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Monday, June 19, 2017Paradise Valley, the commercial district, covered the area approximately where Comerica Park and Ford Field are today downtown, said Detroit historian Ken Coleman. His book, Million Dollars Worth of Nerve, profiles the power-players of Paradise Valley and Black Bottom, a residential neighborhood that existed generally where Lafayette Park is now, bounded by Gratiot Avenue to the north, Congress to the south, the Grand Trunk Railroad (the present day Dequindre Cut) to the east and Brush Street to the west.Exactly where the neighborhoods started and ended is up for debate, Coleman said."It's not like these communities were codified in boundaries at City Hall. They were loose in general."Still, what's clear is that the two areas were vibrant, bustling with activity.Joe Louis co-owned a restaurant, the Brown Bomber's Chicken Shack, with Sunnie Wilson on East Vernor (it reportedly lost the legendary boxer $40,000, according to LIFE magazine).Charles Diggs, later the state's first black stat...
Monday, June 19, 2017Cari Whittington (Cain).The family will receive friends and loved ones from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brooks Funeral Home, 124 Main St., Watsontown. Interment will follow at the Paradise Cemetery, rural Milton, with the Rev. Thomas Glasoe, of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Potts Grove, officiating.
Monday, May 01, 2017He was born Sept. 6, 1996, in Phoenix.Cody grew up in Lakeside, having attended the Blue Ridge schools and graduated with the Blue Ridge Class of 2015.He then moved to Phoenix and was attending Paradise Valley Community College on a pole vaulting scholarship. He was planning to transfer to Arizona State University in the fall to pursue a civil engineering degree.Cody was a light to everyone around him and he was surrounded by his family and friends as he passed. He will continue to help others as he was an organ donor.He is survived by his parents, Kelly and Ruth McBride, of Show Low; sister Mattie McBride, of Queen Creek; paternal grandmother Joyce Snuttjer and her husband, Rollie, of Lincoln, Neb.; maternal grandparents Violet and Paul Hughes, of Show Low; as well as many extended family members and friends.He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, James McBride; and uncles Brett Snuttjer and Andrew Mills.A celebration of life service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at “The Church” (Blue Ridge High School), 1200 W. White Mountain Blvd. in Lakeside.In lieu of flowers, the family has set up a scholarship fund in Cody’s honor: Blue Ridge Scholarship Fund, Cody McBride, P.O. Box 672, Lakeside, AZ 85929, Non-profit...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017Club and the Gathering Place in Peachtree City. Playing cards was her passion.She and her husband also ran and owned a nursery and kindergarten in Fairburn on Greene Street that was called, Playmates Paradise for 17 years. She has a special love for teaching young children. Hettie also was an executive secretary to the Georgia Cosmetology Association where she made many life time friends.She spent her remaining years being “Mimi” to seven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, whom she loves so dearly.Hettie was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Glenn Ratliff Sr., her sons Edward Glenn Ratliff Jr. and Richard W. Ratliff.She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Farr and her husband, Dennis of Newnan, daughter in-laws, Judy Ratliff of Peachtree City, Kathleen Ratliff of Newnan; brother, Jimmy Dean of Memphis, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Parrott Funeral Home with Chaplain Ken Rose officiating.Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at www.parrottfuneralhome.com.In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Egleston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, 1577 NE Expressway, Suite A, Atlanta, Ga. 30329 (www.givingchoa.org) or St. Jude Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105 (www.stjude.org/donate).The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 2:30 p.m. until the service begins at Parrott Funeral Home & Crematory, 770-964-4800.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Church Point, Chad and wife, Stephanie Cormier of Rayne, Raymond Lester Cormier, Jr. of Church Point and Albert Cormier of Abbeville; Two sister, Ruby Romero of Denham Springs and Marie Matson of Paradise, CA; thirty five grandchildren and seventy three great-grandchildren.Mr. Lester was preceded in death by his wife, Stella Cormier; one son, Hilton Louis “Butch” Cormier, and five infant children; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; his parents, Louis and Mildred C. Cormier; one sister, Theresa Suire.You may view the obituary, sign the guest registry and express condolences online to Mr. Cormier’s family at www.duhonfuneralhome.com.Duhon Funeral Home, LLC-Crowley, (337)783-1395, 1529 Crowley-Rayne Hwy., Crowley, LA 70526 is in charge of all of the arrangements.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Her smile, generosity, and world-class cooking will be truly missed.On Friday, March 24th, 2017 she fell asleep in death peacefully at home and awaits the Bible's assurance of a resurrection to a Paradise Earth as promised at John 5:28, 29 and Psalms 37:29.She was predeceased by her loving husband of 51 years, Leonard R Goins, her parents William and Viola Hebron; her siblings Walter, Catherine, Elizabeth, Van, William, Charles, Estelle, Ruth; and a great granddaughter Melissa.She leaves to cherish her memory a sister Helen Hebron; her children Judy Payne, William Payne, Eugene Goins, Lucille Tillman, and her lifelong daughter Rosalie Eig; her grandchildren Gail, Alonzo, Tanya, Raymond, William, Cynthia, Pamela, Monique, Paige, Jadon, and grandson-in-law Brad; 11 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; and many other friends and family members.
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Monday, June 19, 2017Paradise Valley, the commercial district, covered the area approximately where Comerica Park and Ford Field are today downtown, said Detroit historian Ken Coleman. His book, Million Dollars Worth of Nerve, profiles the power-players of Paradise Valley and Black Bottom, a residential neighborhood that existed generally where Lafayette Park is now, bounded by Gratiot Avenue to the north, Congress to the south, the Grand Trunk Railroad (the present day Dequindre Cut) to the east and Brush Street to the west.Exactly where the neighborhoods started and ended is up for debate, Coleman said."It's not like these communities were codified in boundaries at City Hall. They were loose in general."Still, what's clear is that the two areas were vibrant, bustling with activity.Joe Louis co-owned a restaurant, the Brown Bomber's Chicken Shack, with Sunnie Wilson on East Vernor (it reportedly lost the legendary boxer $40,000, according to LIFE magazine).Charles Diggs, later the state's first black stat...
Monday, June 19, 2017Cari Whittington (Cain).The family will receive friends and loved ones from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brooks Funeral Home, 124 Main St., Watsontown. Interment will follow at the Paradise Cemetery, rural Milton, with the Rev. Thomas Glasoe, of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Potts Grove, officiating.
Monday, May 01, 2017He was born Sept. 6, 1996, in Phoenix.Cody grew up in Lakeside, having attended the Blue Ridge schools and graduated with the Blue Ridge Class of 2015.He then moved to Phoenix and was attending Paradise Valley Community College on a pole vaulting scholarship. He was planning to transfer to Arizona State University in the fall to pursue a civil engineering degree.Cody was a light to everyone around him and he was surrounded by his family and friends as he passed. He will continue to help others as he was an organ donor.He is survived by his parents, Kelly and Ruth McBride, of Show Low; sister Mattie McBride, of Queen Creek; paternal grandmother Joyce Snuttjer and her husband, Rollie, of Lincoln, Neb.; maternal grandparents Violet and Paul Hughes, of Show Low; as well as many extended family members and friends.He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, James McBride; and uncles Brett Snuttjer and Andrew Mills.A celebration of life service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at “The Church” (Blue Ridge High School), 1200 W. White Mountain Blvd. in Lakeside.In lieu of flowers, the family has set up a scholarship fund in Cody’s honor: Blue Ridge Scholarship Fund, Cody McBride, P.O. Box 672, Lakeside, AZ 85929, Non-profit...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017Club and the Gathering Place in Peachtree City. Playing cards was her passion.She and her husband also ran and owned a nursery and kindergarten in Fairburn on Greene Street that was called, Playmates Paradise for 17 years. She has a special love for teaching young children. Hettie also was an executive secretary to the Georgia Cosmetology Association where she made many life time friends.She spent her remaining years being “Mimi” to seven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, whom she loves so dearly.Hettie was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Glenn Ratliff Sr., her sons Edward Glenn Ratliff Jr. and Richard W. Ratliff.She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Farr and her husband, Dennis of Newnan, daughter in-laws, Judy Ratliff of Peachtree City, Kathleen Ratliff of Newnan; brother, Jimmy Dean of Memphis, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Parrott Funeral Home with Chaplain Ken Rose officiating.Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at www.parrottfuneralhome.com.In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Egleston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, 1577 NE Expressway, Suite A, Atlanta, Ga. 30329 (www.givingchoa.org) or St. Jude Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105 (www.stjude.org/donate).The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 2:30 p.m. until the service begins at Parrott Funeral Home & Crematory, 770-964-4800.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Church Point, Chad and wife, Stephanie Cormier of Rayne, Raymond Lester Cormier, Jr. of Church Point and Albert Cormier of Abbeville; Two sister, Ruby Romero of Denham Springs and Marie Matson of Paradise, CA; thirty five grandchildren and seventy three great-grandchildren.Mr. Lester was preceded in death by his wife, Stella Cormier; one son, Hilton Louis “Butch” Cormier, and five infant children; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; his parents, Louis and Mildred C. Cormier; one sister, Theresa Suire.You may view the obituary, sign the guest registry and express condolences online to Mr. Cormier’s family at www.duhonfuneralhome.com.Duhon Funeral Home, LLC-Crowley, (337)783-1395, 1529 Crowley-Rayne Hwy., Crowley, LA 70526 is in charge of all of the arrangements.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Her smile, generosity, and world-class cooking will be truly missed.On Friday, March 24th, 2017 she fell asleep in death peacefully at home and awaits the Bible's assurance of a resurrection to a Paradise Earth as promised at John 5:28, 29 and Psalms 37:29.She was predeceased by her loving husband of 51 years, Leonard R Goins, her parents William and Viola Hebron; her siblings Walter, Catherine, Elizabeth, Van, William, Charles, Estelle, Ruth; and a great granddaughter Melissa.She leaves to cherish her memory a sister Helen Hebron; her children Judy Payne, William Payne, Eugene Goins, Lucille Tillman, and her lifelong daughter Rosalie Eig; her grandchildren Gail, Alonzo, Tanya, Raymond, William, Cynthia, Pamela, Monique, Paige, Jadon, and grandson-in-law Brad; 11 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; and many other friends and family members.
