Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Michael Charles

Mr. Micahel Lindsey Charles, 34, born October 2, 1968, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Lindsey Earl and Ruth Ella Charles, died Monday, July 14, 2003 in Fordyce from a motorcycle accident.

During his youthful days he faithfully worshiped with the Sweet Home Baptist Church family under the guidance of Rev. J.P. Story, and attended the Prescott Public Schools. He married Maria LaFonda Williams on December 23, 1997.

His father, Lindsey Earl Charles, his maternal grandparents, Jacob and Mazie Dansby, and paternal grandparents, Eddie Charles and Maybell Fudge, and brother, Gregory Charles preceded him in death.

His survivors include: his wife, Maria; daughter, Kelsey Renee Charles; three step-children, O'Brien Domineck, Eric and Deshawnna Martin; seven sisters, Lisa (Rick) Woodberry, Tracy (Edward) Jackson, Carlen Charles, and Shameka Charles all of Prescott, Charlotte (Donnell) Watts of Rosston, Melissa Lacy of Emmet, and Maybell Charles of Ozan; one brother, Lindsey McCoy Patterson of Hope; six uncles, 10 aunts, 14 nieces, five nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Thank God for looking beyond our faults and seeing our needs in funeral service funding for our beloved Michael Lindsey Charles. Because of the generous donations from the Ward Chapel C.M.E., Corthan Chapel A.M.E., Faith Temple C.O.G.I.C., Macedonia Boughton, Mt. Zion, Mt. Cana, Munn's Chapel, and Union Grove Baptist Churches, Rev. William and Sis. Mary Colbert, Bedie and Josephine Henderson, Henry and Shelia Butler, our beloved one's funeral service was held at the Sweet Home Baptist Church, Rev. Charles Young, pastor, with Rev. Curtis Dansby, officiating and was finally laid to rest in the Nevada County Sweet Home Community Cemetery Saturday, July 26, 2003. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Henderson's Mortuary Inc. of Magnolia.

We, the family of the late Michael Lindsey Charles, acknowledge that during our trying times, these past days, the truth of friends have been a great sustaining element. Your prayers and your cordial words encouraged our grief stricken hearts. Because of your sharing, caring and kindness by the Holy Spirit, our heavy burden seems so much lighter now. May God bless you all.