Ebony Ijames

Obituary

Ebony Sharnelle Ijames was born on November 4, 1988, daughter of Angela Ijames and Richard Lewis Fortune, Sr. She graduated from Southwest Guilford High School and later graduated from Guilford Technical Community College. She took Internet courses in building technology at South University. She was last employed with Essentra Filters as a machine operator. On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, she died at Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem following a fatal car accident. In addition to her parents, she is survived by one son, Robert Z. Woody; the father who raised her, Charles Yoes; one brother, Don El-amin; one sister, Wannetta Charlese; additional siblings, Richard Lewis, Jr., Danielle Lashay, and Morel Dontae; her grandmother, Pastor Nettye I. Barber; her godparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith; her nieces and nephews, Ayanah Renee, Angela Denise, Mya Unique, Antwan Seth, Josiah Lamar, Ka'den Charles, Terrionna McKenzie, Brendan Lamar, Jacqueline Elmina, Ny'jaeya Skyler, and Miracle Shanelle; a host of special aunts and uncles, relatives and friends. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Ebony Ijames please visit our Sympathy Store.