Ella Mae Pace

Birthplace: Harrisonburg, Louisiana Parents: Sherman Rogers, Sr. (deceased) Annie M. Rogers (deceased) Henry Pace (deceased) Education: Gregory Elementary School Booker T. Washington Jr.-Sr. High School Lifelong Mentor: Ms. Alice Kinney Marriage: Dec. 7, 1951, Alonzo N. Pace, Jr. (deceased) Baptismal: 1950 (Grace Temple Missionary Baptist Church) Church Affiliations: Grace Temple Missionary Baptist Church - (20+ years Church Clerk) Rev. Herman E. Potts (deceased) Greater New Grove Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Paul Jones (deceased) Employers: Mr. & Mrs. Herbert and Maree Aumann Judge Charles and Atty. Irene Coussons (deceased) Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. and Pauline R. Cusack Mr. & Mrs. James R. and Pat Cabaniss (deceased) Sheltering Arms Agency (Retired 2001) Community Affiliations: President of Parent Teacher Associaton (PTA) at Highland Heights Elementary and Williams Jr.-Sr. High Schools Memberships in Houston City Council of PTA and Rose of Sharon Eastern Star Booker T. Washington Alumni Assoc. Class of 1953 Lifetime Friends: Rose Marie Collins (deceased), Johnnie Mae and Rufus Smith, Barbara Ruffin Upton, Lois Ann Lewis Bradley, Lillian Vivian Cole Johnson, Mary Jane James, Katharine B. Williams Brown, Vernetta Ingram, Leola Calhoun Preceders: Brother - Sherman Rogers; Sons - Patrick Devon Pace & Kenneth Ray Pace; Daughters: - Sheila Kaye Pace, & Lelia Faye Pace; Mother - Mrs. Annie Rogers. Survivors: Daughters: Rhonda P. McGarthy (Humble, TX.), Sheryl P. Thomas-White (Edward), Yolanda P. Booker (Raymond), Debra P. Blackmond (Venson) (all of Houston, TX.), Stepdaughter-Francies L. LIFE EPITOME CON'T Pace-Davis (Robert) - Beaumont, TX. ; Companion - Stanley Barnes; Brothers: Michael Rogers (Catherine) of Colorado Springs, CO., Rev. Edward Rogers (Peggy) of Arlington, TX.; Sisters: Joyce Jolivette (Felton II) of Spring, TX. and Alice R. Williams of Spring, TX.; God daughters: Margie Tolder - Houston, TX. and Mary Burgess - Stafford, TX.; God son: Robert Bradshaw (Patti) - Katy, TX.; Grandsons: Patrick Devon Thomas. Elijah Burnell Thomas, Jr., Vicente Deonne Blackmond (Kimberly), Vincent Bonanza Blackmond, Jr., Grand daughters: LaShanda Renee Pace, LaToyia Rochelle Beal Pellum (Fred Sr.), LaToshia Raynette Beal, Porsche Deon Thomas Carrera (Efram); Great grandsons Ja-Den J. Pellum, Fred Pellum, III, Venson Bonanza Blackmond, III, Kenneth Keshawn Blackmond, Caleb Alfonz Thomas; Great granddaughters: Diamyn L. Sampson, Emeril L. Scott, Jada L. James, Paris M. Blackmond, Lyric S. Jackson, Liberty Amaris Carrera, and Kylle Elizabeth Thomas; Two special nephews: Clyde Beal and Tyrone Rogers. Special great neice: Shahidah Shamsid-Deen; Special 1st Cousin Georgia Ann Humphrey, (Alexandria, LA.) and a host of other nephews, neices, cousins and friends.