Sidney Pearson

(AKA BIG BOY)

APRIL 28, 1928 - SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

SIDNEY EARL PEARSON SR, WAS THE 12TH CHILD OF 13 CHILDREN, BORN APRIL 28, 1928 TO GEORGE AND PEARL PEARSON, IN WEST HOLMES MISSISSIPPI. SIDNEY ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE AND ATTENDED CHURCH ON SUNDAYS. AFTER LOSING HIS FATHER

AT A EARLY AGE, HE STARTED HELPING HIS MOTHER WITH THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS. WORKING FOR NEARBY NEIGHBORS. SIDNEY LATER MOVED TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE RAILROAD. ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1949 HE MARRIED ALICE MAE PATTERSON, FROM THIS UNION 5 CHILDREN WERE BORN. JOBS BECAME SCARCE SO HE DECIDED TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES, CA WHERE HE STARTED

WORKING FOR THE IRON FOUNDARIES. SIDNEY WAS A HARD WORKER, LOVING HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, LOVING FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN, AND A GOOD PROVIDER. AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AT GLOBE IRON FOUNDARY, HE RETIRED AT 65 YEARS OLD. HE ENJOYED HIS RETIREMENT, TAKING A WALK EVERYDAY, WATCHING TV, LISTENING TO COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC ON THE RADIO. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 GOD CALLED SIDNEY HOME, HE WILL GREATLY BE MISSED.HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, 11 SIBLINGS, HIS WIFE AND 2 DAUGHTERS.HE LEAVES BEHIND, 1 SISTER ADDIE CAINE OF MADISON WI, 3 CHILDREN AND 8 GRANDCHILDREN; CLAUDETTE PEARSON, OF COVINA, CA CLAUDETTE'S SONS - KYRON LYONS, STANLEY LYONS, VAUGHN JOHNSON, AND VAUGHN'S WIFE LYNNTONIA. ALL OF COVINA, CA SIDNEY PEARSON JR., OF COVINA CA SIDNEY'S CHILDREN; CAMERON PEARSON, OF SHERMAN TEXAS, SIDNEY PEARSON III, LOS ANGELES, CA SYDNEY ALICIA PEARSON, EAST LOS ANGELES, CA DANA PEARSON, EAST LOS ANGELES, CA DANIELLE PEARSON OF DANA POINT, CA. DANIELLE'S SON; BRADAN TOIGO, OF DANA POINT, CA 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN A SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER IN LAW AND A HOST OF NEICES/NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES & FRIENDS.