Lionel B. Shiyghan

Lionel B Shiyghan-Ntani was born on August 18,1988 in Kimbo Cameroon to Alfred Shiyghan Ntani and Benedicta Mbinkar. He was baptized on April 15th 1990 at CPC Bali. He became Confirmed during the Easter Virgil of 2015 at St Thomas More Parish in Baltimore. Lionel remained the only child to his parents until his sister Emily was born 14 years later. Lionel attended Nursery School and started Primary School in Njenka, Bali from 1992 to 1994 while his parents were teachers at CPC Bali. At the end of the school year in 1994 his mother was transferred to PSS Mankon and so Lionel continued primary school at PS Azire Mankon until Oct 1997 when he moved to the US with his parents. The family settled in Baltimore and Lionel attended Roland Park Elem & Middle School from 1997 to 2003. He later went to W.E.B. DuBois High School from 2003 to June 2006 where he graduated with a High School Diploma. Lionel went on to enroll at the Baltimore City Community College hoping to discover what he wanted to pursue in life. By 2009 Lionel put School on hold to find his passion. During this time he worked at BWI Airport, Companion Care Inc, and Eddie’s of Roland Park. In 2015 he decided to pursue his passion for cars and enrolled himself at the North American Trade School and graduated in 2016 with a Diploma as Diesel Technician. He then worked for a number of private owned Mechanic Shops and sometimes worked for himself. His last employer was Darcars Toyota at Eastman Ave Baltimore. Lionel’s life was cut short on March 23rd 2019 when he suffered an Accidental Death at his family home. Lionel’s last visit to his country of birth Cameroon was in 2012 where he made fun memories with his extended family. He has since maintained contact with so many of them some of whom he could identify only by family name. He was looking forward to a time when he could visit his family in Cameroon again ( thoughts of eating a large roasted fish all by himself and then top it with some soya and a bottle of Pamplemouse.) Lionel made so many friends in his short life some of who became family to him. Mark and Terrel are already missing their brother. He would fondly call them “Bro”. Lionel was very protective of his sister and did the best he could to spoil her. To people who knew him well, Lionel’s parting words after any communication was always,”l love you...” and he always made sure that his parting words were reciprocated. The last person who saw him in the family was his dad and of course they all said their “I love you”. Lionel’s family is devastated by his death. He has left a void in the hearts of each one of them. In addition to his extended family of Mbinkar and Ntani he will be greatly missed by his sister Emily, nephews Amani and Zuri, his cousins Evans, Kisito, Fr Mbinkar, his aunts Laetitia and Maria and his parents Benedicta and Alfred. Lionel, we all loved you very much. We will never forget you because we know that God loved you more. Adieu!

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Lionel B. Shiyghan

August 18, 1988 - March 23, 2019