AFTER 51 YEARS OF SHARING HER LOVE, KINDNESS, AND GENEROSITY, DEE WAS CALLED TO GOD'S LOVING CARE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2022 FROM HELENE FULD HOSPITAL IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. ALTHOUGH DEE MAY NO LONGER BE HERE WITH US IN THE HUMAN FORM, HER MEMORY WILL AL WAYS LIVE ON WITHIN US. THE HEAVENS HAVE GAINED A TRULY BEAUTIFUL SOUL.
SHE WAS BORN IN TRENTON ON JANUARY 5, 1970 TO SHEILA BOSLEY-REDDICK AND WILLIE REDDICK. DEE WAS EDUCATED IN THE TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WAS EMPLOYED AT AMERICAN STANDARD.
DEE'S PARENTS WILLIE AND SHEILA SHOWERED HER WITH LOVE AND ATTENTION. THAT LOVE WAS MULTIPLIED BY ALL HER DOTING GRAND PARENTS AND FAMILY. AS A YOUNGSTER DEE LOVED SPENDING SUMMERS IN GA. AT GRAND DADDY K.D:S ALONG WITH HER AUNTS CAROLYN AND ROESHELL. DEE WAS A MEMBER OF EL CID'S "MU$KATEERS" DRILL TEAM IN EAST TRENTON. SHE ALSO ENJOYED ROLLERSKA TING AT THE CAPITOL SKATING RINK WITH HER COUSIN, AUNT AND NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS. SHE SPENT WEEKENDS AT THE DRIVE-IN THEATER IN EWING. COMEDY MOVIES WERE DEE'S FAVORITE, NAMELY "AUTHOR". SHE ADORED HER NIECE ERICA'S KIDS, SHE SPENT TIME CARING FOR AND NUTURING THEM, PREPARING THEM FOR SCHOOL AND GREETING THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVED HOME. IN HER FREE TIME, DEE ENJOYED TALKING TRASH WHILE PLAYING SPADES, AND SCRATCHING LOTTERY TICKETS. BEING GIDDY AND HUMOROUS WAS HER GOAL, IF IT BROUGHT A SMILE TO SOMEONE'S FACE. DEE WAS A LOVING AND FIERCE MOMMA BEAR WHEN IT CAME TO HER DAUGHTER STRENGTH. SHE LOVED HER WITH HER WHOLE HEART AND SOUL. HER LOVE AND DEVOTION TO STRENGTH STILL LIVES ON IN HER F AMIL Y. WE VOW TO PICK UP THE TORCH AND SEE ALL HER DREAMS FOR HER DAUGHTER COME TO FRUITION.
ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED NOW, I CAN SHARE HOW DEE AND I (COUSIN TAMMY) WOULD SNEAK INTO HER MOM'S ALBUM COLLECTION AND LISTEN TO RICHARD PRYOR BEFORE THE ADULTS CAME HOME. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT HER CALLING WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. I COULD GO ON FOR HOURS AND I KNOW MOST IF NOT ALL IN THE ROOM CAN SHARE A STORY ABOUT DEE BRIGHTENING YOUR LIFE.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY: HER HUSBAND BRAINARD SAMUELS; HER MOTHER SHEILA BOSLEY -REDDICK; HER GREAT GRANDPARENTS: TOM AND ANNIE BELL GARRETT; GRANDPARENTS ELWOOD AND MARIE "DOLLY" BOSLEY; GRANDMOTHER CEOLA GARRETT -LOWE; LONG TIME COMPANION ROBERT PROCTOR; COUSIN TRlJOTTE DAVIS; AUNT BOBBIE LOWE; UNCLE ROBERT PROCTOR JR.; HER FRIEND JEANETTER SMITH.
DEE IS SURVIVED BY: DAUGHTER STRENGTH SAMUELS; FATHER WILLIE REDDICK; GRANDF ATHER K.D. LOWE; THREE BROTHERS: ERIC, ABRAHAM AND KAMEL; TWOUNCLES DAVID LOWE (IRIS), AARON LOWE (SHA WNTE); FOUR AUNTS: ELIZABETH HUGHLEY OOE), BERNICE WILLIAMS (REV. ALVIN), CAROLYN LO\VE, ROESHELL LONG (MARK) AND ESTHER "PEANUT" PROCTOR; EIGHT NEPHEWS/NIECES; 3 GREAT NEPHEWS/NIECES; SPECIAL COUSINS TAMMY GARRETT -WILLIAMS (CALVIN), JOHANNA MURPHY AND ASHLEY BOBB; GOD-SISTER TRINA HILL; FRIENDS: ROBIN PATTERSON-PHILLIPS, KIM SMITH-JOHNSON, MONICA ANDREWS, TALA Y A MICHAELS, GWEN GRIER, ROZ "ROSE", PELINKA JONES, ND MARIETTA LIVINGSTON; A HOST OF COUSINS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
Funeral service will be 1pm Friday, January 14, 2022 at Hughes Funeral Home, 324 Bellevue Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618. Calling hour will be 12pm until the time of service. Interment will be at Fountain Lawn Memorial Park, Ewing, NJ.
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