Mrs. Vivian Delores Boone

On January 14, 1941, Vivian Deloris Young Boone was born to Henry and Mary Young in Excelsior, West Virginia. She was the fourth of twelve children. Vivian passed from this life on February 21, 2023, at the blessed age of 82 in the state of Georgia. Vivian relocated to Boston, Massachusetts after leaving West Virginia in 1959, where she married Edward Boone. Their union produced three children — Kenneth, Edwin, and Calvin. Vivian studied Accounting at Boston Business School in 1970 and 1971. While living in Queens, New York, Vivian received her Associate in Occupational Studies in Accounting from Taylor Business Institute in 1983, and a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University in 1995. Thereafter, she taught elementary and junior high school students. Vivian loved to sew and in 1990 opened her own boutique in Jamaica, NY. She also enjoyed cooking and traveling, and would often visit family and friends. A devout Christian, Vivian was active in her church. In 2008 after relocating to Georgia, she joined Tabernacle Baptist Church of Lawrenceville where she served as a Deaconess and volunteered in the church’s many missions. Prior to that, while in Massachusetts, she was a congregant at her eldest brother’s church, The Garden of Prayer in Roxbury, Ma, pastored by Pastor Henry G. Young. Later, Vivian joined her nephew Darrell Young’s church, Lively Stones Christian Center in Abington. At Lively Stones, Vivian taught Sunday School. She enjoyed communing with fellow worshippers and attended many bus trips sponsored by the church. Vivian is survived by her sons, Kenneth, Edwin, and Calvin; daughters-in-law, Rozaan and Amma; grandchildren, Starlyn, Ian, Vanessa, Ohema, David, Horus, Aliya, Ausar and Savion; great-grandchildren, Zanaiyah, Thomas III, Taniya, Jermaine, Ian Jr., and Jamir; brothers, Henry Young, Harry Young, and Franklyn Young; sisters, Yvonne Ferguson, Alice Edwards and Dawne Mills, and a host of nieces and nephews. Vivian is predeceased by her siblings: Richard Young, George Young, Jerome Young, Courtney Young, and Mary Anne Crockett. Vivian Deloris Young Boone will be deeply missed by all who knew her and loved her. May she rest in perfect peace. Local services entrusted to Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory Lawrenceville 770-338-5558

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Mrs. Vivian Delores Boone

January 14, 1941 - February 21, 2023