Obituaries

Aug 12, 2019

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." Mahatma Gandhi. On Sunday August 11, 2019, our Rachel went to sleep.

Rachel Marjanivi Johnson, our beautiful daughter, niece, sister, cousin, friend has left us heartbroken and bewildered. She died peacefully in her sleep sometime between Sunday...

Aug 9, 2019

Juanita Davis Walker, 81 of Charlotte, passed away on August 9, 2019 at Atrium Health.  She was born January 5, 1938.  She was the daughter of the late Plummer and Mary Davis.  Juanita married to the late Norwood Walker.

Juanita was educated at West Charlotte High School.  She worshiped at Nazareth Outreach Baptist Church under the leadership...

Aug 9, 2019

Sharlotte A. Fisher, 62 of Mooresville passed away on August 9, 2019 at Crown Colony Assistance Living, Mooresville.

Aug 9, 2019

Nina Danielle Smith, 38 affectionately called "Diva Baby" by family and friends, was born January 14, 1981 in New York, New York, daughter of Sadie Smith and Frank F. Smith.  She passed away to life eternal on Thursday, August 9, 2019, at Union County Hospice in Monroe, NC.

Nina was educated in the public school system of...

Aug 8, 2019

Sister Yvonne M. Leake was born on August 1, 1939 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Charlie Furnia and Beulah Mcllwain and departed this life on August 8, 2019.

Yvonne loved her family foremost and desired for all of them to lead successful lives-no sacrifice was ever too great to make for her family.  She believed in the...

Aug 7, 2019

Mr. Chappelle Morris Smalls, II, 77 of Charlotte, passed away on August 7, 2019 at Novant Health-Presbyterian.

Aug 3, 2019

On July 17, 1939, God blew the breath of life into the earthly temple of Earl Henry Thompson, a gift from God to Lumas Thompson and Lillie Mae Harris Thompson of Raleigh, North Carolina.  On Saturday, August 3, 2019 God called His servant back to Himself.

Earl was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina and was educated in...

Aug 3, 2019

Jennifer was born on November 8, 1977 in Daytona Beach, Florida to Judy and Leron Howard. She peacefully fell asleep in death on Saturday August 3, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Wilcox Akadakpo; parents, Judy Howard of Palm Coast, Florida and Leron Howard of Atlanta, Georgia; siblings, Leron Howard II of Lynchburg, Virginia, Pamela E. Howard of...

Aug 1, 2019

Mr. Odell Neal, of Charlotte, was born on April 16, 1921 in Mecklenburg County to the late Alonza and Ellie Weathers Neal.  He received his wings on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the W.G. Heffner VA Medical Center Hospice and Palliative Care Unit in Salisbury, NC.  He was 98 years old.

Odell was reared on a farm...

Jul 31, 2019

Lorraine Burt, 60 of Charlotte, passed away on July 31, 2019 at Charlotte Health & Rehab.

Jul 30, 2019

Howard L. Allen, 65 of Charlotte, passed away on July 30, 2019 at Levine & Dickson, Huntersville. He was born to the late Minnie Lee Allen Jefferson and Mr. Hazel Jefferson on April 12, 1954.

Howard Lewis Allen also known to many as "Al", "Wood", and "New York" names in which he answered to with dignity and...

Jul 26, 2019

Charles Freeman, 66 of Charlotte,passed away on July 26, 2019 at Hunterswood Nursing Home. Mr. Charles Berry Freeman, son of the late Timothy Freeman, Sr. and Nola Brown Freeman, was born April 18, 1953 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He entered into the presence of his Lord & Savior on Friday, July 26, 2019.

Charles, often known...

Jul 25, 2019

Sean Anthony Miller, 52 of Charlotte, passed away on July 25, 2019 at CMC-Main.

Jul 25, 2019

Miss Clearisa Elizabeth Black, 60 of Charlotte, passed away on July 25, 2019 at Levine & Dickson-Aldersgate.  She was affectionately know as Cat, was born on June 29, 1959 to the late Paul Alvin Black, Sr. and Kay Watts Benson.

Miss Black attended Independence High School in Charlotte, NC.  She was a faithful and valued employee of...

Jul 25, 2019

Horace Douglas Boyd, 59 of Charlotte, passed away on July 25, 2019 at Levine & Dickson-Aldersgate.  He was born July 13, 1960 in Gaston County, son of Fannie Mae Tate and John Boyd.

Horace was educated through the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System including West Mecklenburg High School.  He was manifested through his hard working and family oriented...

Jul 24, 2019

Melomie P. Fisher, 62 of Charlotte, passed away on July 24, 2019 at her residence.

She was born August 26, 1956 in Charlotte, NC, the daughter of Robert Jamison Oliphant and Mary Elizabeth Ferguson.  Melomie attended Charlotte-Mecklenburg School and was a certified CNA worker, employed with Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital, Avant'e Nursing and also served as a bus...

Jul 23, 2019

Mrs. Clara "Nanee"Glenn, 72 of Charlotte, passed away on July 23, 2019 at Novant Health.  She was born December 31, 1946 to the late Fred D. and Ellen Sue Gregory Adams in Mount Holly, NC.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her son, the late Byron Glenn.

Clara attended New Providence Baptist Church, Mount...

Jul 23, 2019

Luvenia Caldwell, 90 of Charlotte, passed away on July 23, 2019 at her residence.  She was born on September 20, 1928 in Mecklenburg County to the late Tine Caldwell and Roxie Wallace.

Luvenia was educated in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System.  Early in life she moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she met and married Alfonzo Falkner.

Jul 22, 2019

Lester Taylor, Jr., eldest son of Lester Sr. and Ida Mae (Pempleton) Taylor, passed away at age 90 only July 22, 2019.

Lester was born on November 6, 1928 in Lugoff, SC. He served in the United States Airforce where he was trained as a mechanic and developed a passion for gadgets and tinkering. He also liked...

Jul 21, 2019

On Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center our loved one was called to his heavenly home. William Lewis Watson, Sr., was born Thursday, May 25, 1950 to the late Eugene Watson and Cleo W. Pulley.  He was reared by his grandmother, Emma Lou Bazemore.

William accepted Christ as a young adult and served...