April Montgomery

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APRIL MONTGOMERY WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1953, IN FRESNO, CA TO THE LATE SYLVESTER A. BELL, JR. AND WILLIE BEATRICE GIDEON. APRIL PRIDED HERSELF ON BEING A DEVOTED DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND FRIEND.

APRIL ATTENDED CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IRWIN JR. HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN TRACK AND VARIOUS SCHOOL CLUBS. CONTINUING HER EDUCATION, SHE ATTENDED 4C’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, FOCUSING HER STUDIES ON ADMINISTRATION.

APRIL LIVED AND WORKED IN FRESNO, CA FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SHE BEGAN HER ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER WORKING FOR LOCAL AND PRIVATE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO. IN 1988, APRIL MARRIED HER LATE HUSBAND, JUSTIN T. MONTGOMERY. TOGETHER THEY BUILT A LIFE AND LEGACY FOCUSED ON RAISING THEIR CHILDREN WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, SUPPORT, AND STRONG FAMILY VALUES.

IN 1999, APRIL AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO BOWIE, MARYLAND. SHE JOINED THE TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, AND LATER WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHERE SHE RETIRED FROM IN 2019. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, APRIL WAS HARD-WORKING, DEEPLY RESPECTED, AND WELL-LIKED FORMING LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS WITH MANY OF HER CO-WORKERS. ABOVE ALL, APRIL WAS A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WAS KINDHEARTED, THOUGHTFUL, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HER CALM YET STRONG SPIRIT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.

APRIL IS REUNITED WITH HER LATE HUSBAND JUSTIN T. MONTGOMERY; HER LATE SIBLINGS, BROTHER - MICHAEL A. BELL; SISTER - SYLVIA J. BROWN AND NEPHEWS JAQUELL JACKSON AND MICHAEL R. WILLIAMS III. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY: DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE JACKSON (JAMES) WILLIAMS, SHANTE MONTGOMERY, SHANDRA MONTGOMERY OF BOWIE, MD AND KAYTLYN GORDON OF ARLINGTON, TX; SONS JUSTIN MONTGOMERY AND ADRIAN MONTGOMERY OF FARIFIELD, CA (MOTHER, MICHELLE), AND AARON MONTGOMERY OF BOWIE, MD; 10 GRANDCHILDREN, JADE, JAYDON, SAGE, JAMES (JC), JAMEL, JAIDYN, JANAY, MILES, MICAH, AND KAMAYAH. SISTERS DIANE(DONNIE) BELL SCOTT (CLOVIS, CA), GLORIA WILLIAMS (BALTIMORE, MD), BROTHERS HOWARD (VIRGINIA) BELL (HERMITAGE, TN), JAMES CLEATES (JUANITA) HAYNES, AND MARVIN HAYNES (BOTH OF FRESNO, CA). ALSO, SPECIAL NIECES ROSALIND WILLIAMS OF BALTIMORE, MD, AND MARCIA BROWN OF SAN DIEGO, CA; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.