Ellen Gwendolyn Johnson

Apr 20, 2023

Mrs. Ellen “Gwen” Johnson, 83, of Detroit, Michigan, was born in Pontiac, Michigan on January 25, 1940.  She was the only child born to the late Albert and Emily Glenn.

Gwen was baptized and accepted Christ into her life at an early age.  She received her education in the Detroit Public School System.  She worked at Ford Motor Company for...

Charles Oliver Longstreet, Sr.

Apr 18, 2023

Charles Oliver Longstreet, Sr. was born Friday, February 4, 1944, in Coffeeville, Yallowbusha County, Mississippi, to Annie Derden and Welton Longstreet.  

He was raised on the farm with his eight siblings in Grenada, Mississippi. His childhood was rough, growing up poor in the South, living through Jim Crow and unjust racial discrimination. He and his brothers and sisters worked...