Willetta Bethea
Jan 3, 2023
Willetta A. Bethea was born on May 23, 1933, in Leavenworth, KS to Catherine Johnson.
She was preceded in death by her mother Catherine Johnson, son Herman Brown, daughters Henrietta Brown, Mary K. Brown, and brother Douglas Bethea.
Willetta was educated in Leavenworth, Kansas. She relocated to Kansas City, Missouri where she was a resident...
Margaret Elizabeth Fell
Jan 1, 2023
Margaret Elizabeth Fell was born on October 28, 1934, to Addie and Paul Gray. She attended school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1952. She had one son Randall E. Gray and one daughter Victoria Moore.
Margaret's worked at GSA-OAD in the payroll department until her retirement. She was...
Eunice Mae Thomas
Dec 19, 2022
Eunice Thomas was born on September 27, 1934, to Walter and Rosetta Coppage. She was the youngest child and the only girl. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Walter and Robert Coppage, and her husband, Gene Thomas.
Eunice was raised in a Christian home where faith in God and learning Biblical truths were...
Wesley B. Poke Sr.
Dec 19, 2022
Wesley B. Poke was born September 14,1944 in Egypt, Mississippi, to the union of A.W. & Essie Poke.
He was the second of 7 children born in this family.
He was educated in the Kansas City Mo. Public School District. He graduated from Manual High School in1962. He was an avid basketball and football player,...
Crystal Marie Davis
Dec 17, 2022
Crystal Marie Davis, 41, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022.
Verna P. Shepard
Dec 15, 2022
Verna P. Shepard, 68 of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Elder Myron Anthony Hankins
Dec 10, 2022
Elder Myron Anthony Hankins, Sr. was born May 12, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, the baby boy of Elder Richard and Myrtle Hankins.
Myron spent most of his early years in Chicago before relocating to California as a young adult.
Myron loved to fish and lovingly learned the skill from his mom. He was very funny...
Mildred L. Demoretz
Dec 3, 2022
Mildred L. Demoretz was born June 14, 1934, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the union of Henry and Juanita Ward.
She was educated in the public schools of Purvis, Mississippi where she graduated from Purvis High School. She received her nursing degree in 1964 and worked for Dr. JM Kaplin in Chicago, Illinois for 10 years. Later, during...
Betty Jean Smalls
Nov 29, 2022
Betty Jean Mayfield Smalls was born August 5, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Luvenia and TJ Mayfield. She was the eighth of twelve children. Betty transitioned this life on November 27, 2022 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Betty grew up in Chicago and graduated from Orr High School. During her early...
Victor Weatherspoon
Nov 21, 2022
Victor S. Weatherspoon, was the ninth child, born on March 13, 1961, to the union of Eli Weatherspoon and Ruth Rickmon -Weatherspoon. He was born in Kansas City, Mo. and attended Sanford B. Ladd Elementary School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, Central High School, and graduated from Van Horn High School in 1979. In that same year, after...
Carenda Jones
Nov 21, 2022
Carenda Nicole Jones was born August 18, 1980, in Kansas City, Missouri to
Raymond Jones Jr. and Linda Faye Harris.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents: Raymond Jones Sr. and Mary Wells, maternal grandmother Ena T. Harris, uncles Ervin Harris, Chaz, Wilbur Freeman, Allen Wells; Aunts Teresa Freeman, Sharon Wells, and Sheila...
Stevenson Eugene Clemmons
Nov 20, 2022
Stevenson Eugene Clemmons was born on December 5, 1955, to the late Willie Lewis and Emma Clemmons Williams in Kansas City, Missouri.
He was united in marriage to Stephanie Holmes for eleven years (1973 to 1985) and from that union they were blessed to have two children, Brandon and Erica.
Stevie, as he was affectionately...
Lee Kathryn Counts-Pollard
Nov 11, 2022
Lee Kathryn "Kathy" Counts-Pollard, was the firstborn, and only daughter, of the late Rev. Dr. Stanley L. Counts, Sr and Dorothy J. (Lockett) Counts. She was born on Friday, November 25, 1960, in Kansas City, MO. She and her younger brother, Stanley L. Counts, Jr., were the pride and joy of their parents, and she honored them with the...
Tramond F. Phillips
Nov 10, 2022
Tramond Fernandrious Phillips was born December 29, 1983, to Herbert L. Phillips and Peggy A. Hambrick in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather Louis Phillips and grandmother Genell Adams Phillips-Clark.
He attended Belton High School in Belton, Missouri. Tramond attended the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg Missouri, graduating...
Janice Kaye Gladney
Nov 6, 2022
Janice Kaye Gladney was born November 8th, 1944, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Eugene Culton and Jeaneta Garland.
She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Curley Gladney Sr.; son Raymond Curley Gladney, Jr.; parents Eugene Culton and Jeaneta Garland; and brothers Walter Garland Sr. and Loomis Boulware.
In her spare time, Janice enjoyed doing...
Thomas Larry Holivay
Oct 26, 2022
Thomas Larry Holivay was born in Deering, MO November 27, 1944, and departed this life on October 26, 2022. Raised in New Madrid, MO by Pansy Watson (Parker) and Angelo Holivay.
He met and married Brenda and they lived together as husband and wife for 22 years. To that union was born Reginald, Devona, Dylan, and Courtney....
Willis Authorlee
Oct 23, 2022
Willis Authorlee,78, was born November 24, 1943, in Opelousas, Louisiana to parents Mose Authorlee and Frances Collins Authorlee. He was raised in Opelousas and later moved to Kansas City and lived with his Aunt Louella Lewis. Willis was brought up in the Catholic Church and later expressed his faith in Christ and was baptized as an adult at Zion...
