Obituaries
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Codis Simmons
May 27, 2023
Codis Simmons was Born to George Simmons Sr. and Willie Mae Harrison on November 11, 1939, in a sleepy little town in Northeast Texas called Roxton, TX.
Codis received his early education in Paris, TX and graduated from Carver High School in Midland, TX. He studied Art and played baseball at Texas Southern University before joining the United States Army...
Camille A. Brown
May 22, 2023
Camille A. Brown (née Baldwin) passed peacefully on May 22, 2023, at the age of 86.
She was born in Milwaukee on December 16, 1936 to John Edward Baldwin and Geneva Williams Baldwin.
Her 34-year career at MPS began with teaching. After earning a Master’s in Secondary Education from Cardinal Stritch College and entering a doctoral program...
Trajanae Creshay Hamblet
May 20, 2023
Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair.
Perhaps you sent a flower piece; If so, we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, that any friend could say.
Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so...
Marilyn Robertson
May 18, 2023
Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair.
Perhaps you sent a flower piece; If so, we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, that any friend could say.
Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so...
Frances Marie Booth
May 12, 2023
Frances Marie Booth was born on December 10, 1933, and one of six children to her father, Pastor John Willie Batty and her mother, Ernestine Gallaway-Batty. Frances accepted Christ at an early age while at her father's church, Zion Traveler's Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, where she learned the word of God and at just 14 years old, she...
David Oliver Cole
May 8, 2023
Reflections of a Life Well Lived
David Oliver Cole
DAVID OLIVER COLE was born to Lee and Adrena Cole on June 25, 1935 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and was the eldest of five children.
At the age of nine, David’s parents moved their family from Louisiana to South Central California to pursue better employment opportunities and provide for their...
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