MACEO LAJUANN MITCHELL

Maceo LajuANN MITCHELL WAS BORN in San DiegGO ON JULY 14, 1971. HE UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY ON JULY 3,2024. 

IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS MACEO MOVED FROM SAN DIEGO,CA TO MADERA, CA WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER (MOMMIE) WHO ADOPTED AND RAISED HIM. MACEO ATTENDED MADERA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A STAND OUT ATHLETE, KNOWN FOR HIS TALENTS IN BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. HIS TALENTS IN BASEBALL LANDED HIM TO BE DRAFTED BY THE NEW YORK METS. IN 1993 HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY. 

MACEO WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND SPORTS, WHICH WAS THEN PASSED DOWN TO HIS SON DEANDRE, WHO HE HAD TAUGHT HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL AT AN EARLY AGE. DEANDRE TOOK AFTER HIS DAD BY BEING THE BEST ON THE FIELD. Maceo ALSO TAUGHT SOFTBALL TO HIS DAUGHTER TATYANA, WHO HE RAISED AS HIS OWN. 

MACEO WAS FUNNY AND A LOVING PERSON, WHO WAS ALL ABOUT FAMILY AND MOVED BACK TO SAN DIEGO WHERE HE WOULD BE CLOSER 

TO THEM BEFORE HE PASSED 

MACEO IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDMOTHER LYDIA Ricks (Mommie), HIS MOTHER ELAINE Ricks, His father Phillip Mitchell, AS WELL AS HIS AUNTS MARYANN AND SHIRLEY. 

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN, ANDREANNA FOLEY OF FRESNO, CA, DAMARIO MACUGUY OF MADERA, CA., DEANDRE MITCHELL, TATYANA MILES, AND STEPSONS DOMNICK AND RICARDO LEOs, all of Visalia, CA. 

MACEO LEAVES BEHIND THREE BROTHERS, DEANDRE WILSON, RAYMOND BOWMAN, AND EARNEST RICKS. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND THREE SISTERS, TANIESHA WILSON, SHONDA WILSON-JOHNSON (TYRONE JOHNSON) ANd Demetria Wilson all of San Diego, CA. 

A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND NUMEROUS COUSINS LOVED HIM DEEPLY. 

MACEO WILL BE TRULY MISSED! 

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