David Adams, Jr.
Dec 9, 2025
David Adams, Jr. was born on January 10, 1938, in the small town of Arcola, Mississippi, to Willie Mae Lee and David Henry Adams. In 1944, as World War II neared its end, he began his education in the Breisch School District of Leland, Mississippi. After moving to Detroit as a youngster, he continued his studies in the Detroit Public...
James Leaster Gilleylen
Dec 5, 2025
Obituary
James Leaster Gilleylen was born on December 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, to the union of the late Leaster Gilleylen and Ontario Maggielie Gilleylen, who settled and married in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942.
When James was young, he was welcomed into the loving home of his late aunt and uncle, Alion Tolbert and Fairy Belle Tolbert, where he was raised alongside...