Alice LaGloria DeLillye

ALICE LAGLORIA DELILLYE, also known as “Gloria,” was born on February 28, 1935 to the late Rudy M. Anderson and Harry G. Dowdy. She was also blessed to be raised by Norman Anderson, her other father, in Baltimore, Maryland. She departed this life on October 24, 2011 after a lengthy illness. LaGloria was baptized at Emmanuel Christian Community Church in Baltimore on West Lanvale Street where she attended with her mother, Ruby Anderson and father, Norman Anderson and two sisters. In later years she joined All Saints Church with her daughter, Miriam. When her late husband, Godwin DeLillye, Jr. became a member of the Bible Way Christian Fellowship Church she left All Saints Church and joined her husband, mother-in-law and her son, Marcel, DeLillye. LaGloria graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1952. In 1953, she met Godwin DeLillye, Jr., known as “Sonny,” and married him in 1955. Out of this union there were six children born, Godwin 3rd, Harry and a granddaughter, Jessica preceded her in death. In later years, she obtained her Associates Degree from the Baltimore City Community College. She then found employment in the Early Childhood program for the Baltimore City Public School System, where she met some of her dearest and closest friends, who she loved to talk to and travel with, or just to be there as a friend. She retired from the Baltimore City Public School System in 2008, after forty years of service. LaGloria was also an active member of several different civic organizations, along with her mother and two sisters. They joined the National Council of Negro Women and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. LaGloria was known as a quiet, loving, warm and caring woman who was very dependable. She loved to travel and visited many places throughout the United States and the overseas islands. She might have traveled by plane, train, bus or car; but if you asked anyone who knew her what her favorite place to visit was, they would tell you “New York.” She loved to “shop til you drop,” just like her daughter, Mirian and sister, Regina, who believed in shopping in the stores until they closed. LaGloria made numerous friends wherever she went and will be lovingly missed by everyone who knew her. On October 24, 2011, after a lengthy illness, Alice LaGloria DeLillye quietly departed this life and got her wings and crown; now she is home. Gloria leaves to cherish her memory: two daughters, Miriam DeLillye and Sheila DeLillye; two sons, Marcel DeLillye and David DeLillye; one daughter-in-law, Angela DeLillye; two sisters, Phyllis Clark and Regina Carroll; sixteen grandchildren, Niko, LaGloria, Jamira, Davina, Davana, Gregory, Adavia, Shawray, Monique, Brittany, Mark, Shanice, Shari, Crystal, Larry and Stanley; three great-grandchildren, Robert, Tanner and Zaven; four nieces, five nephews, a host of great-nieces and great-nephews, and a very dear friend who was like a sister, Ms Barbara Reid-Steward.

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Alice LaGloria DeLillye

February 28, 1935 - October 24, 2011