Rosa Annie Yarbrough (July 7, 1921 - February 18, 2007

Rosa Annie Yarbrough was born on July 7, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to Comaster Sr. and Lee Anna Roberts.  She was the fourth of six children born to this union. Rosa accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized by the late Rev. Anderson Hawkins, Pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church.  In later years, she united with Calvary Hill Missionary Baptist Church where she was a faithful worker on the Mother’s Board.   She attended the Cleveland Public Schools and then went on to attend Culinary School and School of Furniture Upholstery.  Rosa had an outgoing personality and she loved to shop for furniture and for clothes!  She also loved to fish and to cook.  Her bread “with the colored swirls” and checkerboard cake will surely be missed.  On Sunday, February 18, 2007, Rosa departed this life.  She is preceded in death by her parents and by four siblings – Elwood, Odus, Aretha, and Comaster Jr.  Those left to mourn and to cherish her memory include her “One and Only” daughter Frances E. McQueen;  two grandsons, Ronald McQueen of Cleveland, Ohio and Harold McQueen of Cincinnati, Ohio;  one great-granddaughter, Taylor Pointer;  one sister, Odessa (Cornelius) Battle of Oakland, California;  and many other loving relatives and friends.

Robert Lucius Young (April 10, 1960 - March 14, 2007)

Mr. Robert Lucius Young was born on April 10, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio to the union of Ennis and Elvira (nee Haymon) Young.  At an early age, Robert accepted Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized under the leadership of Rev. E.L. Rogers.  He attended Collinwood High School where he played on “The Railroaders” Varsity Basketball team.  He graduated from high school in 1978 and went on to  further his education at Central State University and then to Southeast Missouri State University.  It was at this latter school where he met and fell in love with Lisa Dent.  The couple married in St. Louis, Missouri on April 11, 1987 and moved to Cleveland in October of 1987.  To their union two daughters were born - Ya’Kale and Robyn - the joys of his life.  Robert, better known as “Smooth”, wasn’t shy about singing.  He had one of the best voices you would want to hear and he loved to sing Luther Vandross.  Robert loved his family and the children of the family loved to spend the night with their Uncle Rob (“Wob”).  Robert departed this life on Wednesday evening March 14, 2007 and is preceded in death by his parents.  He leaves to cherish his memory his wife Lisa;  two daughters, Ya’Kale and Robyn;  two sisters, Beverly Young and Valecia (Erik) Gholson;  five brothers, Michael, Ennis Jr., Victor (Andrea), and Ronald, all of Cleveland, Ohio, and Douglas Young of Germany (USAF);  two brothers-in-law, Leland and Walter Dent, as well as mother and father-in-law, Hazel and Walter Dent, all of St. Louis, Missouri;  nieces, nephews and a host of other loving relatives and friends.