News Death Notice
LAUDERDALE, Jr. Tyrone "Poppi" age 16, of Dayton, passed away Friday, August 23, 2013. He was attending Northridge High School and was a junior at MVCTC majoring in biotechnology. He leaves to cherish his memories his father, Tyrone Sr. (Ranae) Lauderdale; mother, Johnna (Demeeckus) Brown; sisters, Tashe'Anna (Marques) McDaniel, Ty'Ronae and Ty'Zhanequia Lauderdale, Amaya Fisher, Talissa Hooper; maternal grandmother, Scheherazade Brown; paternal grandparents, Patricia Lauderdale and James Heath; 2 nieces, numerous uncles and aunts, cousins and friends. Homegoing will be held 1 pm Friday, August 30, 2013 at Grace United Methodist Church, 1001 Harvard Blvd. Pastor Robert Brown officiating. Interment Dayton Memorial Cemetery. Visitation 11 am Friday at the church until time of service. Family will receive friends one hour prior to service. Arrangements entrusted to the House of Wheat Funeral Home, Inc., 2107 N. Gettysburg Ave. Online condolences may be expressed at [email protected]
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Hey nephew Auntie Steph here again! I was just thinking of u & decided to come here & let u know I miss u & love u
Steph
Family
September 7, 2023
I went to see you the other day but you know that. A lot of us came out cause you brought us together. man I may seem to have it all together but you know all y'all completed me and having one of y'all not here will always leave me uncompleted. I can still hear your voice and I can still see your smile I just wish it was more than just a memory. We love you so much. Kiss maw maw and hug pawpaw for me. P.S. your nephews look and act just like you dude and your nieces well they are a force to be reckon with and Shy still can't win the quiet game LOL I love you baby
Your mommy
September 6, 2023
Wow another year & it still feels fresh! Seems like I just posted in here a couple days ago. Time is truly going by fast but the thought of you being gone will always hurt. Miss you so much nephew. Continue to watch over us all down here & know how missed & loved you are everyday!
Love,
Auntie Steph & Cousins
Stephone Bennett
Family
August 23, 2023
Missing you
Momma Q
August 23, 2022
I love you forever in my heart
Michelle Florence
Family
August 23, 2022
Another year nephew & it still hasn´t eased up a bit but I'm thankful to know you´re no longer living in this cruel & messed up world!
Continue to watch over us down here as we send blessings ` prayers up therelove you & miss u forever & always
Love Always, Auntie Steph(New York)
May 30, 2022
I woke up with tears in my heart. Thinking of all the parents who are now grieving their childrens passing and I understand. I know that pain. I know that hurt. We miss you Poppi. Give mawmaw a kiss for us. We are hugging you right now and forever.
Mommy
May 29, 2022
Hey Nephew! Just thinking of you! I know you´re up there with that Big bright smile smiling down on us! Keep us covered down here nephew we can really use it! I love you & you´re always in our hearts & memories
Auntie Steph(New York)
August 31, 2021
I always miss you. The has been another difficult year but it can never be more difficult than losing you and Maw Maw. Always loved and Always needed.
Your Mommy
Family
August 29, 2021
Wow nephew, it´s been 8 long & ever so crazy years since you´ve been gone & the wound still feels fresh! You definitely changed the game on us all with this one & now we´re trying to figure out how to play it your way! It´s that smile of yours for me that I´m missing! Although I´ve never met you physically, your Mom(my Sister from another Mister)never left me out of the picture with updating me on you or your siblings. It was like I was right there every step, every moment watching y´all grow! I just wish I would´ve visited more so I could´ve gotten to know how amazing of a nephew I had, but I knew your Greatness was magic because your Mom told me so!
Rest Peacefully Poppi!
Love You Always,
Auntie Steph
Auntie Steph (from New York)
August 23, 2021
Hey Mommy Daddy and Poppi. I was thinking of you today but that is nothing unusual. I feel your presence everywhere I go. Just now that I need you guys more than ever.. Love you. I will never let you guys go.
Johnna Dorsey
Mother
April 2, 2021
I Love me some you, I miss you so much, my heart is forever heavy. Auntie love you, hugs and kisses.
Auntie Lisa
October 15, 2019
Happy birthday all the way up to the heavens daddy. I know you and Poppi kicked it all day up there.
Johnna Dorsey
August 16, 2019
Hey nephew I know I wasn't there but I remember ya mom posting pics of u all the time. The last thing I remember seeing posted of u was a video your big sissy put up of y'all & I smiled watching it cause I saw the bond you all shared! It was genuine, it was real & it was touching all in one. I knew my sis Johnna did GREAT in raising u all! I wish u could've came to New York with me just one time, u would've loved it for sure! I'll never forget talking to ur Mom the sad day, the pain in her voice broke my heart, broke my spirit & broke my soul cause I couldn't be there @ that very moment to comfort her & I feel guilty @ times for NOT being more in contact with her throughout the years but just know I loved u like i was there since day one & u will never be forgotten!
Love Auntie Steph
Stephone Bennett
July 23, 2019
Maw Maw
July 2, 2019
celebrating your cousin "Bucki" today knowing she is has your presence. Journey on with our love ones as we keep your living in our hearts...
Happy birthday Scheherazade!
Scheherazade Watson Brown
June 25, 2019
I miss you so! I love you nephew forever and always.
Auntie Lisa
June 22, 2019
Big sissy Tashe
May 30, 2019
Brother i love you no day goes by where i don't feel your presence it's been like that for quite some time and i just wanted you to know i love you and now i just happened to google my name and this popped up but i see you and i get scared sometimes because your spirit gets so heavy on me lol but it's okay I'm just a punk :)
Big Sissy
May 30, 2019
centering thought for today is:
I develop my awareness skills every day.
Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Betty Smith
maw maw
January 18, 2019
missing you beyond measures
Maw Maw
January 2, 2019
I love you always on my mind forever in my heart...
Michelle Florence
October 15, 2018
Hey Poppi its been a while since Ive said hello and tell you that not a day goes by that I dont think about you...from Earth to Heaven Im shouting we love you Poppi and you have a forever place in my heart...until we meet again watch over us...
Michelle Florence
October 15, 2018
Mawmaw
October 14, 2018
Hello handsome son of mines. You got your headstone and it's so beautiful. I was there when they put it in. I stood in the rain and tears rolled down my eyes because at that moment it was true that you are not coming back.. I try to pretend that you will one day; however, each day unbearably reminds me otherwise. You have another niece and I know you would love her. She has pop eyes like you and a cow lick in her head like you. I really miss you Poppi. We all do. I try not to come in here because all I do is read all the comments over and over and cry more so I am leaving now. Before me phone won't let me type cause it will be drown in tears. I love you talk to me when you get a chance baby boy
Your Mommy
September 16, 2018
Missing you so. I love you so much.
Auntie Lisa
January 1, 2018
I Love you and miss you so. Love you always.
Auntie Lisa
June 25, 2017
It's all about you everyday all day.
My heart aches. I love you
Auntie Lisa
April 20, 2017
I so miss you with every part of my soul baby boy
your mommy
March 20, 2017
Hey there Poppi just trying to say that I love and miss you. Keep smiling down on your family. See you when I get there...
Michelle Florence
February 15, 2017
Missing you so.. I love you
Auntie Lisa
February 10, 2017
Poppi I miss you and love you and I'm always finding myself thinking of you. I will see you when I get there.
Michelle Florence
September 5, 2016
Elaine Mawmaw
September 4, 2016
Poppi it has been a long three years it seems time is just going so fast but I'm stuck in the same place. I still can't believe you are gone so young so innocent so sweet things will never be the same. I light this candle in remembrance of you to let you know that you are the light that keeps my heart from going dark. I love you and i cry all the time. I will see you when I get there.
Michelle Florence
August 24, 2016
I still can't believe my baby... Seems like yesterday my life changed forever. I miss you sooooo much. You are my light in the wake of my darkness. You are loved and you are missed. To just hear your voice or see that smile, oh what I would give. I love you nephew
Auntie Lisa
August 23, 2016
So today marks year three,
That you were taking away from family.
And as much as I tried,
There is no way to keep my eyes dry.
I look for your laugh and listen for your joke,
But I hear silence and sobs from my heart being broke.
I remember when you was trying so hard to dunk, look mom I did it as you was talking junk.
You was determined to be the next Kobe,
What may I ask steered you away from dreams.
I often sit and ask myself why, even come to your grave or look up to the sky.
I've gotten no answers or understanding,
just the warmth of presence and your constant blessing
That is carried by your family of the sweet memories of you
While we are screaming to Heaven "POPPI, WE LOVE AND MISS YOU"
Johnna Dorsey 2016
Johnna Dorsey
August 22, 2016
I love you son!!! I love you and I pray hard and I love every one of our family members
August 5, 2016
I miss you sooooo, my heart is broken. Auntie loves you
Auntie Lisa
June 11, 2016
I miss you Tyrone. I think of you all the time. I know we didn't know each other well but you were great.
Samantha Hall
May 7, 2016
I feel like I'm inside of a closed room and the walls keep closing in. My heart is forever broken missing you more than ever my love, my son, my Poppi
Heart Broken
April 8, 2016
You are constantly on my mind....Love you pooh
Auntie Lisa
March 29, 2016
Auntie miss you soooo much. I love you more than life and can't wait until the day we meet again. We will be together forever.Love you always muaahhhh.
Auntie Lisa
November 22, 2015
August 24, 2015
Everyday is a struggle. Your smile your voice , You. Auntie Love you.
Auntie Lisa
August 23, 2015
JALA unlimited
August 13, 2015
another day plus
LotsA Love
July 22, 2015
heaven & earth's first meet and greet in back to our roots: dayton ohio
Scheherazade Benson Brown
July 5, 2015
Maw Maw
July 5, 2015
I love you boo boo always and forever.
Auntie Lisa
June 24, 2015
Alex I am his mother my email is [email protected] and my number is 9374230940 I will be there in the front row thank you baby!
His Mommy
May 28, 2015
Tyrone was a very outgoing and caring person, i had a high school class with him and became very good friends with him, this year i will be making a song to perform locally here in dayton, regarding all the good times we had. i love ya man, ill see you one day!
Alex Carpenter
May 27, 2015
Class of 2015....
S Brown
May 25, 2015
It's All about You. I love you so!
Auntie Lisa
April 21, 2015
Missing you like crazy, Loving you daily. Love you muaahhhh
Auntie Lisa
March 25, 2015
I love you so much baby! I miss you so!
Your mommy
March 18, 2015
MawMaw
March 4, 2015
Hey Poppi, I thought about you today. I saw your mom and sisters at the store the other day... It wasn't right not seeing you with them. Even after all this time it still seems unreal. Anyway, Jst wanted to let you know you are surely not forgotten. Love you!
Randi
March 4, 2015
well babyboy you already know that I am officially Floridian....miss you handsome
MawMaw
March 3, 2015
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I'm found...
your grandmother, SCHEHERAZADE ELAINE
December 27, 2014
This Christmas had to be harder then the first one without you! I have never imagined this kind of pain but nonetheless I have to find ways to endure it! Son I fought so hard for you when no one else would and in the end I still lost! This pain I would not want anyone to bear! I miss you like crazy and I have cried for two days because my heart hurts so bad!! We all love you and we all wish you were here with us like it used to be!
Your Mommy
December 25, 2014
with my heartfelt praise I celebrate my very merry season with the precious memories of home with the knowledge of where everyone are in the spirit as much as those who are still here.....
Being blessed with the introduction of our Creator and Saviour at the early age of 5 months, my life-journey has been of needing and seeking more of Jesus, the son of Mary and Joseph. Looking for my nephew, lil Joe, for almost 2 years, this day I found also the son of our earthly family's Mary and Joseph
Peacefully babyboy with our Loved Ones
Scherrie Brown
December 21, 2014
Love you muahhhhh
Auntie Lisa
December 12, 2014
Auntie Love You....with all my Heart and Soul. Still to this day..missing you like crazy. What I would give to hug you, to see you....Love Auntie
Auntie Lisa
December 12, 2014
S
October 19, 2014
Hello my baby boy I am a year older now and I was asked what do I want for birthday and you know what my answer is!! I was high above the clouds and I looked for you!!! My love I miss you so much!
Your Mommy
October 7, 2014
Heavy hearted with thoughts of you on my mind.
Michelle Florence
October 7, 2014
thoughts roam continuously as I imagine you with our Lord and Creator.
October 6, 2014
I thought about you when I woke up this morning. I miss you so much I know the reason my heart is so heavy I feel guilty I was not there for you. We always wish we could turn back the hands of time but we cant. Always on my mind forever in my heart. Love you...
Michelle Florence
September 30, 2014
Well all I can say is I love and miss you one year ago my family had to endure heartache and pain beyond measure. Poppi just know we all miss you. Please excuse my tears. Love you. I will end this with a heavy heart.
Michelle Florence
August 22, 2014
Well it has been one long year all of the tears that have been shed. I think about you everyday some days I cry some I do not. I really have taken this year to think of how I could apologize to you for not being there I am your oldest cousin and I should have been there. I have one picture of you that will be my constant reminder of you you had the biggest smile. Please continue to watch over your mom and the family. I love you and know that you are the special light in my heart that will continue to shine as long as my heart beats. Love you always...
Michelle Florence
August 22, 2014
Auntie Love You muahhhhh
Auntie Lisa
August 21, 2014
I thought about you today
I think about you everyday
No one can understand that the pain just won't go away
I needed you with me
I needed some more time
I don't know what to do
So I sit silently and cry
For no one can see my hurting heart
When you left you took a big part
You are my sunshine after any rain
And now my sunshine has been replaced with pain
I thought about you today
But guess what????
I'll think about you forever and always!
Your Mommy
August 21, 2014
Now that school has started back all I can think about is how this would be your year to walk across that stage. I know you are smiling down on everyone watching over us. Miss hearing your voice. Hugs and kisses
August 20, 2014
Whoever posted that song it was absolutely beautiful!
Poppi's mommy
August 16, 2014
http://youtu.be/yov2iu-k9Og
August 15, 2014
You was here
You lived, You loved
You was here
You did, You done everything that you wanted
And it was more than you thought it would be
You have left your mark so everyone knew
You was here
I want to say you lived each day, until you died
And know that you meant something in, somebody's life
The hearts you have touched, have been the proof that you left that you made a difference, and this world has seen
You was here!!!
It's getting close and I feel like I'm suffocating all over again
Your Mommy
August 14, 2014
Its still hurts
August 12, 2014
Missing you! I Love You!
Auntie Lisa
August 9, 2014
Nephew!!... i use to be happy to see august because of my bday but now im like wake me up when it over!! 8-23-13 the day you left us forever changed my life!! auntie Goldie misses you more than you know I love you always an forever!! This is hard for me watch over me yo mom an the family i feel these tears coming so im end here i love you! see you in my dreams
hugs an kisses
Aunt Goldie
August 1, 2014
I know you seen how beautiful your sister and I know you are very proud! Your cousin Martel graduated too I took a picture for you but I know you seen it! We know you were there and it keeps us smiling knowing that! Meek took a lot of pics and we got some with Auntie Dee! Lindell and Rochelle was there and Aunt Monica and your Uncle came you would have had a ball! We love you and we miss you dearly
Your Mommy
May 25, 2014
Poppi Auntie wish you were here to see your new little cousin join the family, I know you will be looking over him. I miss you sooooo. I Love you.
Auntie Lisa
May 24, 2014
Good morning Poppi just wanted to stop by and say I miss you and please continue to watch over your mother and the family. You are so truly missed. I love you and miss you. These tears are because you are gone this smile is because I will see you when I get there.
Michelle Florence
May 23, 2014
I know if you was here you would be wishing your auntie Ria a happy birthday in Heaven well now you have her with you so which her one for me! I love you son and I love you sis forever and always
Your Mama
May 23, 2014
Generational rememberances
COTLGFT
May 22, 2014
It still seems so unreal that you are not here with us. I miss you and not a day goes by that I do not think about you.. Happy Birthday Momma Q loves you
April 21, 2014
I Love you Aunties Baby. Missing you..... muahhhhh
Auntie Lisa
April 14, 2014
I'm going insane without you. I cannot take it everyone and everything just breaks me i try to clean everything it makes me feel better. Almost like I'm cleaning away the hurt but, when things get messy even more then before I find myself overwhelmed. If I had an option to have you walk this earth again or me never breath ever again in my life. I would choose for you to walk this earth again. I miss you so much and deserved to be treated like an King. I love you king poppi.
February 28, 2014
Auntie Love you!! I miss you sooooo! Love you muahhhh
Auntie Lisa
February 26, 2014
Auntie miss you sooooooo much, I Love you Nephew. Auntie need you, I really do. Forever thinking of you Muahhhhh Love you.
Auntie Lisa
February 8, 2014
Sitting thinking of you! It's getting rough!! Love you son I know you know your mommy do!
January 26, 2014
I'm so tired. I miss you so much. Nothing is the same. I miss when it was just us having fun and annoying to each other. When everything was a - okay. Now everything is just seeming to fall apart. There's really nothing to be happy about. I haven't really been feeling or being myself. I miss you oh so much you're always on my mind. ):
Baby Sister
January 26, 2014
Lately, I've been feeling tired, confused, and lonely. My head has been hurting so much. I don't feel like getting up and doing my daily task. I feel like I know whats going to happen every single day. Nothing surprises me anymore. I am no longer happy me. I miss you so much and wish more than anything I could see your face and hear your voice. I feel like I'm starting to forget your voice, what you smell like and its killing me inside. I miss you so much it hurts.
Baby Sister
January 23, 2014
Hey baby I came to see you today and of course I cried but why shouldnt I? I miss you and you left me here with an confused mind and a broken heart. I dont know how I suppose to get up and walk after this I just know that it hurts so much. I wish I could just say Son come here or anything and know you will respond back but now i only get silence. I dont know what to do. LOST
your mommy
January 15, 2014
Missing this season, holding dearly on...
your MawMaw
January 5, 2014
I Love You!
Auntie Lisa
January 3, 2014
I Love You Poppi, I miss you so. This is overwhelming.
Auntie Love You forever and ever! If I could just hear your voice, touch you, see your handsome face so unbelievable
Missing you like crazy
Auntie Lisa
December 11, 2013
"A Mother's Pain"
There is no such thing as a loss when a mother's child pass,
A loss is very minimum to what a parent feels.
When you carry a child for 9 months learning how to protect and love for a person you have never even seen,
To the first day they are brought into this world is a love indescribable.
The first sound, the first word,
The first step, the first walk,
The first hug, the first kiss,
The first smile, the first laugh
The first cry, the first sleep, even the first day of school.
Everything you experience with that specific child is the first!
So when they leave this world and you have to experience your first real true devastating heartbreak,
You crumble and die inside.
It's the first time you experience your own death.
You search for a light through this new darkness only to keep hitting a dead end,
Hmmmmm... I guess that's why they call it "DEAD."
You find yourself questioning why are you still here when you have lost something so dear,
So no one can give such a simple word to a mother's lifelong pain
When her child has passed away
Author: Poppi's Mommy
Your Mommy
December 10, 2013
Poppi
Scheherazade
Johnnie
Addie
December 8, 2013
Poppi
Johnnie
Addie
December 7, 2013
The holidays are coming and my heart is forever heavy! I am doing what we spoke about but I can't say it's not hard! You knew I wasn't going to be able to live without you so why? Why this? I just knew out of all the kids you were going to be the one who lived at home forever! I was prepared! I didn't want anyone of you to leave! Tashe on her on and now you gone too! This is so hard to believe
Your mommy, My heart
November 26, 2013
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