Our beloved Joy passed away on July 11, 2018 after a long battle with colon cancer. Joy always took care of others before herself in life and her family believes that this is what she would have wanted in death. To this end, we have have selected several entities/causes that were near and dear to her.

She believed in Christian Education so much that her favorites saying to her children was “I work 3 jobs so you could go to this school...!” Matthew our youngest graduated this past May from a Christian Education school and our other 2 children Malik and Malcolm as well as Joylin and her siblings were products of a Christian Education.

Having 3 African American sons in the climate we are living in now always caused her concern, so much so that she joined an organization that is dedicated to positively influencing how Black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society. Her worst nightmare was that she would get that frightful call in the middle of the night; something she feared that more than her own fight against cancer.

Instead of sending cards and flowers please join us in honoring her memory by donating to one of the causes she spent her life donating her time, energy and money to.

We will split the donations between two schools, South Suburban S.D.A. http://anfbso.adventistschool… and Fairhaven S.D.A http://www.fairhavensda.org.
We have included a link to both of those schools as well as a link to donate directly to Moms of Black Boys (MOBB) United, Inc. and MOBB United for Social Change, Inc. (MUSC) https://www.mobbunited.org/do…

The GoFundMe link for Fairhaven and South Suburban follows: https://www.gofundme.com/5tsg…

Thanks in advance for your love and support.