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Official Obituary of

William Deans

June 25, 2025
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William Deans Obituary

MR. WILLIAM LEE DEANS 66, WAS BORN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1959 TO MISS. ELSIE JANE DEANS AND MR. WALLACE WILLIAM BROWN.

AT THE AGE OF 5 YRS OLD. WILLIAM LEE WAS RAISED BY HIS ELDER SISTER CLEMENTINE DEANS ALLEN-STANLEY, ALONG WITH HER BABY SISTER ROBIN AND HER TWO SONS ANTHONY "TONY" & JOHN-JOHN ALLEN.

WILLIAM LEE WAS RAISED UP IN THE CHURCH WHERE HE WAS SAVED & BAPTIZED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE BISHOP LEWIS E. HINES.  THE WAY OF THE CROSS C.O.G.I.C.

WILLIAM LEE WAS EDUCATED IN THE NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NORFOLK SANITATION.

 

WILLIAM LEE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS OLDEST SISTER, JOSEPHINE ANN DEANS AND HIS AUNT CONSTANCE LEE DEANS RIDDICK.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS CHILDREN, DR.LAKESHEA LOVE (OWEN), WILLIAM LEE HARRIS (ASHLEY) THEIR MOTHER THE LATE JOSEPHINE HARRIS

LADENDA JONES HER MOTHER DEBRA JONES

GRANDCHILDREN: LAQUESHEA MORNING, LAMESHEA LOVE, KE'AISHA HARRIS, WILLIAM HARRIS JR. AND RAYQUAN HARRIS.

HIS SIBLINGS: CLEMENTINE DEANS ALLEN-STANLEY, CHARLES DEANS, WALLACE BROWN (MELODY) DYANN DEANS AND ROBIN DEANS.

SPECIAL SISTER N LAW, STARRIS DC SMALLWOOD

SPECIAL FRIEND, EDWIN G. NOWELL SR.

SPECIAL NEPHEW, MICHAEL SMITH

                                             IN APPRECIATION:

CLEM: THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF ME PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE. LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST, YOU HAVE DONE WHAT MAMA ELSIE ASKED OF YOU. I LOVE YOU, YOUR BABY BROTHER WILLIAM LEE.

TO THE CAREGIVERS AT SENTARA HOSPITAL: WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME, PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LORD HAS CAME AND RECEIVED ME WHILE I WAS WATCHING TV. THE LORD SAID ''IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO JOIN ME IN HEAVEN WITH MY ANGELS, YOUR PARENTS, BIG SISTER AND OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS'' 

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Memorial Service
Tuesday
July 1, 2025

11:00 AM
Keith Matthews Funeral Home
5665 E. Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23502

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