Sheryl Bozeman

Sheryl Marie Bozeman was born in Harlem, New York on January 11, 1961, to the union of the late James and Susie Bozeman.
She was the second youngest of six children. As a child, Sheryl liked to jump double-dutch, play handball and hang out with friends at the park. She and her siblings, Ronnie, Ralph, Michael, Brian and Michelle were inseparable and they all shared a strong bond. She was also very close to her cousins as the Bozeman children would travel from New York to Covington, Kentucky to enjoy every summer break with their cousins and extended family. Her cousin recalls fun times when they’d go swimming and they enjoyed sleeping in their Grandmother Louise’s front yard pretending to camp outside in the ―wilderness‖.
Sheryl attended P.S. 176 Elementary School, I.S. 59 Middle School and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. She was a great student and she excelled in science.
She was known for always looking good and smelling good. She loved nice clothes and expensive perfumes. She was always a fashion trendsetter. Her niece recalls Sheryl dying her hair with Kool-aid. After graduating high school, she went on to attend cosmetology school. In 1992, she moved to Cincinnati to be with her parents and her children. At this time, she answered her calling for nurturing and helping others. She proudly graduated from nursing school and pursued a career in nurturing and nursing geriatric and disabled patients. She took her career as a nurse very seriously and she truly loved her patients. She’d put in overtime and double shifts to provide financially for her family.
She loved her patients, friends and family, but she especially loved her three children with all her heart. Sheryl worked hard to cultivate a motivating relationship with her children. She used her life, her obstacles, her trials and her tribulations as a blue print and as an example to steer them in the right direction. She’d often tell them not to figuratively turn down roads or streets that didn’t lead to positive things.
She was a phenomenal grandmother. She was protective, compassionate, dependable and spent a lot of quality time with her grandchildren.
Anyone who knew Sheryl, knew she kept a well-decorated, immaculately clean home and nicely detailed cars. She loved music, good parties and being around fun loving friends.
She was not judgmental towards others and her loving spirit attracted people from all walks of life.
Sheryl joins in heaven, her parents, James and Susie Bozeman, as well as her brothers, Michael and Ralph Bozeman.
She leaves to mourn and cherish her memories: her children, Nelson Baba, Carlene (Jarred) Ivey and Rasheda (Roland) Brown; her grandchildren, Brianah, Chynah, Chico Jr., Nelson III, Anthony, Messiah, NaeShawn and London; her siblings, Ronnie (Doris), Brian and Michelle (Jimmy); and a host of beloved nieces and nephews and her much-loved companion, James “Jimmy” Gentry.