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Emma Ballard Wilson
Mar 9, 2016
Emma Ballard-Wilson-Funeral services were held Saturday March 12, 2016 at 10 am, at the Bethel Church of God in Christ, for Emma Ballard-Wilson, 91, who departed this life on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Valleycare Northside Medical Center. Mrs Ballard-Wilson was born, May 28,1924 in Youngstown, a daughter of Kelly and Willie L. Carter Everett. She was a nutritionist for the...
Leon Taylor
Mar 8, 2016
Leon Taylor-Funeral services were held Saturday March 12, 2016 at 12 noon at the F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home Inc., for Mr. Leon Taylor, 54, who departed this life on March 8, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Mr. Taylor was born January 9, 1962, in Greenwood, Miss., a son of Robert and Charlene Taylor Barrett. He was a U....
Jesse B Kimbrough
Feb 27, 2016
Jesse B. Kimbrough- Funeral services were held today at 12 noon, at F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., for Mr. Jesse B. Kimbrough, 58, Youngstown, who departed this life on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at the University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Kimbrough was born August 19, 1957, to the union of Jaycee C. and Rose Zinnia Armour...
Rhonda Brice
Feb 23, 2016
Rhonda Brice-Funeral service will be 12 noon Monday March 7, 2016, at the F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. for Mrs. Rhonda Brice, 62, Youngstown, who departed this life on Tuesday February 23, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Brice was born June 21,1953, in Pittsburgh, Pa., a daughter of Ronald and Bernice Robinson. She was a homemaker. She leaves...
Dai'Quan Maurice Robinson
Feb 23, 2016
Dai'Quan M. Robinson-Funeral services will be held at 11 am Saturday March 5, 2016, at F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home Inc. for Dai'Quan Maurice Robinson, 2 months, who departed this life on Tuesday February 23, 2016 at Akron's Children Hospital. Dai'Quan was born December 20, 2015 in Youngstown, a son of Burgundy Gooden and David Robinson Jr. He leaves...
Gertrude Sayles
Feb 23, 2016
Gertrude Sayles 71 of Steubenville, Ohio died on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 in Columbus Ohio. She was born on July 6, 1944 to Johnnie Mae and William James Council. Gertrude was a graduate of Steubenville High School. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and friend to all. She was the owner and operator of Guys and Dolls Beauty Salon, and...
Hylan "Jo-Jo" Atkins
Feb 17, 2016
On August 9th, 1945; an event took place that would forever change the world, the birth of Hylan Joseph "Jo-Jo" (Birden) Atkins and the dropping of the second atom bomb on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting in Japan's unconditional surrender. Jo-Jo being born on that remarkable day added a vibrant mark on the world. He was born...
Leroy Saxton
Feb 17, 2016
Leroy Saxton was born on October 7, 1925 to the union of the late Leroy and Lucille (Collins) Saxton. He was born in Denmark, South Carolina. He was reared in Denmark and attended the schools there. Around the age of eighteen he relocated to the Ohio Valley Area. He soon met and married his first wife Emma Lee Brown. They...
Beatrice Marie Harris
Feb 16, 2016
Beatrice M. Harris- Funeral services will be held on Monday February 22, 2016 at 12 noon, at Rising Star Baptist Church, for Mrs. Beatrice Marie Harris, 77, Youngstown, who departed this life on Tuesday February 16, 2016 in Hospice of the Valley. Beatrice was born May 6, 1938, in Youngstown, a daughter of Jasper and Minnie E. Livas Forte. She...
Mamie Ann Brown Wright
Feb 14, 2016
Mamie A. Brown-Wright-Funeral services will be held Friday March 4, 2016 at 10 am, at The Greater Friendship Baptist Church, for Mrs. Mamie Ann Brown Wright, 45, Youngstown, who passed away on February 14, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Wright was born September 29,1970 in Youngstown, a daughter of Isaac Mitten and Betty Brown Pierce. She was a homemaker, a...
Ana Valentin
Feb 14, 2016
Ana Valentin- Funeral services were today at 10 am, for Mrs. Ana Valentin, 69,Youngstown, at the F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Valentin was born April 17, 1947, in Cayay, Puerto Rico, a daughter of Miguel and Leonard Rosario Martinez. She was a hommaker, a member of the Samaria Evangelical Church, where she served as a trustee and pastor's aide....
Lewis Alexander Clyburn
Feb 12, 2016
Lewis A. Clyburn - Funeral services were held on Tuesday February 23, 2016 at 1 pm at the F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home for Mr. Lewis Alexander Clyburn, 81, Youngstown, who passed away peacefully at home on Friday February 12, 2016. Mr. Clyburn was born December 29, 1934 in Cheraw, South Carolina, a son of Lewis A. and Julianne Sharper...
Leroy Mims Jr.
Feb 8, 2016
Leroy Mims Jr.- Funeral services will be 12 noon Friday February 12, 2016 for Mr. Leroy Mims Jr., 69, Youngstown, who departed this life on Monday February 8, 2016 in Metro Medical Center, Cleveland. Mr. Mims was born January 6, 1947 in Pittsburgh. PA., a son of Leroy Sr. and Mary B. Mullins Mims. He worked for Westinghouse for over...
Sa'Vaughn Lee Jones Sr.
Feb 6, 2016
Sa'Vaughn L. Jones Sr.- Funeral services will be Monday February 15, 2016, at 12 noon at F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home for Mr. Sa'Vaughn Lee Jones Sr., 35, Youngstown, who passed away Saturday February 6, 2016 at his residence. Mr Jones was born July 26, 1980, a son of Austin G. and Vera G. Eaton Jones II. He was...
Michael Allen Hammond Sr.
Jan 30, 2016
Michael A. Hammond Sr.- Funeral services was today Friday February 5, 2016 at 1 pm for Mr. Michael Allen Hammond Sr.,34, Youngstown, who passed away on Saturday January 30, 2016, at his home. He is the son of Juanita Lee Salus of Youngstown and Jeffrey Hammond of Youngstown. Michael "Big Mike" enjoyed spending time with his family. He leaves to...
Esther Elizabeth Luckey Smith
Jan 29, 2016
Esther E. Luckey-Smith-Funeral services will be held Wednesday February 3, 2016 at 11 am at Mt. Zion Baptist Church for Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Luckey Smith, 93, Youngstown, who departed this life on Friday January 29, 2016 in Hospice House. Mrs. Smith was born March 7, 1922, in Youngstown, a daughter of Beauford and Helen Langley Luckey. She was a member...
Betty "Kim" Jakim Gordon
Jan 13, 2016
Betty J. Ellington Gordon- Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday January 23, 2016, at the F. D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home Inc., in Youngstown for Mrs. Betty "Kim" Jakim Ellington Gordon, 54, who departed this life on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at her residence. Mrs. Gordon was born May 7, 1961, in Youngstown, a daughter of Jack...
Lessia Mae Montgomery
Jan 12, 2016
Lessia Mae (Fordham) Montgomery was born on December 2, 1943 in Eastman Georgia to the parentage of the late Mary Fordham Smith and Robert Brown. Aunt Lessia, as she was lovingly called by most, was always available to be a listening ear. She spent a lot of days giving advice, making a bad day better for others and just being...
Helen Baldwin Razor
Jan 8, 2016
Helen Baldwin Razor-Funeral service will be Friday January 15, 2016 at 10 am at New Bethel Baptist Church, for Mrs. Helen Baldwin Razor, 91, Youngstown, who passed away peacfully on Thursday January 8, 2016, at Campus Health Care. Helen was born April 26, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of Willie and Mae Bell Pratt Baldwin. Helen spent her adolescent...
James Alfred "Jackie" Martin
Jan 7, 2016
James A. Martin-A homegoing celebration will be at 12 noon on Wednesday January 13, 2016 at the Tabernacle Baptist Church for James Alfed "Jackie" Martin, 79, who departed this life on Thursday January 7, 2016, with his family by his side. Jackie was born October 10, 1936, in Cleveland, the son of the late David and Claudia Baxter Martin. Jackie attended...
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