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May 18, 2016
Obituaries
Correction
on Photos
Placement
Dear Readers:
We are republishing
obituaries in honor
of Portland residents
Maddie Mary Davis
Richmond and Gladys
Farve in this week’s
issue because their
photos were mistakenly
switched in last week’s
Portland Observer.
We sincerely regret
the error and wish to
apologize to all the
families and friends.
In Loving
Memory
Maddie Mary Davis
Richmond
Maddie Mary Davis Rich-
mond was born April 9, 1927 in
Garyville, La., to Gertrude Smith
and RD Davis. Her twin sister
Martha passed away in infancy.
She also had a father known as
“Daddy Smith” of New Orleans.
She was raised by her paternal
grandmother, Rebecca Davis,
whom she loved as her mother
and was affectionately known as
“Grand Mama Dynamite.”
She was baptized at an early
age and later became a devot-
ed Catholic. She and her mother
moved to Portland in 1945.
In 1946 she married her child-
hood sweetheart, Marshall C.
Richmond Sr., in Vancouver. To
this union were born 11 children.
Maddie was a retired cosmetol-
ogist of 35 plus years. She trained
In Loving Memory
Gladys Farve
Gladys Farve passed away peaceful-
ly on May 4, 2016. She was born on Dec.
12, 1941 in Bonita, La. to Amos and Helen
Hawkins Mott.
In addition to Antione, her loving husband, she is
survived by her children, Gail Farve of New Orle-
ans, Antione J. Farve IV of Portland, Desiree Farve
of Gaithersburg, Md., Antionette Robinson of Port-
land, and Delaney Farve of Vancouver; and ive
and mentored with Mrs. Etoile
Cox, and in 1944, passed a state of
Oregon board to acquire a license
in cosmetology. She worked with
Ms. Irving and with Mrs. Dean’s
hair salon on Hancock
Street. Shortly after, she
acquired her own hair
salon from lovely Hattie
Porter and became the
owner of Maddie Beauty
Salon on North Albina.
She also worked at sev-
eral funeral homes pre-
paring hair and make-up
for home-going services.
She has two grandkids named
after her from her son Randall,
his daughter Mary and grandson
Nate. She also has a great-grand-
daughter D’Naejah who was born
on her birthday. These are special
memories she held dear.
In 2010 Maddie’s daughter
Sheila Washington preceded her
in death. The two were inseparable
at the time, enjoying thrift shop-
ping, bingo and grocery shopping.
They also worked together as cer-
grandchildren, ive great grandchildren,
eight siblings and host of nieces, nephews
and cousins.
She was preceded in death by two of
her children, Andre Farve of Portland, and
Denise Farve of New Orleans; her parents;
stepfather Robert Taylor and four siblings.
A viewing was held May 11. at Terry
Family Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial
was held May 13 at St. Andrew Church, 806 N.E.
Alberta St., and a repast followed in the church
community center. In lieu of lowers, remembranc-
es may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
tiied nursing assistants.
Maddie’s hobbies included go-
ing to the race track, playing cards
and going to OG Motors when
in the market for a Cadillac. She
also loved her last car,
a Lexus. She enjoyed
cooking gumbo, frying
ish, making greens and
hot water corn bread.
She had a very strong
and independent per-
sonality. If you knew
her then you respected
her. She was a very
loving and generous person.
She would feed anyone and help
them inancially if they needed
it. If you crossed her she had no
problem telling you where to go
and how to get there. She loved
her husband and enjoyed talking
about him. She was a loving
mother who protected her children
and grandchildren. She loved her
sisters and brothers. She will be
deeply missed.
She leaves to cherish her life
with memories, children Mar-
shall (Ly) of Las Vegas, Nev.; Gail
Blake of Portland; Rebecca Gator
of Atlanta, Ga.; Ralph Richmond,
Ellen Stevenson, Randall Rich-
mond, and Marilyn Lindsey, all
of Portland; Arnethia Hammick of
Federal Way, Wash.; and Ramona
LaGrone–Eshmon (Reginald) of
Tacoma, Wash. Brothers and sis-
ters James Smith (Shirley) of Se-
attle; Rudolph Smith (Margaret),
Emile Smith and Irma Smith, all of
New Orleans, and a host of grand-
children, great grand children and
great-great grandchildren. She
also leaves to memory, a host of
nieces, nephew, and friends.
Also preceding her in death
were her husband, Reginald Rich-
mond; and siblings Herman King,
Elenora King, Alfred King, Anna
Mae King and Joe Smith.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held at St. Andrew’s Catholic
Church in northeast Portland on
May 12 and entombment followed
in Rose City Cemetery under the
direction of Rose City Funeral
Home.
In Loving
Memory
where she excelled in her job and
became a supervisor. She enjoyed
cooking, poetry, drawing, reading,
music and sports.
She was sweet, loyal, positive
and easy-going in her soft spoken
way, a rock to many. She was af-
fectionately nick named “Scorpio
Girl” by close friends.
Samoyia is lovingly
remembered and sur-
vived by her mother,
Cheryl A. Harris; her
father, Curtis T. Lowe;
aunts, Diane Harris,
Kandyce Harris, Drs.
Dana Harris-Echols (Eric), Rob-
in Lowe; (honorary aunt) Stacy
Buchanan; uncle Phillip Harris;
cousins, Phyllis Harris, LaShaun
Harris, Doris Lowe, and Namon
Franklin; a host of other relatives
including many godchildren; close
family friends B (Becca) Lynn
Cheatham and Wendy Pruett; and
a treasure trove of friends.
Samoyia LaCheryl Lowe
Samoyia LaCheryl Lowe, 34,
was born Oct. 24, 1981 in Port-
land and passed away peacefully
in Portland after a long battle with
cancer. She was the only
child born to Cheryl A.
Harris and Curtis T.
Lowe.
She grew up in south-
east Portland where
she was matriculated
through the public school sys-
tem, attending Ventura Park Ele-
mentary School and then moving
to northeast Portland where she
graduated from Thomas Jefferson
High School as a member of the
millennial Class of 2000. Samoy-
ia worked at various companies
throughout the Portland area in-
cluding ACS, a Xerox Company
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