༺‿༻༺‿༻✿ڰۣڿ✿ MY CHERISHED & BELOVED FAMILY✿ڰۣڿ✿ ༺‿༻༺‿༻

If you'd like to visit their memorial or leave a flower, I know they would love and appreciate that, as would I.

My Precious Son Antonio My Daddy Ricky D' My Brother Ricky My Brother Bobby

My Papa Melvin My Grandma Willetta

My Uncle Alan My Cousin Hope

My Tio Damacio "Don"

My Beloved Best-Friend Vanessa

My Beloved Best-Friend Melissa

My Beloved Best-Friend Alicia

My Fur Daughter Juno

Please consider visiting these memorials as their lives truly mattered.

Victims of Suicide

༺‿༻༺‿✿ڰۣڿ✿ FOREVER LOVED, FOREVER CHERISHED✿ڰۣڿ✿ ༺‿༻༺‿༻

I am currently working on updating Perry Mount Park Cemetery: Pontiac, Michigan and Mount Hope Cemetery: Pontiac, Michigan with as much verifiable data as I can. I use several different sources to verify the information; including Death Records, Indexes, Cemetery Records, Marriage Records, Ancestry, and many others. I also frequently visit the cemetery and have been trying to obtain as many photos as I can.

My roots run deep in the Pontiac/Waterford area, and my hope is to not let a fellow citizens soul to be forgotten. I contribute to Find A Grave by creating, researching, cross-referencing, photographing and transcribing headstones. It's a lot of work, but it is definitely a labor of love and the most rewarding hobby I can think of.

I have also inherited several memorials from fallen gravers and am working diligently to update them with as much information as I can.

Please note that this is an ongoing project and I am diligently working on trying to obtain or fill in any missing information.

༺༻ ABOUT ME༺༻

I've been researching my family history on my own since 2010, but I learned from the best—my mother. Throughout my childhood, I accompanied her on trips to libraries, cemeteries, and various historical sites, helping to bring our ancestors' stories back to life.

In 2010, she passed the torch to me, asking that I take on the roles of family historian, curator, and collector of memories. I take these responsibilities very seriously, as it's my way of ensuring that our loved ones are never forgotten and their legacies endure.

I'm connected to many of the memorials I manage, though there are some I'm not personally linked to. Still, I take great pride in honoring and preserving their memories in any way I can. I believe you don't need to know someone personally to respect their life and the impact they made while they were here.

I hope that by preserving memorial information on Find A Grave, I can help someone in the future find the missing link they're searching for or provide a place where they can honor their loved ones and visit their virtual resting place.

༺༻ MY FOCUS༺༻

Beyond my own family and my husband's, my primary focus is to memorialize grave sites in the Pontiac, Michigan area, particularly in the following cemeteries. With deep roots in the Pontiac/Waterford area, I hope to ensure that no local soul is forgotten.

1. Perry Mount Park Cemetery: Pontiac, Michigan

2. Mount Hope Cemetery: Pontiac, Michigan

3. Oak Hill Cemetery: Pontiac, Michigan

༺༻ REQUESTS TO MANAGE MEMORIAL༺༻

If you find a memorial that you're related to and would like to manage it, please don't hesitate to reach out. I believe that family should be with family, and I'm happy to transfer management, provided I'm not personally connected to the individual myself.

To request a memorial transfer, click "Suggest Edits" on the memorial you want to transfer, then select "Suggest Other Corrections." In your request, please include your relationship to the individual.

༺༻ MEMORIAL EDIT SUGGESTIONS and CONTACT METHODS༺༻

If you need an edit made, please use the "Suggest Edit" option on the particular Find A Grave memorial that you are references.

All memorials are managed with the highest respect and dignity for the individuals and their families. If an immediate family member wishes to have specific information removed, updated, or added in the bio section, or if you would like the memorial itself removed, I will honor the family's wishes. Please accept my apologies if any actions taken are perceived otherwise. Managing these memorials is meant solely to honor their legacy and pay tribute to their memory in the best way I can.

Lord, help me dig into the past

And sift the sands of time,

That I might find the roots that made

This family tree of mine.

Lord, help me trace the ancient roads

On which my father's trod,

And led them through so many lands

To find our present sod.

Lord, help me find an ancient book

Or dusty manuscript,

That's safely hidden now away

In some forgotten crypt.

Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts

My soul when I can't find,

The missing link between some name

That ends the same as mine.

-- Author Unknown