All Obituaries

Life’s Reflection   James Dean Featherston, 53, passed away on January 12, 2019 after a courageous battle with a brief illness.  He was born on August 31, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas to James and Carolyn Featherston. James was the youngest of four boys:  Vernon Lee (wife Regina); David Eugene (wife Karen); and Reginald Alan (deceased). His childhood nickname was "Poopie". James married the love of his life CaSonya Featherston on April 22, 2017 in Las Vegas,...

Life’s Reflection John James Kane, Jr. (PaPa) age 85 passed away on Tuesday December 25, 2018. Was born on February 14, 1933 at 423 Walker, Kansas City, Kansas to the late John Kane and Coretha Coker.  His parents preceded him in death as well as his siblings, Walter Howell; Herman (Dickie) Adams; Betty Jean Sayles; Vera Mae Harris; Jacqueline Busch and Juanita Howell. The family lived in the Kansas City, Kansas area where John completed his schooling.  He worked at D &...

Life Reflections Charles James Slay was born on July 6, 1936, to the late Sylvano and Blanche Slay in Oak Grove, Louisiana.  Charles loved and accepted the Lord at an early age.  As a child he attended Mount Olive Baptist Church in Oak Grove, Louisiana.  He married the love of his life Doris Gakins of September 15, 1961, in Houston, Texas.  Their union lasted 57 years and to this union they had two daughters, Annette and Sandra Slay and one son, Jermaine Slay. ...

Life’s Reflections Leonard Essie Members passed away on January 3, 2019 at his daughter’s (Renee) home in Kansas City, Missouri.  He was born on October 25, 1923 in the town of Transylvania, in the state of Louisiana to Charley & Elnora Gentry-Members. His early years were spent on the family farm where his parents were share croppers. After his father’s death his mother moved the family to Arkansas. There he experienced the flood of 1929 that he often talked...

Life’s Reflection   James Emmett Primas, Jr., affectionately known as “Pete” by those closest to him, is remembered for his sense of humor. Not only did he keep his tight-knit family entertained, but a long list of classmates and acquaintances described “Primas,” as he was also referred to, as “fun to be around.” In recalling any event, he could make a story his own. Pete was born December 16, 1958 to the late Gwendolyn Jones and James E....

Life’s Reflections Kenneth Eugene Brown, 76 passed away on January 8, 2019 at Delmar Gardens in Lenexa, Kansas.  He was born October 17, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to Homer and Naomi (Ailstock) Brown.  Kenneth grew up in Kansas City, Missouri.  He attended Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools and graduated from Central High School.  After high school he attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri. Kenneth worked for the railroad as a...

Life’s Portrait James Artis Truelove of Kansas City, Kansas passed away on December 27, 2018 at the age of 90.  James was born in Sulligent, Alabama to Elijah and Ola Mae (Long) Truelove.  James accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Kansas City, Kansas.  James served as an Ordained Deacon and for 20 years he faithful drove the church van.  James was a volunteer for the church’s monthly harvester food pantry...

Life Reflection Of Deaconess Deborah Renee Banks-Anderson Deborah Renee Banks was born in St. Louis, Missouri February 5, 1955 to Delores J. Banks. In that same year she was brought to Kansas City on her first of many train rides by her Uncle William Banks. Debbie was preceded in death by her mother, Delores J. Banks; her grandparents, William Eugene and Donetta Banks, Sr. who loved and cared for her as their own child while her mother completed Nursing School; and her brother, Dennis...

Life Reflections Cheryl Lavonne Williams was born July 21, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was the eldest of seven children born to the union of Emmett, Jr. and Thelma "Wimp" Williams.  Her parents, one brother, Emmett, III "Duke" and one sister, Carla M. Smith preceded her in death. "Em" as she was also affectionately known as, was a lifelong Rosedale resident.  She was educated in the Kansas City, Kansas School District and graduated from...

THE LIFE OF A BO$ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made Heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved…The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand…The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.  The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121 (KJV) Nathan Edward Jones, Jr. was born...