Juwana Renee Willis was born December 12, 1971, to Karen Johnson and Malachi Johnson at General Hospital. She accepted Christ at an early age.
Juwana had a passion for art, play writing, early childhood, and she loved kids. Juwana attended Woodward High School and graduated in 1991. She then went on and attended Central State University studying Early Childhood Education. She served in her ministry as a children choir director at Lighthouse Temple.
She worked at several daycare centers as an Assistant Teacher eventually being promoted as a Director.
Juwana married Ronald Simmons in 1995, where she adopted three foster kids, later bearing her own two children, Ronnae Simmons and Ronald Simmons Jr. She later found love and married Arlando Darnell Willis.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Arlando; her children, Ronnae, Ronald Jr, and honorary son, Rob; grandchildren, Damaiah, Raniyah, Robert “RJ”, and Dakari; four sisters, Latonia Jones, Kesha Johnson, Lynn Johnson, Keisha, and Ramona Wesley; brother, Kevin Kennedy; brother-in-law, Troy Jones; and a host of nieces, nephews, and many beloved cousins and friends.
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