Obituaries

Nov 30, 2024

Mr. Carl Quinn passed away Saturday, November 30, 2024. Age 61 years.

Nov 29, 2024

Mr. Joe Edward Green passed away Friday, November 29, 2024, at University of Michigan Health Sparrow Lansing in Lansing, Michigan. Age 78 years.

Nov 29, 2024

Ms. Starr Summerville passed away Friday, November 29, 2024 at University of Michigan Health Sparrow Lansing.

Nov 26, 2024

Mrs. Jennifer May Watson went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at Covenant HealthCare Cooper. Age 62 years.

Nov 25, 2024

Mr. Steven Wilson passed away on Monday, November 25, 2024, in Lansing, Michigan. Age 61 years.

Nov 24, 2024

Nov 23, 2024

Ms. Margaret Ann McKinney passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024, at her residence in Warren, Michigan. Age 72 years. She was born on Wednesday, April 9, 1952, in Burdette, Arkansas, the daughter of Sam L. McKinney and Minnie Zell Orr.

 Margaret spent her early life in Burdette, Arkansas, where she attended Burdette Elementary School. Her family moved to Gary, Indiana in...

Nov 22, 2024

Mrs. Barbara Sirko was born August 28, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of William and Lorma Puckett. Barbara passed away Friday, November 22, 2024, peacefully, at home. Age 76 years. 

She was a proud graduate of Cody High School in Detroit and a dedicated bookkeeper for many years. Family was the heart of her life, and she cherished every moment...

Nov 21, 2024

Ms. Cleo Machelle Baker passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2024, at University of Michigan Health - Sparrow in Lansing, Michigan. Age 48 years

Nov 20, 2024

Ms. Irma Buckner passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Age 86 years.

Nov 19, 2024

Mr. Curtis Ray Adway, a devoted father and beloved member of the community, passed away on November 19, 2024, at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Age of 70 years. He was born August 16, 1954, in Altheimer, Arkansas, to Earvin and Willie B. Adway.

Curtis graduated from Altheimer High School with the esteemed Class of 1972. A...

Nov 18, 2024

Mrs. Betty Croskey passed away Monday, November 18, 2024, at her residence in Lansing, Michigan. Age 83 years.

Nov 18, 2024

Mr. Nathaniel Cole passed away at Covenant Cooper Hospital on Monday, November 18, 2024. Age 94 years. Nathaniel was born August 22, 1930, in Salem, Alabama to Will Cole and Catherin (Goldsmith) Cole.

Nathaniel united in marriage to Allean Mixon in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and later, they relocated to Saginaw, MI in the late 1960s. They enjoyed 68 years of marriage until...

Nov 17, 2024

Mistress QuiNyah LaShontae-Monae Fields "Nyah" passed away Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Helen DeVos Children Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Age 12 years. Nyah was born Saturday, October 20, 2012, in Lansing, Michigan, and she is the daughter of Obsession Fields and Quantrill Fields.

Nyah was a bright light in the lives of all who knew her. With a heart full...

Nov 17, 2024

Janet Gwyn Christian Washington was born June 16, 1960, in Birmingham, Alabama to James Aurelious Christian and Cleola Clark Christian. She was the 7th of 11 children. In 1971, at the age of 10, she moved to Lansing, Michigan, along with her mother and siblings.

Janet accepted Jesus as her personal Savior while in Birmingham. She united with Union Missionary Baptist...

Nov 17, 2024

Mr. DeAndre LaVern Jones "Deacon" passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Age 55 years.

Nov 16, 2024

Ms. Kimberly Kelly passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Age 58 years.

Nov 16, 2024

Mrs. Jennie Mae Shivers passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at Covenant HealthCare Cooper in Saginaw, Michigan, at the blessed age of 94 years. She was born April 24, 1930, in Jacks Creek, Tennessee, to Columbus and Bertie Ross.

Jennie Mae and Charlie Shivers celebrated the rites of matrimony in 1949. He passed away in November of 2000 after 51...

Nov 15, 2024

Mrs. Joyce H. Osborn, age 93, of Dimondale, Michigan passed away peacefully on Friday, November 15, 2024. Joyce was born in Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday, July 21, 1931, to Bradley and Izetta Bolton.

Joyce graduated from Sexton High School in January of 1949.

Joyce will be remembered for her boundless energy. She was an extraordinary mother, grandmother and loyal friend.

She is survived...

Nov 15, 2024

Baby Boy Paris Conway passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024. Age 3 months.