All Obituaries

    Richard (Dickie) Johnson, Sr., 80, of Elyria, Ohio, passed away after a sudden illness on February 9, 2020. He attended Oberlin High School and served in the United States Air Force. He lived in Elyria most of his life while spending retirement years in Pittsburgh, PA with family and friends later returning to Elyria. He worked at Harshaw Chemical as a chemical mixer. He loved carpentry and building which led to the development of his own small business. He enjoyed spending...

Verneyce ”Nana” Ross, 89, transition to Heaven on January 28, 2020. She was the eldest member of the Smith, Payton, and Ross families. She was the first Smith/Payton to move to Lorain, followed by all her brothers and sisters. Family and friends may call on Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 10:30 a.m. in the Friendship Baptist Church, 2160 Reeves Ave., Lorain, OH 44052, Burial will be in the Resthaven Memory Gardens, 3700 Center Rd, Avon, OH...

  Margaret Denise Walker, 54, was born to the late Jimmy Walker and Sarah Worthy Walker o February 3, 1965 in Lorain. She departed this life on January 28th 2020 in Lorain, Ohio from a sudden illness. She was a loving grandmother, daughter, sister, cousin, and friend to all. She attended the Lorain county School System and was a member of the Fairfield Baptist church. She later moved to Hollywood, Florida and then to Stone Mountain, Georgia before returning back to Lorain, OH. She...

Johanna ‘Aunt Jo’ White went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 3, 2020, at age 85.   Johanna was born in Shaw, Mississippi in 1934.  At an early age, with her mother and eight siblings, she moved to Chicago, Illinois; and in the late 1960s she decided to make Lorain her permanent home of residence.  Johanna faced life with grace, courage and dignity.  As a two-time cancer survivor, Johanna birthed no children of her own; however, she mothered...

Eleanor Sampson 43, passed away unexpectedly on January 21, 2020 at home. She was born February 4, 1976 to Evelyn and Eddie Sampson of Lorain, Oh. Eleanor was a STNA until the time of her disability. She will be truly missed by her only child, her daughter, LeAsia Gause of Lorain; father, Eddie Sampson; sisters, Roberta Noble-Velez and Sheila Sampson of Lorain, Delora Sampson of Atlanta, Georgia, Emmy Sampson of Columbus, Ohio; brothers, David (Wanda) Noble, Eddie Sampson, Bobby Sampson and...

Ronald A. “Dark Wing” Johnson, 72, of Maple Heights, passed away peacefully in his home, on January 15, 2020. A “Celebration of Life” will be held in Cleveland, OH at the Ken Ferguson’s Event Center, 16828 Harvard Ave, Cleveland, OH. From 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Funeral services and arrangements entrusted to Carter Funeral Home, Inc., 3001 Elyria Ave., Lorain, OH 44055

Dan Austin Bullocks Sr. was born on February 5, 1945 to Leo and Mary Bullocks in Brownsville, Tennessee. He was the second oldest of his parents six children. As a young man he attended the Asbury Methodist Church and Elyria High School. He was an avid Golden Glove boxer in Lorain County.  Danny as he was called by his family is survived by his four children, Melissa Rosemond, Dan Austin Jr, Kimberly and Dan Austin III. (Niki). Dan also leaves behind his brothers, Dale, Forrest...

Wayne D.  "Skin" Allgood Sr. 81, of Elyria went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2020 following a short illness. He was born in Cowan, Tennessee to the late Walter and Edna Mae Allgood on December 23, 1938. He was a star football at Midview High School in Grafton, Ohio before moving back to Tennessee where he continued to flourish in basketball and football at Townsend High School where he graduated in May 1959. He worked at Harshaw Chemicals, Standyne (which is now Moen),...

Abron “DEDI” Fenderson Jr. 63, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020, at New Life Mercy Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Mississippi, but raised in Whitfield, Alabama and relocated to Lorain, Ohio in 1964. He attended Lorain City Schools, and his hobbies were music, dancing, playing cards, shooting pool, and talking trash. He leaves to cherish his memories five children; Brandi Atkinson, of Lorain, Latasha Scott of Sandusky, OH. Asia Alston and Ebony Burk, both...

Gwendolyn L. “Sis” Ashford, 91, of Oberlin, mother of Michelle Spotts-Hayes, made her transition from this life on December 25, 2019. Friends may call January 3, 2020 in the Fairfield Christian Center of Worship & Praise, 2002 East 28th Street, Lorain, from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at 12:00 noon. Bishop Dennis Johnson will be the Eulogists. Funeral services and arrangements entrusted to Carter Funeral Home, Inc., 3001 Elyria Ave., Lorain, OH 44055.