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Birthday

STERLING’S 85th: Mary Lee “Yunk” Lacy Sterling of Warren will be honored by her family and friends at a birthday celebration for her 85 years.

Mary was born Feb. 27, 1932, in Columbus, Miss., the daughter of Annie and Robert Lacy.

She married Lester B. Sterling Jan. 16, 1954, and moved to Ohio in 1957. Lester died in November 2008.

She is a homemaker and former landlord.

She was named Mother of the Year in a radio contest several years ago for the Trumbull County and surrounding area.

Sterling has four daughters, Liz Tipton, Dorothy Sterling, Betty Sterling and Shirley Greene; and three sons, the late Jesse, Larry Dean and Lester B. Jr.

She also has five sisters, Ernestine Randolph, Mattie Will Brown, and the late Dora Adams, Elizabeth Petty and Mattie Lee Ellis; and seven brothers, William Lacy, Johnnie Johnson, John Lacy, Andrew Lacy, and the late Jesse Randolph and Sammie Lee Johnson. She has four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She is a member of the Second Baptist Church in Warren and enjoys writing poetry, reading the Bible and listening and singing gospel music.

She wrote a cookbook for her family, “Do It Mom’s Way,” in which she included her tips and suggestions for many of her soul food recipes.

A family celebration will be held at her daughter Betty’s house. Mayor Doug Franklin will present her with a proclamation.

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