Jason Lindel Cummings

The Story of Jason Lindel Cummings

Hello, my name is Jason Lindel Cummings, I was the only child of Lynda and Horace Cummings. I was born on Friday, September 7, 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio and I would live my whole life there. I was educated in the East Cleveland Public School District, where I attended Shaw High School.

I accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and began my Christian training at home under my mother's teachings and at Calvary Church of God In Christ under the leadership of the late Elder Richard Brown. I would later become a member at various churches throughout my teen years. As an adult I would join Faith Works Church under the leadership of Pastor Mary L. Johnson. Pastor Johnson was not only my pastor but my spiritual mother whom I truly loved. I would serve as a minister under Pastor Johnson at Faith Works Church. I truly loved my church family and was very active in outreach ministries until my untimely death. I loved the Lord with all of my heart and I hope my love for Him showed in everything I tried to do, that was my daily prayer.

I was self-employed as a barber, working at the First Draft Pick Barber Shop of Cleveland, Ohio. Cutting hair was not just a profession for me; it was a ministry to me also. I started cutting hair at a very young age in my mother's kitchen. This was something that I really liked to do. I worked at other various jobs also but this particular profession just seemed to suit me best.

Later on in my life I met the love of my life, her name is Crystal, we met in June of 2004 and we were later united in holy matrimony on July 7, 2007. In our life together I considered myself as a pretty happy, outgoing person if I had to describe myself. I was always told that I was much like my mother. Mommy and I never met a stranger; a stranger was just a friend we had not met yet.

My prayer is that during my life that I did something to please my heavenly Father. It is my hope through Christ Jesus that everything, and in every way that I lived my life that God got the glory. I really loved the Lord and I know that he loved me.

Now into the loving arms of Jesus I commend my loved ones that I leave behind. They are left to morn my loss and cherish my memory under the loving care of Jesus. I leave my loving wife, Crystal, my praying mother, spiritual teacher and prayer partner Lynn Cummings, my father Horace Cummings (affectionately called Pops) , all of Cleveland, Ohio ,my sisters Crystal and Carmen Henderson of Berkley, California, my sister Veronica Butler Cummings-Jackson (Michael) my sweet little baby sister Morganne Lynn Cummings (affectionately called Booboo by me), my dearly beloved grandparents Loretta Jenkins (affectionately called Grammy a name that she made up just for me and she was called Grammy by all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren), Burchett Green, and Laura M. White, and Marie Dysart and Wilbur Smith(who proceeded me in death) my half-sister, Mariel Michelle LeSure,my half-brother's Nemon Hobbs Jr. Nathaniel Carter Henderson and Jerrel (who preceded me in death), my dear mother-in-law, Beverly Gray, my brothers-in-law, Sean Spencer and Larry Gray my precious god-parents, all of my god-sisters and brothers, my other mom and dad my beloved Auntie and Uncle Sabrina and Anthony Hammett of Bedford, Texas, My precious cousin/sisters Dionna, Denitra of Cleveland, Ohio and Didreonna Hammett of Bedford, Texas and my special Mom, affectionately called Mom B of Cleveland, Ohio, and god-sister Brittany, step-parents Earsler and Kevin LeSure of Cleveland, Ohio all of my nieces and nephews of Cleveland, Ohio, all of my uncles,aunts,cousins and a host of friends. My step-maternal grandmother would follow me in death on November 3, 2009 after a lengthy illness, of Selma, Alabama as would my biological father Jerrel Tyrone Henderson follow me in death after a long illness on December 15th of 2009 also of Cleveland, Ohio.

Sadly a great number of family and friends would follow me in death in the year of 2009. May God give my family tremendous strength during this year and the years to come? This account of my life was humbly written and submitted, by my Family who I truly loved with all of my heart and soul.