Lamorinda Funeral & Cremation Services

Jessea Touson, a.k.a. Jessie Joseph Charles Toussaint, peacefully passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2023, in Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Oakland, CA. He is survived by his loving wife, Nanearl Williams Toussaint Touson; son, Philip Whitley Toussaint Touson (Kristima); daughter, Stacey Elizabeth Toussaint Touson; siblings: Willie Mae Bryant, Nancy Vickers (Melvin), and Michael L. Toussaint (Tracy), grandchildren: Nanearl, Jessea, and Mario Toussaint Touson, Cynthia and Cecilei Kelley, Ayindai Evans, and Leon Cobb, in-laws: Melvia Gray-Smith, and Sanders Willis, and a host of relatives and friends. The Home going Celebration service will occur on Friday, December 22, 2023, at 12:00 p.m....

MILTON EUGENE WILLIAMS Oakland, CA native, World War II U.S. Navy veteran, former Oakland Firefighter, USPS postal clerk, master machinist, salesman, and entrepreneur peacefully passed away in El Cerrito, CA on August 16, 2022, at the age of 101. He is survived by his loving children Milton Leon Williams, Nanearl Williams Toussaint-Touson (Jessea), Melvia Nancy Williams Gray-Smith, son-in-law Sanders E. Willis, five grandchildren: Jeffrey A. Gray (Patricia), Michele C. Gray-Samuel, Michael A. Willis (Nakisha), Philip W. Toussaint-Touson (Kristima), Stacey E. Toussaint-Touson, fourteen grandchildren, stepchildren: Monica Bryant Elders (Calvin), John Bryant, and Leo Bryant, and a host of...

GAIL "BUDDY" HERBERT WHITLEY peacefully passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in West Sacramento, CA, four days before his 87th birthday. He is survived by his loving sister, Coralee Whitley Callins Shelton, nieces and nephews: Nanearl Toussaint Touson (Jessea), Melvia Gray-Smith, Milton Leon Williams, Jeffrey Gray (Patricia), Michele Gray-Samuel, Michael Willis (Nakisha), Philip Whitley Toussaint Touson (Kristima), Stacey Toussaint Touson, and a host of relatives and friends. Home Going Celebration service will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 11 a.m. at McGee Avenue Baptist Church, 1640 Stuart Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. A one-hour viewing will be held prior to the service...

Thomas Walker Latham January 18, 1943 - October 27, 2021 Lawyer, Outdoors man, and Pilot Thomas Walker Latham passed away peacefully on October 27, 2021, after a long battle with Parkinson's, surrounded by his family who shared fond memories while playing his favorite music. Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Tom attended the Roxbury Latin School, received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology, then went on to receive advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and The Georgetown University School of Law. Upon graduation from Georgetown, Tom moved to San Francisco to study for...