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Donnie Lashone Rowe

Donnie Lashone Rowe

Jan 13, 2025

Ms. Donnie Lashone Rowe passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025. Age 58 years

Willie Rodgers

Willie Rodgers

Jan 13, 2025

Mr. Willie Rodgers passed away on Monday, January 13, 2024, at Hoyt Nursing and Rehab Center, in Saginaw, Michigan. Age 84 years.

TaShyla A. Dear (Lansing)

TaShyla A. Dear (Lansing)

Jan 11, 2025

Ms. TaShyla A. Dear passed away Saturday, January 11, 2025, at her residence in Lansing, Michigan. Age 45 years.

Darren Craig Musolff (Grand Ledge)

Darren Craig Musolff (Grand Ledge)

Jan 10, 2025

Mr. Darren Musolff passed away Friday, January 10, 2025. Age 61 years.

Willie "Gumdrop" James

Willie "Gumdrop" James

Jan 9, 2025

Mrs. Willie James passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025. Age 75 years.

Earnest Atkins (Lansing)

Earnest Atkins (Lansing)

Jan 9, 2025

Mr. Earnest Atkins passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025. Age 75 years.

Joe Edward Smith

Joe Edward Smith

Jan 8, 2025

Mr. Joe Edward Smith passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Saginaw, Michigan. Age 30 years.

Larry D. Toney

Larry D. Toney

Jan 8, 2025

Oh Lord you have searched me and known me, you know when I sit down and when I rise up you discern my thoughts from afar; 

Psalms 139:1-2 

Our beloved Larry D. Toney "L Toney" danced his way into Heaven's gates on January 8, 2025, at 41. Larry was born on May 10th, 1983, to Manison Toney Sr. and Teresa Yrlas on...

Earl T. Nicholson Sr. (Lansing)

Earl T. Nicholson Sr. (Lansing)

Jan 8, 2025

Earl Tucker Nicholson, born on August 28, 1932, in Columbia, Tennessee, entered this world on a sharecropper farm as the seventh of nine children to Granville and Ardena Nicholson.  

He attended and graduated from Carver Smith High School in Maury County at the age of 18. Shortly thereafter, Earl was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving honorably for 23½ months...

Stanley S. Roper (Lansing)

Stanley S. Roper (Lansing)

Jan 4, 2025

Mr. Stanley S. Roper passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025, at his residence in Lansing, Michigan. Age 41 years.

Dawarn Lamar Moncrief "Sire"

Dawarn Lamar Moncrief "Sire"

Jan 4, 2025

Mr. Dawarn Lamar Moncrief “Sire” passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. Dawarn was born December 19, 1976, in Saginaw, Michigan. He was the only child of the late Larry Gene Moncrief and Wanda Dolores Givan. He was raised by his late grandparents Wallace and Annie Anderson. 

Dawarn received the nickname "Sire" from his cousin Tamekia as a...

Rose Etta Carter (Lansing)

Rose Etta Carter (Lansing)

Jan 4, 2025

Mrs. Rose Etta Carter departed this life and entered eternal rest on Saturday, January 4, 2025, in Lansing, Michigan at the age of 96 years old. She was born Friday, August 10, 1928, to the late Annie Mae and Willie Powe, in Camden Alabama. 

In 1968, she moved to Lansing, Michigan. In 1971, she joined and became a faithful member of...

Daniel Adieu Alastair Ishmel

Daniel Adieu Alastair Ishmel

Jan 1, 2025

Daniel Adieu Alastair Ishmel arrived on the scene in Lansing, Michigan, on November 14, 1980, brought into the world by James Robert Ishmel Sr. and Maggie Lee Ishmel. While his exact birth weight remains a mystery, we do know that by the tender age of two months, he tipped the scales at a whopping 17 pounds – a fact his daughter...

Pastor Mae Joyce Redfearn

Pastor Mae Joyce Redfearn

Jan 1, 2025

Reverend Mae Joyce Redfearn, age 62, of Saginaw, Michigan, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2025, surrounded by family and listening to her favorite gospel playlist. Mae Joyce was born in Saginaw, Michigan to George and Grace (Alexander) Braddock Jr. on May 19, 1962. From birth her love and faithfulness in God was seeded and cultivated by her family. 

Mae Joyce...

Roy Lee Jones (Lansing)

Roy Lee Jones (Lansing)

Dec 31, 2024

Mr. roy Lee Jones passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at his residence in Lansing, Michigan. Age 68 years.

Eleaszer Buyck Sr. (Lansing)

Eleaszer Buyck Sr. (Lansing)

Dec 31, 2024

Mr. Eleaszer Buyck Sr. returned to his Lord, Most High, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Age 92 years. Eleaszer “Dede” was born April 3, 1932, in Wetumpka, Alabama. He was the only child born to Lacy and Louise Buyck.

After high school, Eleaszer joined the United States Airforce. In 1952, he wed Annie Farrow and migrated to Lansing, Michigan the next...

Robert D. Davis (Lansing)

Robert D. Davis (Lansing)

Dec 30, 2024

Mr. Robert Darwin Davis passed away Monday, December 30, 2024, at his residence in Owosso, Michigan. Age 70 years.

Roderick Steven Rhodes (Lansing)

Roderick Steven Rhodes (Lansing)

Dec 29, 2024

Mr. Roderick Steven Rhodes passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the University of Michigan Health - Sparrow in Lansing, Michigan. Age 70 years.

David Thomas, Sr.

David Thomas, Sr.

Dec 29, 2024

Mr. David Thomas, Sr. passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024. Age 76 years. David was Born January 6, 1948, in Saginaw, MI, to the late Theodore Daggs Sr. and Mary Lou Thomas. 

David was educated in the Saginaw Public School system and received his high school diploma from St. Joseph High School. David accepted Christ at an early age and continued...

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