Obituaries

Marianne Gibson

Marianne Gibson

December 19, 2025

Ms. Marianne Gibson passed away Friday, December 19, 2025, at University of Michigan Health Sparrow in Lansing, Michigan. Age 74 years.

Sammie Joe Hall

Sammie Joe Hall

December 19, 2025

Mr. Sammie Joe Hall passed away Friday, December 19, 2025 at his residence in Saginaw, Michigan.  Age 44 years.

Raymond Dye

Raymond Dye

December 19, 2025

Raymond Dye, known to many as Ray, was born February 25, 1945, in Oakland, Tennessee, to Jim Will Dye, Sr and Virginia Wilson Dye. Raymond passed away on Friday, December 19, 2025, at Covenant Healthcare Cooper. Age 80 years.

Raymond married Martha Conway in 1971 and shared 54 years; from this union, they had two children. Ray retired from General Motors...

Mariam Estes

Mariam Estes

December 18, 2025

Ms. Mariam Estes passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025, at McLaren Greater Lansing in Lansing, Michigan. Age 66 years.

Rickie Riley

Rickie Riley

December 17, 2025

Mr. Rickie Riley passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at MyMichigan Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan. Age 62 years.

Savion Weakly

Savion Weakly

December 16, 2025

Mr. Savion Weakly passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Lansing, Michigan. Age 53 years. 

Rosie Lee Baldwin

Rosie Lee Baldwin

December 16, 2025

Mrs. Rosie Lee Baldwin passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Covenant HealthCare-Cooper. Age 81 years.

Ruby L. Washington

Ruby L. Washington

December 16, 2025

Ms. Ruby L. Washington passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at her residence in Saginaw, Michigan.  Age 62 years.

Odie C. Houston

Odie C. Houston

December 16, 2025

Mr. Odie C. Houston passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at his residence in Saginaw, Michigan. Age 89 years.

Mark Cosey

Mark Cosey

December 15, 2025

Mr. Mark Cosey passed away Monday, December 15, 2025, at his residence in Lansing, Michigan. Age 66 years. 

Lillie M. Jackson

Lillie M. Jackson

December 15, 2025

Ms. Lillie M. Jackson passed away on Monday, December 15, 2025, at her residence in Saginaw, Michigan.  Age 63 years.

Cleo Patrick Henderson

Cleo Patrick Henderson

December 14, 2025

Mrs. Cleo Patrick Henderson passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at Covenant Healthcare Cooper. Age 95 years. Cleo was born December 30th, 1929, in Kiblah, Arkansas, to Champion and Evelyn Stuckey, and stepmother, Mildred Stuckey.

Cleo graduated from Kiblah High School in 1947 and later married Ernest Henderson in 1952. They moved to Michigan in 1953 and joined Bethel A.M.E. Church....

Mickie Johnson

Mickie Johnson

December 13, 2025

Mickie Jean Johnson Ms. Mickie Johnson passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025, at University of Michigan Health -Sparrow in Lansing, Michigan. Age 88 years. She was born on Tuesday, June 22nd, 1937, in Greenwood, Mississippi. The daughter of Henry Humes and Sammie Harris.

Mickie Jean Johnson Ms. Mickie Johnson passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025, at University of Michigan Health -Sparrow...

Joan Melton

Joan Melton

December 13, 2025

Mrs. Joan Melton passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025, in Lansing, Michigan. Age 82 years.

Floyd Wayne Jackson, Jr.

Floyd Wayne Jackson, Jr.

December 12, 2025

Mr. Floyd Wayne Jackson Jr., our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 12, 2025. He passed away peacefully at Covenant Healthcare-Cooper at a blessed age of 72 years. Floyd was born on August 28, 1953, in Leighton, Alabama.

Floyd accepted Christ and was baptized as a young man. He...

William Lamont Haines

William Lamont Haines

December 11, 2025

Mr. William Lamont Haines passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2025, in Haslett, Michigan. Age 44 years.

James Callahan

James Callahan

December 11, 2025

Mr. James Callahan passed away Thursday, December 11, 2025, at McLaren Greater Lansing in Lansing, Michigan. Age 84 yers.

Deacon William David Harris, Sr.

Deacon William David Harris, Sr.

December 11, 2025

Deacon William David Harris, Sr., Loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, departed this life on December 11, 2025, at his residence in Frankenmuth, MI.

William D. Harris Sr. was born August 16, 1931, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to David and Annie Bell Lee. William was a veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1951 to 1953. He later...

Roosevelt Jackson

Roosevelt Jackson

December 10, 2025

Mr. Roosevelt Jackson passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2025, in Lansing, Michigan. Age 81 years.

Mother Christine Coleman

Mother Christine Coleman

December 6, 2025

A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF  MOTHER CHRISTINE COLEMAN

Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord. Come on and sing, be joyful unto the Lord! We raise our voices in hallelujah to Him for blessing us with the life of our Mother Christine Coleman, many know her as a church mother, sister, aunt, tee, auntie, Mama Chris, great-great-aunt, Godmother,...