Obituaries
Will Jones Jr
Sep 3, 2015
Will (“Bill”) Roger Jones, Jr. was born to Will Roger Jones Sr. and Lula M. Jones (nee Childress) on July 29, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. He departed this life on September 3, 2015. Will graduated in 1965 from Roosevelt High School, in Dayton, Ohio, where he was a member of the Varsity Track and Field and Varsity Football teams....
Ethel Pearl (Davis) Craig
Sep 2, 2015
Ethel (Davis) Craig, age 90, passed away on September 2, 2015. She was born October 3, 1924, in West Point, Mississippi. She was the fifth of eleven children born to George Washington and Pearlie Davis. As a young student, she loved school and learning. She was encouraged to attend high school, in Tupelo, Mississippi, where she lived with her...
James H. 'Jamaal' Graggs
Sep 2, 2015
James Horace “Jamaal” Graggs, 64, was born on May 23, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio to parents Allie (Walker) Watson and James Graggs. The oldest of 6 siblings, James was a loyal son and amazing brother to John Graggs, Donna (Graggs) Stewart, Danny Graggs, Debbie Graggs and Angela (Graggs) Garnette. A devout Baptist Christian, active community member and Deacon at...
Tomeka Eron 'Meka' Jackson
Sep 1, 2015
Tomeka E. Jackson, 38, passed away September 2, 2015. A lifelong resident of Columbus where she attended public schools. Preceded in death by mother Regina L. Jackson, brother James M. McDonald, and paternal grandmother Sammye A. Nutter. Survived by father James M. (Bernadette) Nutter; sisters, Antoinette Liscomb, Ayanna Nutter, and Christina Taylor; brother James R. Nutter; aunts, Oretha Jackson,...
Evelyn J. (Anderson) Ragland
Sep 1, 2015
Evelyn Juanita Ragland, age 85, of Columbus went home on September 1st, 2015. Born June 20, 1930 in Zanesville, Ohio to the late Lucy and Raymond Anderson. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Evelyn retired from the Columbus School of Retardation (23 years) and also retired from ATT (20 years). She loved fishing, hunting, working in...
Priscilla A. 'Sissy' Smith
Aug 31, 2015
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Corine 'Cora' (Cross) Crenshaw
Aug 28, 2015
Corine Crenshaw (nee Cross) was born January 25, 1934 to Genie Cross and Eula Morrison Cross in Greenville, Alabama. She departed this earthly life on August 28, 2015 while at The Mount Carmel Hospital East in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to her parents, Corine was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Crenshaw, son Willie Joe, daughter Brenda Tucker,...
Charlotte E. Easterly
Aug 27, 2015
Charlotte Elaine Easterly was born to Dorothy Easterly and J.T. Corbett on May 20, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio. She departed this life suddenly at home on August 27, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Preceded in death by mother and father, who died tragically in a n automobile accident involving an oil tanker in 1949 in Toledo, Ohio. Charlotte was then...
Mark Edward Wright
Aug 27, 2015
Mark E. Wright, age 59, went home to the Lord Thursday, August 27, 2015 at his residence. Formerly of Toledo, OH, he had been a resident of Columbus for more than 30 years. He leaves to cherish his memory his daughter, Casandra (Lawrence) Smirth; brothers, William, Isaiah Jack, and Isaac Ray (Michelle) Wright, granddaughters, Makayla and Aniya, and many...
Arthur Broomfield Sr
Aug 25, 2015
Arthur F. “Bill, Slim, Broomy” Broomfield, Sr., 98, was born on April 29, 1917 in Guthrie, Oklahoma to John and Clemmie Broomfield. Arthur obeyed the gospel of Christ becoming a life-long member of Church of Christ. In 1942 at age 25, he enlisted in the United States Army/AirCorp, a segregated military station in Tuskegee Alabama. He met and married...
Dr. Kafondi Okwumabua
Aug 23, 2015
Dr. Kafondi Okwumabua was born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Ogana Okwumabua of the Ogbe-Utu Village, Issele-Uku in the Delta State of Nigeria. After completing his high school education, he came to the United States of America to further his studies. He attended Illinois State University. Dr. Okwumabua practiced as a clinicial psychologist in several mental health hospitals...
Dora Irene Duckett
Aug 22, 2015
Dora Irene Wilson Duckett, of Columbus, Ohio passed away on August 22, 2015. She was born October 14, 1925 on the Rea Farm in Madison County, Ohio. Daughter of Pearl Donald Wilson and Melisa Hutchinson Wilson. Next to youngest of thirteen children. Dora was married to Joe Cecil Duckett for eight years. Joe Duckett died in an automobile accident...
Elaine Russell (Bradley) Stewart
Aug 22, 2015
Elaine R. (Bradley) Stewart, 92, was born on April 10, 1923 in Paris Kentucky to the late Clarence and Ernestine Warfield. She departed this life peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital. Elaine attended Columbus Public School and graduated from East High School. Elaine loved to cook. She would collect different recipes that she shared...
Ssgt. Thomas Usaf (Retired) Stewart
Aug 18, 2015
Thomas Edward Stewart, Jr. was born February 26, 1930 to Georgia Perline Stewart (nee Allen) and Thomas Stewart, Sr. in Hansford, West Virginia. At the rank of Staff Sergeant, he retired from the United States Air Force after completing over 20 years of honorable, active duty service to his country. On August 18, 2015, Thomas Edward Stewart was called...
Tony Lamont Northern
Aug 18, 2015
Tony Lamont Northern, age 60, passed away August 18, 2015. He was born February 20, 1955, in Baltimore, MD, where he attended Walbrook High School. A resident of Columbus since 1979, Tony served as a youth leader at Franklin County Children Services from 1985 through 1988, and as Chaplain for the Ohio Department of Youth Services, Riverview Juvenile Correctional...
James Rhynehardt Sr
Aug 17, 2015
James Edward Rhynehardt, Sr., age 81, born January 2, 1934 in Forsyth County, NC, passed away August 17, 2015 in Columbus, OH, where he had been a resident since 1959. For 45+ years, he was employed as a truck driver with the Schottenstein Corporation/Value City Furniture. James (known as Jim) was one of the first employees hired by Jerome...
Allen Neil
Aug 16, 2015
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Patria Sharee Lipson
Aug 16, 2015
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Henry Howard Hale
Aug 15, 2015
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.” Psalms 37:23 Henry Howard Hale, was a good man. Born as the fourth oldest of ten children to Ethel and Frank Hale on August 24, 1923 in Jenkinjones, West Virginia, he completed his earthly journey on August 15, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio....
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