DEBORALE "RENEE" RICHARDSON, 77, PEACEFULLY TRANSITIONED ON MAY 6, 2026, IN THE FAMILIAR COMFORTS OF HER HOME IN TROTWOOD, OH.  BORN MARCH 17, 1949, IN DAYTON OH, SHE WAS THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CALLIE MAE WALKER AND MARK ANTONY WALKER.

RENEE GRADUATED FROM COLONEL WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE EXCELLED ACADEMICALLY AND DISTINGUISHED HERSELF IN FENCING.  SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AND DEDICATED HER CAREER AS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST IN THE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNTIL HER RETIREMENT.  RENEE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR LOCAL POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND SERVED AT THE FOOD PANTRY AT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.

OUTSIDE HER PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER ENDEAVORS, RENEE FOUND JOY IN THE GAME OF GOLF, PLAYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.  HER PASSION FOR THE SPORT WAS ONLY SURPASSSED BY HER LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  SHE HAS A VIBRANT SPIRIT AND A TRUE LOVE FOR LIFE.  RENEE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED TRAVELING AND CREATING MEMORIES WITH THOSE SHE LOVED. 

SHE WAS PRECEDED BY IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, CALLIE MAE WALKER AND MARK ANTONY WALKER; HER SISTER, FATIMA D. WALKER, AND HER BROTHER, MARK ANTHONY WALKER. DEBORALE LEAVES BEHIND HER CHERISHED DAUGTHER, DEBORALE-RICHARDSON-PHILLIPS (KIRK), HER ADORED GRANDCHILDREN, NATHAN AND MONET BOUIE; HER FORMER HUSBAND, PETE RICHARDSON; HER LOVING SIBLINGS,  BARBARA  A. WARD, LARRY WALKER-WRIGHT, AND HIRAM K. WALKER (JOAN), AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS: ARTREACE ALLEN, ARTIS ALLEN III, ALIESHA WALKER, BREANN DONLIN-WALKER, BRYAN DAVID WALKER, MARK WALKER, SEAN WALKER, ADAM SAUNDERS, KARRIS STORY, HILLARY WRIGHT, LARRY WRIGHT, AND TEJANI WRIGHT.  SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HER CHERISHED GODDAUGHTER, AMINAH COSTNER-SMITH (BRANDON), AND A HOST OF COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

THOUGH HER EARTHLY JOURNEY HAS ENDED, THE LOVE, STRENGTH, AND LEGACY RENEE SHARED WILL COUNTINUE TO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HER.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT GREATER ST JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 4200 GERMANTOWN PIKE RD, DAYTON, OH 45417.  THE SERVICE WILL BE LIVESTREAM ON "gsj livestream" ON YOUTUBE (THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN gsj and livestream - LOOK FOR GREATER ST. JOHN DAYTON).

FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FOR FELLOWSHIP AND FOOD IN THE CHURCH'S FELLOWSHIP HALL.

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