Obituaries
Allen Shields, Jr.
Feb 10, 2015
Allen Edward Shields, Jr. was born April 19, 1937, in Ripley, Oklahoma to Allen Edward Shields, Sr. and Zadie Martin Shields. Allen grew up in Pawhuska, Oklahoma surrounded by his grandparents, a host of cousins, and his brothers, Jim, Harold, Alvin, Clifford, Keith, Ronnie, and Gary, and his sisters, Yvonne, Debra, Deliah, Margaret, Sylvia, Cheryl, Centoria, Evelyn, and Vivian. As...
Elizabeth Stubblefield
Feb 9, 2015
Elizabeth Marie Stubblefield was born to Allen George Adams and Savanna Sutton Adams on April 3, 1925, in Grand Chain, Illinois. At a very young age, she accepted the Lord in her life. Elizabeth moved to Denver Colorado in 1963, and married her childhood sweetheart Warren G. Stubblefield. Warren preceded her in death. Throughout her life, Elizabeth developed enduring friendships...
Nancy Thompson
Feb 8, 2015
Nancy Beatrice Thompson was born on December 6, 1947, in LaGrange, Missouri to her parents, Richard Wade Lewis and Mamie Nancy Garr-Lewis. She was the second child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Billy, Sammy and her sisters, Anita and Regina. Nancy received her early education in Quincy, Illinois where she graduated from Quincy High...
Norman Wilson
Feb 5, 2015
An obituary is not available at this time for Norman Wilson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Ssgt Mangrum
Feb 2, 2015
Eldridge Lafayette Mangrum was born on November 23, 1932, in Decatur, Alabama to Y.Z. Mangrum and Bessie Odell Finch. He was the first born of fourteen siblings. He attended Decatur Public Schools until he began working long hours in his early teens, including working part time with his father delivering heavy bags and blocks of ice to grocery stores, hospitals...
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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Allen Shields, Jr.
Feb 10, 2015
Allen Edward Shields, Jr. was born April 19, 1937, in Ripley, Oklahoma to Allen Edward Shields, Sr. and Zadie Martin Shields. Allen grew up in Pawhuska, Oklahoma surrounded by his grandparents, a host of cousins, and his brothers, Jim, Harold, Alvin, Clifford, Keith, Ronnie, and Gary, and his sisters, Yvonne, Debra, Deliah, Margaret, Sylvia, Cheryl, Centoria, Evelyn, and Vivian. As...
Elizabeth Stubblefield
Feb 9, 2015
Elizabeth Marie Stubblefield was born to Allen George Adams and Savanna Sutton Adams on April 3, 1925, in Grand Chain, Illinois. At a very young age, she accepted the Lord in her life. Elizabeth moved to Denver Colorado in 1963, and married her childhood sweetheart Warren G. Stubblefield. Warren preceded her in death. Throughout her life, Elizabeth developed enduring friendships...
Nancy Thompson
Feb 8, 2015
Nancy Beatrice Thompson was born on December 6, 1947, in LaGrange, Missouri to her parents, Richard Wade Lewis and Mamie Nancy Garr-Lewis. She was the second child born in the family. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Billy, Sammy and her sisters, Anita and Regina. Nancy received her early education in Quincy, Illinois where she graduated from Quincy High...
Norman Wilson
Feb 5, 2015
An obituary is not available at this time for Norman Wilson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Ssgt Mangrum
Feb 2, 2015
Eldridge Lafayette Mangrum was born on November 23, 1932, in Decatur, Alabama to Y.Z. Mangrum and Bessie Odell Finch. He was the first born of fourteen siblings. He attended Decatur Public Schools until he began working long hours in his early teens, including working part time with his father delivering heavy bags and blocks of ice to grocery stores, hospitals...
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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