Edmond D. Flakes

Mr. Edmond M. Flakes Sr.,  born March 22, 1947 in Youngstown, Ohio to Oscar and Edna Briscoe Flakes, peacefully departed this earth on April 23, 2025.

 He attended Cardinal Money High School from where he graduated in 1965. Edmond was a zealous long-haul truck driver for 30 years.  He was forced into early retirement due to his declining health. He served in the US Airforce during the Vietnam Era. He enjoyed television sports and fishing programs and playing video games.  Edmond was gregarious. If you would listen, he would talk.

 He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of nearly 48 years, the former Gwendolyn Archie; two daughters, Sonya (Kevin) Bennett and Angela (David) Sanders; two sons, Carson and Germaine Flakes; and a host of grandchildren, nieces and nephews. 

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his two sons, Edmond M. Flakes II and Eric Flakes; three sisters, Juanita Burbridge, Ester Jenkins and Nina Johnson.

Services will be Friday, May 2, 2025 at the L.E. Black, Phillips and Holden Funeral Home, 1951 McGuffey Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44505. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at Tod Homestead Cemetery following the Service.

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