romona Gale, Odella,...
LEE SIMMS Kansas City
LEE CALVIN SIMMS
Lee Clavin Simms 74, departed this life on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Village Hospice House in John Knox Village of Lee’s Summit, MO. Lee (Tip, as he was loving called by his family & friends) was born June 13, 1945 in Altheimer, Arkansas to Carliss Simms and Verlean Bohanon. He spent the earlier part of his childhood in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, being nurtured and loved by his Grandfather, Sammie Simms and Grandmother, Willie Mae [WU1] Simms,...
LEE CALVIN SIMMS
Lee Clavin Simms 74, departed this life on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Village Hospice House in John Knox Village of Lee’s Summit, MO. Lee (Tip, as he was loving...
Curtis Baskin Kansas City
CURTIS BASKIN
Curtis Baskin was born April 6, 1944 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to the late Paul R. Baskin Sr. and Claudie Bell Baskin. Curtis grew up on his family’s farm where he and his ten siblings tended the land. Curtis attended Okolona Public Schools in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Two of his brothers, Willie Paul & Lloyd Baskin, and daughter Hazel Soward preceded him in death.
Curtis moved to Kansas City nearly fifty years ago and worked in several positions....
CURTIS BASKIN
Curtis Baskin was born April 6, 1944 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to the late Paul R. Baskin Sr. and Claudie Bell Baskin. Curtis grew up on his family’s farm where he and...
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