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Janet L. Stinson

May 09, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Janet L. Stinson, 64, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, departed this Earth, Saturday, May 6, 2017 in UPMC McKeesport Hospital.

 
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Colin Lanelle Davis

April 29, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Presiding:  Rev. Gloria Ruffing

 

Musical Prelude

 

Processional:  Clergy & Family

(Congregation, Please Stand)

 

Prayer of Comfort:  Minister

 

Scripture Readings:  Minister

Old Testament:  Psalm 23

New Testament:  St. John 14:1-7 

 

Words of Comfort:  Visiting Clergy

 

Selection

 

Acknowledgements and Condolences

Reading of the Obituary

 

Family Tribute

 

Selection

 

Colin Lanelle Davis, 64, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

 
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William Ja'von Chaffin

April 29, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

William Ja'von Chaffin, 14, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, departed Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in McKeesport.

He was born June 5, 2002 in Pittsburgh, loving son of William Joseph Chaffin, Jr. and Carin Monique Williams. William regularly attended Bethlehem Baptist Church.

 
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Christine Rebecca (Younger) Brown

April 24, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Christine Rebecca (Younger) Brown, age 82, of Duquesne, PA passed away at John J Kane Regional Center in McKeesport, PA on April 22, 2017 Christine was born on June 16, 1934 to Martin and Minnie Younger in Pittsylvania County, Chatham, Virginia.

 
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Violet Robinson Franklin

April 14, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Violet Robinson Franklin, 90, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 in Kane Regional Hospital. She was born August 16, 1926 in Richmond, VA, daughter of the late Peter Robinson and Mary Powell.

 
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Donald Jeter

April 11, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Donald Jeter, 70, of Newark, New Jersey, formerly of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, entered eternal rest on Thursday, March 30, 2017.

 
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William Davis, III

March 29, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

William Davis, III, 72, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, transitioned Friday, March 24, 2017 at home. Born December 29, 1944 in Pittsburgh, son of the late William Davis, Jr. and Fannie Dent Davis.

 
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Jennifer Linnen Williams

March 28, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Jennifer Linnen Williams, 65 of Clairton, Pennsylvania, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Kane Regional Hospital.

 
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Dr. Troy D. Allen

March 23, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

On Friday, March 17, 2017, Dr. Troy D. Allen(56) moved up to the rank of ancestor.

 
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Mary Etta (Curry) Tarver

March 23, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Mary Etta (Curry) Tarver 85, of McKeesport, PA departed this life Monday morning, March 20, 2017. Mary passed peacefully at home with family from natural causes. Born Mary Etta Curry on September 2, 1931 in Glasgow VA, to the late Mildred Frye Curry and Jerry Curry, Mary was married to the late William (Bylly) Tarver, and this union birthed one child, Tracey Tarver.

 
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Norma Jean Robinson

March 21, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Norma Jean Robinson, 67 years old of Clairton, Pennsylvania, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 in West Penn Hospice. She was born December 7, 1949 in Clairton, PA, daughter of Mary Hazel Ramseur Robinson and the late James Robinson. She was preceded in death by her brothers, James Robinson and Johnny Graves.

 
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Dr. James R. Johnson, Sr.

March 20, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Dr. James R. Johnson, Sr., 85 years old of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, departed this Earthly life Friday, March 17, 2017 in Riverside Nursing Center, McKeesport. He was born August 13, 1931 in Leasburg, NC, son of the late Robert G. and Lilly B. Garland Johnson.

 
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Lillian Esteen Knights-Thomas

March 14, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Lillian Esteen Knights-Thomas, of Anchorage, Alaska, formerly of Duquesne, passed away March 11, 2017 in Eklunta Estates Alaska. She was born August 18, 1928 in Macon Georgia to the late Rutha Bell Richardson-Hedgepath and the late Morgan Simmons, Jr.,

 
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Bessie Lee Dent Williams McDowell

March 10, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Elder McDowell was Born March 11, 1930 in Homestead, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Dent, and Virginia Hudson Dent, she was also preceded in death by her daughter, Evelyn Denise Bracey Kirkland, and her late husbands, Jessie Lee Williams, and then Deacon Alonzo McDowell. Elder

 
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Jerome D. Carter

February 28, 2017 |

By Robert A. Waters Funeral Home | Posted in: Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Jerome D. Carter, 58, of Chattanooga, TN, formerly of Duquesne, passed on Friday, February 24, 2017 in the Parkridge East Hospital.

 
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