OBITUARIES

Cleo Reid

Cleo Reid

Feb 13, 2024

Cleo Reid, 93 of Harrisburg passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus Christ on February 13, 2024. She was born in Ellisville, MS to the late Dudley Howard and Bertha Mae Cooley. 

Cleo was a member of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and woman of grace and strength, known for her unwavering love and devotion to her...

Sidney K. West

Sidney K. West

Feb 11, 2024

Sidney K. West - Beloved Father, Grandfather, Brother, and Friend Sidney K. West, better known as "Sid", a cherished man of strength, knowledge, and compassion, peacefully departed from this world on February 11, 2024, in Harrisburg, PA, at the age of 78. Born on December 3, 1945, in Mt. Union, PA, to the late Richard C. and Margret (Carroll) West. Sid...

Joseph B. Proctor

Joseph B. Proctor

Feb 11, 2024

Mr. Joseph Benjamin Proctor, 96, of Harrisburg passed peacefully on Sunday, February 11, 2024. He was born in Doubs, MD, to the late Garfield and Harriet (Offutt) Proctor.

Mr. Proctor was employed by the City of Harrisburg, PA. He retired in 1992 after 32 years of service. Mr. Proctor was a member of the Mount Calvary Church of God in Christ...

Pearl L. Bryant

Pearl L. Bryant

Feb 11, 2024

Pearl Lee Bryant, a radiant soul whose kindness and faith touched all who knew her, peacefully transitioned into eternal rest on February 11, 2024, at the age of 77. Born on July 5, 1946, in Little Rock, Mississippi, Pearl was the cherished daughter of the late John W. Thames and Lee Velma Thames.

Pearl's journey began in Little Rock, but it...

James T. Jones Jr.

James T. Jones Jr.

Feb 10, 2024

James Thomas Jones Jr., affectionately known as “Jim” or “Jimmy”, entered eternal life on Saturday, February 10, 2024. He was born on March 16, 1955 in Wellsboro, PA.  Jim was the son of the late James and Marietta (Randall) Jones.  Along with his parents, Jim was preceded in death by his brothers, Kenneth, Gerard, Gerald, and Lyle.

Throughout his life, Jim...

Belinda Renee DeFoor

Belinda Renee DeFoor

Feb 8, 2024

Belinda Renee DeFoor, 68, of Harrisburg, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2024, at home surrounded by her family and friends after a courageous eight-year battle with breast cancer. Belinda was born in Toledo, Ohio on November 8, 1955. 

 

Belinda is survived and missed by her loving mother, Thelma (Manning) DeFoor; her siblings, Dwayne, Timothy, Denise, Richard Jr., of Harrisburg, and...

Theodore Johnson

Theodore Johnson

Feb 5, 2024

Obituary for Theodore “Ted” Johnson

 

Theodore Johnson, affectionately known as “Ted” was born on April 1, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Nation’s first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital to Talmadge and Doris Smeltzer Johnson.  His birth was shared with his older by a few minutes, twin brother Timothy.

 

Ted was an energetic and inquisitive young man, who had a smile that could light...

Eric V. Chatman

Eric V. Chatman

Feb 3, 2024

Eric’s Well Lived Life



Eric V. Chatman affectionately known as Pop-pop was born October 3, 1955 in Corona, California to the late Thomas Chatman and Naomi Crawford (Johnson). God called him home on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at the age of 68 at home with his wife as he wished. Eric was an only child. He was educated in the Harrisburg...

Jane A. Wilson

Jane A. Wilson

Jan 24, 2024

Jane Ann Wilson, 95 of Harrisburg, PA, transitioned to her heavenly home on Thursday, January 24, 2024. Jane was born on March 31, 1928, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of the late William Snowden and Sara Elizabeth Scribbner Snowden.

Jane was a resident at the Capital Rehabilitation Center (formerly the Jewish Home) on Linglestown Road for fifteen years....

Shawnta "Shonny" Gladden

Shawnta "Shonny" Gladden

Jan 20, 2024

Shawnta Denise Gladden, 46, affectionately known as " Shonny” to all those who loved her was born in Harrisburg Hospital on January 16, 1978. She is the daughter of Darlene Gladden and John Griffin. 

Shawnta received her formal education in the Harrisburg Public School System and went on to study music at (HACC) Harrisburg Area Community College. Shawnta was an outgoing...

Jennafer Alayna-Lee Palmer

Jennafer Alayna-Lee Palmer

Jan 19, 2024

Jennafer Alayna-Lee Palmer, was born January 2, 1994 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Angela Parker-Palmer and Jonathan Palmer. Jennafer grew up in Harrisburg and graduated from Harrisburg High School SciTech Campus in 2013. Following high school, she attended Penn State University Main Campus where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in English in 2017. Jennafer was dedicated to her...

Melvin Farmer Sr.

Melvin Farmer Sr.

Jan 18, 2024

Melvin Farmer was born on December 16, 1962, at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, to Retha Kendley and David Daniel Lyons. He proudly grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, being the eldest among his siblings. Melvin shared 36 years of marriage with his beloved wife, Tammy Faye Farmer. His dedication to his family and wife remained unwavering throughout...

Wendy Johnson-Thompson

Wendy Johnson-Thompson

Jan 16, 2024

Wendy (Samihah) Johnson Thompson was born, to the late Wesley and Barbara Johnson Sr, in Port Chester, NY,  transitioned peacefully at her home in Harrisburg, PA on January 16, 2024.

Wendy received her formal education at Port Chester High School in NY. She continued her studies and obtained an Associate Degree from Harrisburg Area Community College.  She was employed as an...

Dolores M. Deveraux

Dolores M. Deveraux

Jan 6, 2024

Dolores “Dee” Deveraux entered this world on February 28, 1929, as Dolores Mae Smith, born to Grace Treas and Richard Smith.

  After growing up around her birthplace, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Dee married her first husband, Robert Edmonson, who fathered Dee’s two loving children, Bobbie Jo Ann and Robert. A short while later, she found true love and happiness with Florian...

Richard Bullett

Richard Bullett

Jan 2, 2024

It is with heavy hearts we come to announce the passing of Richard Lee Bullett, aged 66 years young on January 2, 2024. Born in Somers Point, NJ to the late Marian Bullett and Franscino A. Crowell Sr.. A devoted Father, Brother, Grandfather, and Friend, he made an impact on all that crossed his path. Richard, a man of God,...

Kara Michelle Jones

Kara Michelle Jones

Jan 2, 2024

I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthen Me” Philippians 4:13

Kara “Peachie” Michelle Jones was a caring daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She gained her wings and joined her Heavenly Father on January 2, 2024, in her home, at the age of 62 after a long fight with Cancer. Kara’s fighting spirit...

Rosene Darren

Rosene Darren

Jan 1, 2024

Rosene Lively-Darren 86, of Waynesboro, GA transitioned from this life to the next to be with her Lord and Savior on January 1, 2024.  Rosene was born on January 22, 1937 to the late Alvin and Sara (Felix) Lively in Alexander, GA. 

Rosene was a 1957 graduate of Waynesboro Industrial High School where she played basketball. She began to enjoy...

Earlie Ace Corbitt

Earlie Ace Corbitt

Dec 31, 2023

Earlie Ace Corbitt Sr., son of the late Earlie Brown and Mary Lou (Totten) Corbitt, was born on September 15, 1957, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his formal education in the Harrisburg School District, graduating in 1976. Following his passion for service, Earlie enlisted in the United States Army, where he rose to the rank of Specialist 4 and continued...

Leroy Reid

Leroy Reid

Dec 31, 2023

Life will never be the same as we bid farewell to our loving cousin, and someone we once knew, Leroy Reid

Leroy Reid was born on June 15, 1954. The only child of the late Dorothy Reid of Brooklyn, New York. When Dorothy had to go into the hospital, she asked her sister-in-law Louise Reid, if she did not return...

Olga Rodriguez

Olga Rodriguez

Dec 29, 2023

 

 

Memorial Services will be held on January 13th, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.. Services will be held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 420 Gibson Street, Harrisburg, PA 17113.

 

 

 

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