Geneva Tyree was born on April 16, 1934, in Greene County Alabama to James Bailey and Josephine Smith. She moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1953 and it was here that she met and married her soulmate. Their union endured 72 years until her death. She was employed as a Sales Associate with Shillito-Rikes and retired after 25 years of dedicated service. Geneva was a great woman of faith, strength, and courage. She was a long-time member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. In recent years she had membership ...

Tracy Lauren Williams passed July 2, 2026, at Hospice of Butler & Warren County in Franklin, OH at the age of 65 years. Tracy was born in Dayton, OH and raised in Edgemont. She attended Whittier Elementary School and Dunbar High School, graduating in 1979. She went on to attend Howard University and remained in Washington D.C. where she later obtained a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems. She later moved to Cincinnati, OH where she began working as an IT Project Manager for ...

Angela Lynn Grayson, age 60, of Dayton, Ohio, peacefully departed this life on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at Miami Valley Hospital, surrounded by the love of those who cherished her. Born on November 10, 1965, in Dayton, Ohio, Angela was the beloved daughter of Esther and William Grayson Jr. She attended the University of Memphis and dedicated her career to serving others as a Community Advocate with Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County. Through both her profession and her ...

James Byrd Jr., affectionately known as "Little Bro" and "Jimmy," was born on June 30, 1955, in Dayton, Ohio, the eldest son of James Sr. and Ernestine V. Byrd. James peacefully transitioned on June 26, 2026, at 10:41 p.m., surrounded by his loving family at Hospice of Dayton. James was preceded in death by his parents, James Sr. and Ernestine V. Byrd; his grandparents, Ernest and Eunice Lester; and his grandchildren, Joel Jarrell Byrd and Jamison Byrd (sons of James III ...

This is how we celebrate the life of Teresa Ann Grice Sharpe. We could write a book about her. The Rite of Birth   Her dynamic spirit entered this world on February 11, 1964 in Queens, New York. She is the third child born to the late Willie James and Dora Grice. As a child she was energetic, friendly (never meeting a stranger) and most times, too intelligent for our comfort. There was never a problem that she didn’t have an answer to, and never an answer that we ...

Florence B. Caffee entered into her earthly body on October 14, 1932 and transitioned to her heavenly body June 21, 2026. She was blessed to be added to the marriage of Bosie and Jessie Brown along with ten other brothers and sisters all of whom was born in Birmingham, Alabama and preceded her into eternal glory. She was joined in holy matrimony to Willie J. Caffee and together produced four beautiful children: Sharon, Carolyn, Jeffrey and Donald. She leaves to cherish her memory eight ...

Ronald Eugene Thornton, 76, peacefully transitioned June 16, 2026, in the familiar comforts of his home in Dayton, Ohio.  He was born May 6, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio, he was the beloved son of Katie and James Thornton, Sr. Ronald was a barber for many years, and worked at economy Linen until his illness. Ronnie as he was better known, was preceded in death by his father, James Thornton, Sr, mother Katie Stephen, four brothers James, Jr. and Stanley Thornton, Craig and Everett Stephen, ...