All Obituaries

  Annie Lee Maiden graced this world with her presence on April 3, 1929 in Sawyerville, Alabama a daughter of Henry and Maggie Wynn Hudson. She was a graduate of Parker High School in Alabama. In 1945, she married the love of her life, John H. Maiden, Sr., and the young couple relocated to Youngstown, Ohio in 1946.             During her early years, she served on the usher board and as a Sunday School teacher at Zion Hill Baptist...

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the New Bethel Baptist Church for Mr. Cleveland Lamont Hightower, 57, of Youngstown, who passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at his home.             Mr. Hightower was born December 8, 1961 in Youngstown, a son of Cleveland G. and Annette Salters Hightower.  He was a 1980 graduate of South High School and attended Akron State University.  He enjoyed sports and was an...

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Rising Star Baptist Church, 2943 Wardle Ave. Youngstown, Ohio 44505, for Mrs. Bridgette D. Warren, 55, who transitioned to her heavenly home on Saturday, April 6, 2019.  Mrs. Warren was born August 5, 1963 in Wilmington, Ohio a daughter of Samuel L. II and Thelma Greene Galman.  She was a 1981 graduate of South High School, attended YSU and was a graduate of Harding Business College.  She was a member of...

             Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 5, 2019 at Third Baptist Church, 1177 Park Hill Drive, Youngstown for Mrs. Betty Jean Haynes, 81, who departed this life April 1, 2019 at her home.  Mrs. Haynes was born June 30, 1937 in Youngstown, a daughter of Ernest and Edna Bines White.  She was a graduate of South High School and Kent State University.  She was a member of Third Baptist Church and had been...

Memorial Services will be held Friday, April 5, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church for Ms. Melanie C. Martin, 25, of Girard, who transitioned from this earthly tabernacle to her heavenly home on Thursday, March 28, 2019.             Ms. Martin was born November 25, 1993 in Youngstown, a daughter of Vernon and Wyvette Andrews Martin.  She was a 2012 graduate of Liberty High School and attended Kent State...

Services will be 12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at the L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home for Mr. James P. McPeters, 75, of Hudson, formerly of Hubbard, who transitioned from his earthly home to his heavenly home on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at StoryPoint Grove City Ohio.             Mr. McPeters was born March 31, 1943 in Union County, Mississippi, the eldest son of Mary McPeters and was adopted after the death of...

The Home going services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2019, at L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home, 1951 McGuffey Rd. for Karen Deanna Harper who made her heavenly transition home on Monday, March 25, 2019.  Karen was born on May 14, 1948, in Youngstown, Ohio.   Karen was the daughter of the late Henry Harper and Thelma Brown. Karen was a retiree of Sherwin Williams, which later became US Can Company where she worked for over 37 years as a press...

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home for Infant Isabella Howard, 2 months old, whom the angels of the Lords with love carried to her heavenly home, after being ill from birth.             Isabella was born January 16, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of Minister Justin Whitney and Lena Nicole Karshner...

            Ms. Lelia Banks, 88, of Warren, formerly of Niles, peacefully transitioned from pain into the Loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as she slumbered in Trumbull Memorial Regional Medical Center on Friday, March 22, 2019.             Lelia was born July 1, 1930 in Uniontown, Alabama.  She was one of nine children born to Luke and Rebecca Parker Banks. ...

Mary “Rena” Currie, 87 Warren Services will be 11:00a.m. Friday March 29, 2019, at Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1812 Oak Hill Ave. in Youngstown, Ohio 44507, for Mrs. Mary “Rena” Currie who transcended to her Heavenly home on March 20, 2019 at Gillette Nursing Home. Mary affectionately known as “Rena” was born December 2, 1931 in Warren a daughter of Sye and Eliza Brogdon Bassord.  She was a 1949  graduate of Warren G. Harding High School....