Vanessa Kay Studamire

VANESSA KAY STUDAMIRE was 65 years of age when she passed from this life on Friday, September 18, 2020 at home surrounded by her family. Vanessa was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Norma Jean (Beeler) Hinton and Joseph Drinks.

She received christ at an early age and attended Union Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Pastor Clyde Adams. She was a graduate of South Side High School Class of 1973.

Vanessa worked as a CNA for several years before becoming totally disabled. She loved taking care of people. She had a smile and spirit that would light up a room. She loved the world and the world loved her back. Vanessa moved to Anderson, Indiana with a longtime friend until she became too ill to take care of herself and as a result she moved to Georgia to be with her sister Gloria until the lord called her home.

She leaves to cherish her mother, Norma Jean Curry-Hinton; two children, Carmen Nicole Dirig and Jarrod Michael Dirig (Yesenia); a brother, Paul Edward Rowe, Jr. (Patricia); sisters, Gloria James, Marlena Morris and Flaim Nicole Moore (James), Angela Davis and Donya Brown; aunts, Shirley Smith and Vicki Bess; a special uncle, Michael Smith (Sheila); a special friend and partner of many years Rose Edwards; 6 grandchildren, Rashad Humphries, Raekwon Humphries, Orlando Davis, Lamont Davis, Jaydon Dirig and Sasha Dirig; a great-granddaughter, Kalani Salazar-Davis; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father; her step-father, Paul Edward Rowe, Sr., a son, Shawn Terrell Beeler, a brother, Norman Eugene Rowe and grandmother, Katie Lee McDonald.