Euretha Richardson

Obituary

MY ANGEL EURETHA FLEMING WAS BORN TO THE LATE MAJOR FLEMING SR. AND LOTTIE C. REDDING FLEMING IN DOTHAN ALABAMA ON APRIL 12, 1934. SHE MARRIED AND BECAME EURETHA RICHARDSON AND LATER MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY AT AN EARLY ADULT AGE. THERE HER ROOTS WERE SPREADED AND OUT OF THE VINES CAME 3 CHILDREN, KEITH, STEVEN, AND  RITA. SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AND RECEIVED HER DEGREE IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF HER HARD WORK. EURETHA WAS A  ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRST SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH OF NYC, A MEMBER OF SEVERAL MINISTRIES AS WELL AS THE CHURCH CLERK  AND YES SHE SUNG WITH THE GIFT GOD GAVE HER IN THE CHOIR UNTIL SHE LEFT NYC.

HER CHILDREN WERE HER PRIDE AND JOY; STEVEN, YVETTE, STEVEN B R K.

A HARD AND PROMPT DECISION SHE CHOSE TO LEAVE NYC AND GO BACK TO DOTHAN TO BE CLOSER TO HER SIBLINGS MAE MITCHELL & EDWARD FLEMING. SHE BECAME ACTIVE WITH THE ROSEHILL SENIOR CENTER WHERE SHE ADOPTED NICOLE AND SHE REFERS TO HER AS MY SISTER. SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GREATER BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH IN DOTHAN, A MEMBER OF THE W.O.R.D. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS & SENIOR CHOIR.

ON OCTOBER 26, 2019, MY ANGEL RECEIVED ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT AND THAT WAS TO BE WITH THE LORD.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES ONE SON, STEVEN RICHARDSON OF NJ/NY; ONE DAUGHTER, RITA YVETTE RICHARDSON OF NY/NY; ONE GRANDSON, STEVEN RICHARDSON KELLY OF NY/NY; ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, LILLIAN KELLY OF NYC; ONE SISTER, MAE MITCHELL OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA; ONE BROTHER, MAVION FLEMING SR. OF COLUMBIA, SC; ONE SISTER IN LAW, DOROTHY FLEMING OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES, ABUNDANCE OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES. SPRITUAL DAUGHTERS OF NYC. FLY ON; SOAR HI; MY ANGEL I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.