Our dearly loved mother and sister, Juanita Malone, at the age of 61, has gone to rest for a short while. She entered her sleep on March 22, 2019. She came into this world on December 14, 1957, to the union of her parents, Ruby Mae (Foster) and Ernest Lincoln Malone, in Waterford, Mississippi.
From Waterford, Mississippi she moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, then to Catron and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, in 1962 to South Bend, Indiana, in 1967 to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1968 to Buffalo, New York. In 1974 she and Antoine Gamma Madoukou moved to Washington DC and the Baltimore, Maryland area and lastly in 1975, she returned to South Bend, Indiana, where she resided until her passing. Juanita was always beautiful inside and out.
That beauty however, never came close to the most important possession in her life: her children. As a child and young woman growing up in our large Malone household, she always held her own. We were a very close-knit family, raised with spiritual values.
She had a great deal of love and compassion for others. She grew up to be a hardworking, studious, fun loving, free spirited woman. She was devoted to family and her many friends, always sharing and seeing the good in everyone.
Juanita attended school in Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York. She had many gifts, talents and hobbies. She had a many great talents knitting, crocheting and a great dancer.
She had a love of music and singing. She enjoyed cooking, known for her world’s best lasagna. As a great homemaker, she always grew beautiful plants and a nice vegetable garden.
She loved getting together with family and friends for billiards and card games. Those who survive to cherish her memory include her children: sons Antoine G. Malone Sr. (Monika) and Ernest Evans Malone (Pauline); daughter Lucretia Lenis Malone; grandchildren Antoine G. Malone Jr., Jalen Williams, Ty’Tyiana La’Bree Malone Johnson, Aaliyah Ali Malone Stearns, Alishya Marie Kelis Malone, Monika Lattimore, Jonika, Seth, Boubacar Sow, Chris Page, Sr., Roosevelt Stewart, Mellissa Lattimore, Cory Miller; great-grandchild Maykayla Sariya Nichols; god daughters Rosemary Eason and Charlene A. Carter; four brothers: Eddie Joseph “James” (Debra) Malone, Michael Lynn (Marie) Malone of both Buffalo, New York, Curtis Lincoln (Gwen) Malone of Cleveland, Ohio and Gregory Anthony (Roxanne) Malone of South Bend, Indiana; three sisters: Mary Jean Malone Williams of Indianapolis, Indiana, Ruby Doll Green (Michael) Wilson and Gracie Ann (Warren) Farkas both of South Bend, Indiana: five aunts: Ethel Olivia Foster Honer of Buffalo New York, Mamie Glover, Malone both of Waterford, Mississippi, Magnolia Jones of South Bend, Indiana and Candice (Walter) Foster of Aurora, Illinois; one uncle, James (Nora) Foster of Manchester, Missouri; a host of nieces, nephews, great- nieces, great-nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby Mae (Foster) Malone and father, Ernest Lincoln Malone; sisters Ernestine Marie Malone Hickman and Mamie “Antoine” Lee Malone Sullivan; brothers Lester Brandon Malone and George Timothy Malone; nieces Ruby Hickman, Cherlie Ann and Cheryl Denise Green; great-nephew Stevie “Bird” Hickman; paternal grandparents Nettie Magnolia (Byers) and George Washington Malone; maternal grandparents Mamie (McGowan) and John Sullivan Foster; aunts Mattie Mae Edwards, Bessie Lenora Malone, Mary Ellen Curry, Amanda “Mandy” Malone, Henrietta Malone (Clinton “Elmo) and Mary Ann Foster; uncles Moses “Bill” (Mary) Malone, Clinton Elmo Malone, Walter Quincy (Bernice) Foster and John Vaughn Foster; sister-in-law Edith Thomas Malone and a host of great-aunts, great-uncles, cousins and friends.
With all of Juanita’s love, warmth and beauty, she will be greatly missed and cherished by all those who knew and loved her. Per the family’s wishes, no public services will be held. Palmer Funeral Home – West Chapel, 2702 Lincolnway West, South Bend, Indiana 46628 is assisting the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be directed to the Malone family at www.
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