Melissa Ware

MELISSA WARE, 57, OF SYRACUSE, NY, PASSED INTO ETERNITY PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES. A DEVOTED MOTHER AND PROUD

GRADUATE OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, MELISSA EARNED HER DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS. MELISSA WAS KNOWN FOR HER WARM HEART, LOVE OF MUSIC, AND DEEP CONNECTION TO NATURE. HER JOY FOR COOKING BROUGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOGETHER, AND HER LAUGHTER COULD BRIGHTEN EVEN THE DARKEST DAY. SHE LIVED WITH A QUIET STRENGTH AND GAVE GENEROUSLY OF HERSELF TO THOSE AROUND HER.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER CHERISHED CHILDREN: RICHARD WARE, MALCOLM BYNUM, AND QUENTAISHA OLIVER.

MELISSA WAS LOVED BY MANY, INCLUDING HER SISTERS JOANNE WALKER, VERA M. WALKER, LARAE V.

ROGERS, CHERYL M. WALKER, VIRGINIA COX, LUCETTE COX, HER BROTHERS, WAYNE T. HUGHES, MICHAEL J. WALKER, DONALD K. WALKER, ALLEN J. WALKER, WILLIAM L. TRICE, KEITH A. TRICE, CHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND GRANDSON MALACHI BANKS.

Ballweg and Lunsford Funeral Home had care of arrangements.