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Walter Greer

Walter Greer

Jan 30, 2015

Walter Ralph Greer was born in Center, Texas on Christmas day, December 25, 1950, to his parents, Walter C. Greer, and Shirley Mae Marshal Greer. Walter was raised surrounded by his sisters, Ina and Wanda. While in school, he played the clarinet. Walter accepted Christ at an early age and loved the Lord with all of his heart. Walter obtained...

Charmaine Oliver

Charmaine Oliver

Jan 30, 2015

Charmaine "Renee" Oliver, was born in Shreveport, LA at Barksdale AFB, on December 26, 1955, she was the first born of six children to Jessie Oliver and the late Dorothy M. Williams Oliver. Renee lived in Seville and Madrid Spain, Philadelphia, PA., Oxon Hill, MD., and eventually settled in Denver, CO. In 1974, she graduated from Oxon Hill Senior High...

George Tucker

George Tucker

Jan 27, 2015

George Henry Tucker was born on April 11, 1942, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to his parents, David Tucker and Elizabeth Bowie Tucker. He was the sixth child of seventeen children born in the family. As a child, he loved fishing, hunting and working on cars. He received his formal education in Oklahoma where he attended the Lonewolf High School. On April...

Thomascene Lee

Thomascene Lee

Jan 27, 2015

The life of Thomascene C. Lee began when she blessed her parents, Reverend Lester Crowe and Josie Hart Crowe with her birth on March 7, 1949, in Hobbs, New Mexico. She was the sixth child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Robert, Willie and her sisters, Eloise, Mae, Jacquelyn and Corlis. As a child, she...

Dr. Gipson, Sr.

Dr. Gipson, Sr.

Jan 26, 2015

Dr. Bernard F. Gipson Sr. a devoted husband and father, grandfather and great-grandfather—and also Colorado's first board-certified African American Surgeon—began his life's journey on Sept. 28, 1921, in Bivins, Texas. He was the son of John Tom Gipson and Alberta Rambo Gipson, who were married on July 10, 1915. This was the second marriage for John Tom Gipson, who was...

James Peden

James Peden

Jan 23, 2015

James Thomas Peden was born on March 5, 1937, in Ivor, Virginia to his parents, James Thomas Peden, Sr. and Nettie Virginia Wells Peden. He was the sixth child born in the family. He was raised surrounded by his brother, James Winston and his sisters, Florence, Catherine, Diane, Janey, Lavern, JoAnn, Margaret, Harriet and Ruth. He shared a special closeness...

Ronald Gill

Ronald Gill

Jan 22, 2015

Ronald Lynn Gill was born to the late William Gill and Alice Atkinson Gill on April 30, 1957 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Ronald was the youngest of 4 children and a twin. After graduating from William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Ronald attended Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado. He received an associate degree...

Charlie Fowler, Jr.

Charlie Fowler, Jr.

Jan 22, 2015

Charlie Fowler, Jr. was born on April 23, 1930, in Van, Arkansas to his parents, Charlie Fowler, Sr. and Eva Elma Butler Fowler. He was the first born in the family. As a child, he enjoyed walking around the family farm, hunting, fishing, playing baseball and helping out with his younger siblings. Charlie received his formal education in Arkansas. He...

Dolores Wooding

Dolores Wooding

Jan 21, 2015

Dolores Mary Wooding was born on November 5, 1935, in Rancho de Taos, New Mexico to her parents, Eliud Martinez and Rumalda Trujillo. She was the third child born in the family. She received her formal education in New Mexico. She started working in the veggie fields when she was young. She was extremely close to her grandmother, Josephine and...

Da'Vounte Hudgens

Da'Vounte Hudgens

Jan 20, 2015

Davounte' Charles Hudgens left heaven on August 5, 1995 and was delivered to his loving mom, Lakeysha Waddy and proud Dad Darnell LaMont Hudgens, Sr. in Denver, Colorado. Then on January 20, 2015, Our Creator and Father God dispatched angels to Denver, Colorado, to transport Davounte' back to His warm embrace. And while we lament what we consider his too...

Michael Rowland

Michael Rowland

Jan 19, 2015

Michael Caine Rowland was born on September 29, 1964, in Indianapolis, Indiana to his parents, Shirlie Rowland and Carolyn D. Smith Rowland. He was the fifth child born in the family. He was raised surrounded by his brother, Anthony and his sisters, Denice, LaDonna, Tanya and Shuanita. He received his formal education in Indiana, where he attended the Indianapolis Public...

Eddie Streety

Eddie Streety

Jan 16, 2015

Eddie Streety was born on February 16, 1917 as the fourth child to Freeman Streety Sr and Caley Pinkey Cannin. Eddie grew up in Montgomery, Alabama with his siblings Freeman Jr (decsd.), Ruby Washington (decsd.), and Marie Cabbil. Eddie served as a member of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, where he and his first wife Ellen Manzy (decsd) worshiped for...

Tre'Vaughn Guillory-Williams

Tre'Vaughn Guillory-Williams

Jan 16, 2015

Tre'Vaughn Marquis Guillory-Williams, or Tre' as he was affectionately known, was born on February 17, 1993 to LaQuana Guillory and Henry Jones, Jr. in Denver, Colorado. LaQuana later married William "Red" Williams. Together they raised Tre'Vaughn in a loving Christian home along with his brother, De'Tuan, and sister, De'Janae'. Tre'Vaughn grew up in True Light Baptist Church where he received...

Betti Coleman

Betti Coleman

Jan 14, 2015

Betti Coleman was born on December 22, 1928, in Nuremberg, Germany to Johann Haunfelder and Marie Huber Haunfelder. She was the second child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Ernest, Gunter and her sisters, Kathie, Erika, Johanna and Rosi. While growing up, she was hard working and didn't mind helping her family. She was a...

Milton Dixon, Jr.

Milton Dixon, Jr.

Jan 12, 2015

Milton Clyde Dixon Jr. born August 12, 1947 entered this world through his lovely mother Mary Alice Crum and Milton Clyde Dixon Sr. Later in his life his mother married Leon Charles Paris whom became yet another father in his life who showed him Milton "The light of Love" through loving the lord. Milton kept that glow wherever he went...

George Smith, Jr.

George Smith, Jr.

Jan 9, 2015

An obituary is not available at this time for George Authur Smith, Jr.. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Duane Smith

Duane Smith

Jan 8, 2015

Those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one's gone; those we love can never be more than a thought apart; for as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart. Duane Elbert Smith was born on June 6, 1963, in Topeka, Kansas to his parents,...

Deacon Cannon

Deacon Cannon

Jan 8, 2015

Idella Louvenia Cannon was the third child of Elder Frank Price and Idella Woods Price, born in Pueblo, Colorado and raised in Topeka, Kansas, where she was educated through the Topeka public school systems. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and spent the rest of her life serving God with boldness. Louvenia met and...

John Shoeboot

John Shoeboot

Jan 7, 2015

John Dawson Shoeboot was born on May 6, 1961, in Denver, Colorado to his parents, Dr. Haskel James Shoeboot and Maxine Jeanette Thomas. He was the fifth child born in the family. He received his formal education in Denver where he graduated from Manual High School in 1979. He furthered his education by attending Metro State College on the Auraria...

Evelyn Meadows

Evelyn Meadows

Jan 4, 2015

Evelyn Anita Meadows was born on July 1, 1931, in Oakley, Kansas to her parents, Juanita Vera Howard and Lloyd Wellington. She was the first born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brother, Charles and her sisters, Darlene and Barbara. She received her formal education in Denver and graduated from Manual High School. In August of 1950,...

Walter Greer

Walter Greer

Jan 30, 2015

Walter Ralph Greer was born in Center, Texas on Christmas day, December 25, 1950, to his parents, Walter C. Greer, and Shirley Mae Marshal Greer. Walter was raised surrounded by his sisters, Ina and Wanda. While in school, he played the clarinet. Walter accepted Christ at an early age and loved the Lord with all of his heart. Walter obtained...

Charmaine Oliver

Charmaine Oliver

Jan 30, 2015

Charmaine "Renee" Oliver, was born in Shreveport, LA at Barksdale AFB, on December 26, 1955, she was the first born of six children to Jessie Oliver and the late Dorothy M. Williams Oliver. Renee lived in Seville and Madrid Spain, Philadelphia, PA., Oxon Hill, MD., and eventually settled in Denver, CO. In 1974, she graduated from Oxon Hill Senior High...

George Tucker

George Tucker

Jan 27, 2015

George Henry Tucker was born on April 11, 1942, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to his parents, David Tucker and Elizabeth Bowie Tucker. He was the sixth child of seventeen children born in the family. As a child, he loved fishing, hunting and working on cars. He received his formal education in Oklahoma where he attended the Lonewolf High School. On April...

Thomascene Lee

Thomascene Lee

Jan 27, 2015

The life of Thomascene C. Lee began when she blessed her parents, Reverend Lester Crowe and Josie Hart Crowe with her birth on March 7, 1949, in Hobbs, New Mexico. She was the sixth child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Robert, Willie and her sisters, Eloise, Mae, Jacquelyn and Corlis. As a child, she...

Dr. Gipson, Sr.

Dr. Gipson, Sr.

Jan 26, 2015

Dr. Bernard F. Gipson Sr. a devoted husband and father, grandfather and great-grandfather—and also Colorado's first board-certified African American Surgeon—began his life's journey on Sept. 28, 1921, in Bivins, Texas. He was the son of John Tom Gipson and Alberta Rambo Gipson, who were married on July 10, 1915. This was the second marriage for John Tom Gipson, who was...

James Peden

James Peden

Jan 23, 2015

James Thomas Peden was born on March 5, 1937, in Ivor, Virginia to his parents, James Thomas Peden, Sr. and Nettie Virginia Wells Peden. He was the sixth child born in the family. He was raised surrounded by his brother, James Winston and his sisters, Florence, Catherine, Diane, Janey, Lavern, JoAnn, Margaret, Harriet and Ruth. He shared a special closeness...

Ronald Gill

Ronald Gill

Jan 22, 2015

Ronald Lynn Gill was born to the late William Gill and Alice Atkinson Gill on April 30, 1957 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Ronald was the youngest of 4 children and a twin. After graduating from William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Ronald attended Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado. He received an associate degree...

Charlie Fowler, Jr.

Charlie Fowler, Jr.

Jan 22, 2015

Charlie Fowler, Jr. was born on April 23, 1930, in Van, Arkansas to his parents, Charlie Fowler, Sr. and Eva Elma Butler Fowler. He was the first born in the family. As a child, he enjoyed walking around the family farm, hunting, fishing, playing baseball and helping out with his younger siblings. Charlie received his formal education in Arkansas. He...

Dolores Wooding

Dolores Wooding

Jan 21, 2015

Dolores Mary Wooding was born on November 5, 1935, in Rancho de Taos, New Mexico to her parents, Eliud Martinez and Rumalda Trujillo. She was the third child born in the family. She received her formal education in New Mexico. She started working in the veggie fields when she was young. She was extremely close to her grandmother, Josephine and...

Da'Vounte Hudgens

Da'Vounte Hudgens

Jan 20, 2015

Davounte' Charles Hudgens left heaven on August 5, 1995 and was delivered to his loving mom, Lakeysha Waddy and proud Dad Darnell LaMont Hudgens, Sr. in Denver, Colorado. Then on January 20, 2015, Our Creator and Father God dispatched angels to Denver, Colorado, to transport Davounte' back to His warm embrace. And while we lament what we consider his too...

Michael Rowland

Michael Rowland

Jan 19, 2015

Michael Caine Rowland was born on September 29, 1964, in Indianapolis, Indiana to his parents, Shirlie Rowland and Carolyn D. Smith Rowland. He was the fifth child born in the family. He was raised surrounded by his brother, Anthony and his sisters, Denice, LaDonna, Tanya and Shuanita. He received his formal education in Indiana, where he attended the Indianapolis Public...

Eddie Streety

Eddie Streety

Jan 16, 2015

Eddie Streety was born on February 16, 1917 as the fourth child to Freeman Streety Sr and Caley Pinkey Cannin. Eddie grew up in Montgomery, Alabama with his siblings Freeman Jr (decsd.), Ruby Washington (decsd.), and Marie Cabbil. Eddie served as a member of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, where he and his first wife Ellen Manzy (decsd) worshiped for...

Tre'Vaughn Guillory-Williams

Tre'Vaughn Guillory-Williams

Jan 16, 2015

Tre'Vaughn Marquis Guillory-Williams, or Tre' as he was affectionately known, was born on February 17, 1993 to LaQuana Guillory and Henry Jones, Jr. in Denver, Colorado. LaQuana later married William "Red" Williams. Together they raised Tre'Vaughn in a loving Christian home along with his brother, De'Tuan, and sister, De'Janae'. Tre'Vaughn grew up in True Light Baptist Church where he received...

Betti Coleman

Betti Coleman

Jan 14, 2015

Betti Coleman was born on December 22, 1928, in Nuremberg, Germany to Johann Haunfelder and Marie Huber Haunfelder. She was the second child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Ernest, Gunter and her sisters, Kathie, Erika, Johanna and Rosi. While growing up, she was hard working and didn't mind helping her family. She was a...

Milton Dixon, Jr.

Milton Dixon, Jr.

Jan 12, 2015

Milton Clyde Dixon Jr. born August 12, 1947 entered this world through his lovely mother Mary Alice Crum and Milton Clyde Dixon Sr. Later in his life his mother married Leon Charles Paris whom became yet another father in his life who showed him Milton "The light of Love" through loving the lord. Milton kept that glow wherever he went...

George Smith, Jr.

George Smith, Jr.

Jan 9, 2015

An obituary is not available at this time for George Authur Smith, Jr.. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Duane Smith

Duane Smith

Jan 8, 2015

Those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one's gone; those we love can never be more than a thought apart; for as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart. Duane Elbert Smith was born on June 6, 1963, in Topeka, Kansas to his parents,...

Deacon Cannon

Deacon Cannon

Jan 8, 2015

Idella Louvenia Cannon was the third child of Elder Frank Price and Idella Woods Price, born in Pueblo, Colorado and raised in Topeka, Kansas, where she was educated through the Topeka public school systems. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and spent the rest of her life serving God with boldness. Louvenia met and...

John Shoeboot

John Shoeboot

Jan 7, 2015

John Dawson Shoeboot was born on May 6, 1961, in Denver, Colorado to his parents, Dr. Haskel James Shoeboot and Maxine Jeanette Thomas. He was the fifth child born in the family. He received his formal education in Denver where he graduated from Manual High School in 1979. He furthered his education by attending Metro State College on the Auraria...

Evelyn Meadows

Evelyn Meadows

Jan 4, 2015

Evelyn Anita Meadows was born on July 1, 1931, in Oakley, Kansas to her parents, Juanita Vera Howard and Lloyd Wellington. She was the first born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brother, Charles and her sisters, Darlene and Barbara. She received her formal education in Denver and graduated from Manual High School. In August of 1950,...

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