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Melvin Lorenzo Coles, Sr.

Melvin Lorenzo Coles, Sr.

Jul 11, 2013

On July 11, 2013, our Lord and Savior came to Chaptico, MD to call and claim his child…. Melvin Lorenzo Coles, Sr. was born August 10, 1936 in Washington, DC to the late Ruth and Kenneth Coles. His four brothers Earl (Randy), William (Slob), Maurice, and Robert (Duck), preceded him in death. At an early age, he received Christ and...

Alveda Barbour

Alveda Barbour

Jul 5, 2013

Alveda Oleatha Barbour, age 56 of Fort Lauderdale, FL and later Fort Washington, MD, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 5, 2013. She was born to the late Oleather "Honey" Leonard on August 8, 1956. She would be raised by Ann and Rev. Tommie Nelson. Alveda attended Nova High School, before attending Florida A&M University, where...

Michael Leroy Johnson, Jr.

Michael Leroy Johnson, Jr.

Jul 4, 2013

Johnson, Michael Leroy, Jr. "Boobie" (Age 34) of Waldorf, Maryland. We lost one of our best friends – he was a son, brother, father, uncle and a great friend. His friendship, laughter and outgoing attitude will be missed by many. Boobie was born on December 30, 1978 to Michael Leroy Johnson, Sr., and Cassandra Adele Butler. He was a very...

Ruth Mae Taylor

Ruth Mae Taylor

Jun 30, 2013

Taylor, Ruth Mae Townsend (Age 94) of Waldorf, Maryland. Funeral services for Ruth Taylor will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 2002 Greene Street, Beaufort, South Carolina. Burial will be in the Beaufort National Cemetery under the direction of Thornton Funeral Home, P.A., Indian Head, Maryland and Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals,...

Victoria Lynn Anderson

Victoria Lynn Anderson

Jun 30, 2013

Anderson, Victoria Lynn Woods (age 61) of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. On Sunday June 30, 2013, Victoria Lynn Woods Anderson also known to family and friends as Mama Vickie departed her life at Southern Maryland Hospital. Victoria was born on February 1, 1952. She was the daughter of Oliver and Yvonne (deceased) Randall. She attended Spingarn High School in Washington, DC,...

Jeanette Marie Rogers

Jeanette Marie Rogers

Jun 21, 2013

Rogers, Jeanette Marie Hackerson (Age 66) of Cottage City, Maryland. Jeanette Marie Rogers was born July 5, 1946 in Charles County, Maryland to Georgianna Moore and William Proctor, Jr., who preceded her in death. Jeanette Rogers attended Pomonkey High School in Charles County, Maryland. In preparation for employment in Childrens' Day Care Services, she completed 2 years of General Psychology...

Shemia Cherice Wright

Shemia Cherice Wright

Jun 12, 2013

Shemia Cherice Wright, affectionately known as "Mia," was granted her angel wings on June 12, 2013. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. Mia was born August 28, 1979 to Joseph E. Bowman Jr. and Cherie L. Robertson. She was educated in the Maryland Public School System and graduated from Largo High School. Mia accepted the Lord...

Eric Benjamin Richardson

Eric Benjamin Richardson

Jun 9, 2013

Eric Benjamin Richardson (Age 68) of Dalzell, South Carolina. Eric Richardson entered into eternal rest on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina after suffering a massive stroke. Mr. Richardson was born February 17, 1945 in Washington, DC to Frederick Richardson and Lillian Myers Richardson. Eric attended St. Emma Military Academy before receiving...

Shirley Melvina Deshazo

Shirley Melvina Deshazo

May 31, 2013

DeShazo, Shirley Melvina (Age 78) of Bryans Road, Maryland. Shirley M. DeShazo transitioned peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland with her two devoted sons; Larry and Gregory "Ricky" and her brother, William, by her side. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she attended Dunbar High School, Pomonkey High School, Morgan...

Toykia Kenya Keys

Toykia Kenya Keys

May 27, 2013

Keys, Toykia Kenya "Tekie" (Age 39) of Fort Washington, Maryland. Toykia (Tekie) Kenya Keys was born January 13, 1974 to Frances (Poopie) Keys and William Blake. On May 27, 2013 Tekie received her call from God to come home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Tekie gave her life to Christ at an early age. She became...

Kamany Donnell Love

Kamany Donnell Love

May 27, 2013

Love, Kamany Donnell (Age 14) of Clinton, Maryland. On May 27, 2013 the Lord called upon one of his angels Kamany Donnell Love to come home. Kamany (Mony) was born to Donnell Love and Toykia Keys at Providence Hospital on July 26, 1998, and received his baptism into the Christian faith as an infant. Kamany was an 8th grade student...

Chester Warren

Chester Warren

May 23, 2013

WARREN, CHESTER (AGE 79) OF INDIAN HEAD, MD "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7 On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Chester Warren, affectionately known as "Chest," quietly departed this life for one eternal at Civista Hospital in LaPlata, Maryland. He was born May 6, 1934 to the late...

James Theodore Dyson

James Theodore Dyson

May 22, 2013

DYSON, JAMES "THEODORE" aka "Hot Sauce" James Theodore Dyson was born on February 4, 1942, the firstborn of his deceased parents James and Mary (Lewis) Dyson. On May 22, 2013, after a lengthy illness beginning with a stroke in 2010, he received peace in GOD's open arms. Theodore, as called by family and friends, attended schools in Charles County. He...

Agnes Ernestine Butler

Agnes Ernestine Butler

May 21, 2013

Butler, Agnes Ernestine Fowler (Age 81) of Newburg, Maryland. Peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the La Plata Center Genesis ElderCare in La Plata, Maryland, surrounded by her family, Agnes E. Butler transitioned to eternal life. Beloved wife of Leo H. Butler; Devoted mother of Doris Petty, Catherine Stevens, Ruth Dorsey, Lawrence, Donald, Leon and the late Calvin and...

Willie Brown

Willie Brown

May 17, 2013

Brown, Willie (Age 69) of Pomfret, Maryland. Willie Brown was born October 4, 1943 in Newberry County, South Carolina to Willie James Brown and Lucy Jessie. He was educated in the Newberry County Public School System in Newberry, SC. At an early age, he moved to Washington, DC. where he met and married the love of his life, Susie Cooper....

Lionel Dwight Marbury

Lionel Dwight Marbury

May 15, 2013

MARBURY, DWIGHT (AGE 59) MARBURY, MD Lionel Dwight Marbury, son of Madeline Marbury Sylvie and the late Thomas "Tommy" Marbury, was born on November 19, 1953 in Washington, D.C. Dwight or "Dike," as he was more affectionately known to family, suddenly stepped into eternity on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Civista Medical Center, LaPlata, MD. He was 59 years...

George Oakley Ransome, Jr.

George Oakley Ransome, Jr.

May 13, 2013

Ransome, George Oakley Jr. (Age 77) of Indian Head , Maryland. Beloved Husband of Emma Ransome and devoted father of twelve children, George peacefully transitioned to eternal life on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Civista Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. George was born on August 21, 1935 in Washington, DC. He was one of eleven children born to the...

Helen Jane Cole

Helen Jane Cole

May 8, 2013

Cole, Helen Jane (Bush) Age 93 of Waldorf, Maryland formerly of Chaptico, Maryland. Helen Jane Bush Cole, 93, of Waldorf died May 8, 2013, at home in Waldorf, MD. She was a homemaker. Born June 8, 1919 in Chaptico, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew Bush and Marie Talbert Bush. She received her education in the St....

Randolph Harris Jamieson

Randolph Harris Jamieson

May 5, 2013

On October 17, 1968, in La Plata, MD, Melvin and Brenda Jamieson became the proud parents of another baby boy and they named him Randolph Harris Jamieson. He was affectionately known to his family as "Mutt" and friends as "Randy" or "Low Rider." Randy was a lifelong resident of Charles County, Maryland. He attended Charles County Public Schools and graduated...

Florine Cecilia Matthews

Florine Cecilia Matthews

May 5, 2013

Matthews, Florine Cecilia (Age 82) of Pisgah, Maryland. On the morning of May 5, 2013, God was strolling through his garden seeking to find a beautiful flower, so he reached down and picked Florine Cecilia Matthews and quietly called her home at the age of 82. Florine was born on December 22, 1930, in Indian Head, Maryland, the beloved daughter...

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