Decheryl Edette Collick

DeCheryl’s Journey... I have finished now with this house of clay. Please kindly and carefully lay it away. On Thursday, August 26, 1965, Lillie Marshall Collick and the late James Edward Collick, Sr. were blessed with a baby girl, DeCheryl Edette Collick. God dispatched an angel for her peaceful transition from earth to eternal glory on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. DeCheryl received her formal education in Worcester County, Maryland and East St. Louis, Illinois. She graduated from Pocomoke High School in Pocomoke City, Maryland in 1983. Although she applied to and was accepted at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in Princess Anne, Maryland, she opted to attend Delmarva Beauty Academy in Salisbury, Maryland instead. She loved doing hair, especially at the beginning of a new school year. She was employed at a Jamesway in Wilmington, Delaware and Amazon. DeCheryl was also employed by Roses and Kmart in retail until her health began to fail. Initially DeCheryl was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Stockton, Maryland. Later, the family transferred membership to Shiloh United Methodist Church in Pocomoke, Maryland. She always said, “Whatever we did on Saturday night, Mom was going to make us go to church on Sunday mornings.” On July 25, 2021, she asked for Reverend Helen Lockwood. Our cousin, the Reverend Shirley Wallop Chase went to John Hopkins Hospital and prayed with her. Shortly afterwards, the transitioning process began. She said she was ready to go. Family was very important to “Cheryl” as she lovingly and affectionately known to many. She loved hanging with her sister, cousins and friends. To know her was to love her and her comical wit. Left to cherish precious memories are: her devoted mother, Lillie Marshall Collick; her companion of twelve (12) years, Timmie Lankford; sister Desireé Collick Purnell (Walter); two brothers, James E. Collick, Jr. (Linda) and Kenneth Wallop; five aunts, Winnie Marshall Mason, Joyce Taylor, Anna Collick Milbourne, Helen Martin and Margaret Holden (Larry); four nephews, Markeith and Kierre Collick, Makai Ward-Collick and Tymere Lawrence; three nieces, Dejá, Niyah and Makalynn Collick; one great niece, Celia Lawrence and one great nephew, Noah Jean Baptiste; four god brothers, Michael and Keith Cropper, James Layne and Kenny Bailey and a host of cousins and friends. In addition to her father, James E. Collick, Sr., DeCheryl was preceded in death by both her maternal and paternal grandparents as well as several aunts and uncles. LOVINGLY SUBMITTED ~ THE FAMILY

Decheryl Edette Collick

August 26, 1965 - July 27, 2021