Mary Bell Williams
January 3, 2021
Mary B. Williams was born June 6, 1943 in Independence, Missouri to Seymour and Iona Pearley. Mary was the second child of three children that were born to this union.
As a young girl, Mary participated in the Girls Scouts of America and reached the highest level of Senior. In high school she was a member of...
Phyliss Morrison
January 2, 2021
Phyliss Marie Morrison was born September 9, 1944 in LaCygne, Kansas, the 3rd child of Alice Marie and Willie Dixon. She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Larry Morrison; her brothers, William and Aaron Dixon; and her sisters, Helen Anderson and Shirley Lee.
Phyliss received her education in the Kansas City, KS school...
Jackie Luster
January 1, 2021
Jackie Lee Luster was born November 2, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri to Edward T. Luster Sr. and Jewell Luster, who both proceeded him in death. He was also proceeded in death by his two older brothers, Edward T. Luster Jr. and Robert A. Luster.
Jackie L. Luster attended the Kansas City School District where he completed...
Elease Freeman-Denton
December 31, 2020
Elease Freeman-Denton, departed her life on Thursday December 31st, 2020. Elease was born to Willie & Maude Dunson on June 6th, 1936, in Franklin, GA. Elease was preceded in death by both parents Willie and Maude Dunson; brothers, Bennie Dunson, Love Joy Dunson, Joe Dunson; sisters, Princie Lee Daniel, Emma Lewis, Myrtle Turley; daughters Brenda Kirk and Shelia Sorrells;...
Cassandra Saulsberry
December 31, 2020
Cassandra Marie Saulsberry (Hill) known as Cassie to those who loved her, was born on January 13, 1971 in Kansas City, Kansas to Samuel and Georgia Givan. Cassandra passed into eternal rest to be at peace with the Lord on December 31, 2020. As a child, she was raised in church where she was baptized and accepted Christ as...
Yvonne Brown
December 31, 2020
At age 15, when Yvonne Brown attended Central High School, there only were 13 Back students. It was 1958 and having moved from small rural community in Oklahoma where she said blacks and Whites went to school together, worked in the fields chopping and picking cotton together, and essentially got along with one another, Kansas City was her first...
Melvin Greene
December 29, 2020
Melvin Eugene Greene, born on November 12, 1947 to Merle Otis Greene Sr. and Julia Anne Greene in Kansas City, Mo. Melvin gained his heavenly wings on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020.
He was proceeded in death by both parents Merle O. Greene Sr. and Julia A. Greene.
Life Reflections
In high school, Melvin...
Adrian Wright
December 29, 2020
Adrian Cecile Wright, affectionately known as “Agie”, peacefully departed this earth, December 29,2020 in her home, surrounded by loved ones.
Adrian was born, October 2, 1955 in Kansas City, Mo to the union of Will & Evelyn Wright, jr. She grew up in Kansas City, Mo. attending school in the Kansas City, Missouri school system, and would...
Joseph Edward Cravens
December 29, 2020
Joseph Edward Cravens, 51, was born on August 18, 1969 to Melvin Lee Cravens, Sr., and Florence Graves in Kansas City, Missouri.
Joseph was a lifelong area resident in Kansas City, and was a student in the Kansas City Missouri Public School District, graduating from Southwest High School.
Joseph departed this life on Tuesday, December...
Derrick Thompson
December 28, 2020
Derrick R. Thompson D-man,57, passed away on December 28, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kcmo. He was born on April 17, 1963 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Willard Thompson and Allie Mae Ray. He grew up in Muskogee, OK and Kansas City. Derrick attended Southeast High School, and he graduated from Van Horn High School in Independence MO in...
Estelle Shockley
December 27, 2020
Estelle M. Shockley, 73, departed this life on December 27, 2020 at Saint Luke’s Medical Center, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on April 17, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri to Earl Davis and Mildred Kimble Davis.
She grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Manual High School. Later, she began working for Topsy’s International...
Rosie Johnson
December 27, 2020
Rosie (Clay) Johnson, age 69, passed away on December 27, 2020. She was born on March 13, 1951 to Jimmie Clay and Maebelle (Young) Clay. She attended Lincoln High School, class of 1969.
After high school, Rosie worked various jobs in the KC area.
She married Larry Johnson in 1978. They later moved to Albuquerque,...
Darlene Mccombs-Graham
December 26, 2020
Mrs. Darlene McCombs-Graham was born January 1, 1956, to the union of Rev. John L., Sr. and Earther L. McCombs in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She went home to be with the Lord on Saturday December 26, 2020 after a very, very short illness. She is preceded in death by her father, Rev. John L. McCombs, Sr.
Darlene...
Ethel Tanner
December 26, 2020
Ethel N. Tanner, the matriarch of the Joseph Tanner Sr. family, was born February 29, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the union of George and Ethel Jackson. She was the eldest of nine children. Ethel was proceeded in death by her parents, husband, 5 siblings: Fannie Jackson, Delores Jackson, Elouise Keelen, Ora L. Jackson & Margaret Wyatt; daughter,...
Rita Dysart
December 25, 2020
Rita Marie Dysart was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. She transitioned to life after death on December 25, 2020, while staying in a rehabilitation center near her home in Fort Worth, Texas.
In 1972, she graduated from the Kansas City Missouri Regional Police Training Academy, and became the first female patrol officer to work in...
Patricia Brown
December 25, 2020
Early on December 25, 2020, Patricia Ann Johnson Brown quietly slipped into the arms of God after acknowledging, "Today is Christmas Day. It's Jesus' Birthday!" Patricia Ann Johnson was born September 28,1955 at home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, delivered by a midwife. She was the fifth of five children delivered to lra and Estella Johnson. Her childhood was spent attending...
Jacqueline Mayhue
December 24, 2020
Jacqueline Gail Mayhue, 66, departed this life on December 24, 2020 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on November 14, 1954 in Los Angeles, California to James Francis Gilbert and Shirley Jo Gilbert.
She grew up in Bell Garden, California.
She began working for Laboratory Corp of America as a...
Angela Madge
December 24, 2020
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Rickey Brown
December 23, 2020
Rickey Allen Brown Sr., affectionately known as “Rickey Boo” by his friends and family. Rickey was born September 26, 1952 in Fort Scott, KS to Kenneth Brown and Helen Jones Brown, who both preceded him in death. Rickey was the second oldest of seven children. Rickey attended elementary and high-school in the Kansas City, MO area. After high-school Rickey...