Earlene Woodson Howze

EARLENE JONSON-WOODSON AN AMAZING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND MADE HER TRANSITION FROM HER HOME TO HEAVEN ON JULY 24TH 2020. EARLENE WAS BORN IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ON SEPTEMBER 27TH,1947 TO HELEN HANDS-JOHNSON AND EARL JOHNSON SR. EARLENE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM SCHENLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965 . SHE THEN WENT ON TO ATTEND JOB CORP. IN GARY, INDIANA. IN RETURNING TO PITTSBURGH, SHE STARTED TO PURSUE HER REAL PASSION AND GIFT OF CREATIVITY AS AN ARTIST, INTERIOR DECORATOR AND A SEAMSTRESS. SHE WENT ON TO ATTEND THE ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH. HER CREATIVITY WAS REMARKABLE AND IN THAT REGARD THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULDN’T DO. HER GIFT LEAD HER TO HEAD SEAMSTRESS AT ROBERTA WEISSBURG LEATHER DESIGNS. SHE ALSO WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN WITH HER CREATIVE PROM CREATIONS FOR MANY YEARS. HER SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH IN THE LORD WAS ALSO A PASSION THAT SHE SHARED WITH THE WORLD. SHE BECAME AN EVANGELIST AT THE CHURCH IN THE ROUND IN ALIQUIPPA, PA. THIS IS WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND LARRY WOODSON. THEY EXCHANGED VOWS AUGUST 6TH, 197 7 AND SHARED 4 CHILDREN, DARBY,KEEYANA, LARRY JR. AND KASON. EARLENE LATER RELOCATED TO ATLANTA, GA TO BE CLOSER TO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHOM SHE LOVED DEARLY. THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES INCLUDE HER MOTHER RUBY JOHNSON, 1 3 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HER CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY RELATIVES AND DEAR FRIENDS.