Obituaries

• Anthony Marquis “Mark” Crockett, 23, born Feb. 9, 1983, in Youngstown, a son of Patricia Crockett and Walter Duncan. He had attended The Rayen School, where he was a member of the basketball team. He loved to play basketball and had a record company, Get Doe Boyz Entertainment. He leaves his parents; his stepfather, Obie Adkins; three sons, Jayden and Jordan Crockett-Townsend and Malachi Crockett; a daughter, Antonashia Crockett; three brothers, Andre Duncan, Albert Whitted and Rodney Smith; a grandmother, Queenie Crockett; and a godbrother, Andre Parker, all of Youngstown. He was preceded in death by a brother, Obie Crockett; and a cousin, Allen Crockett. His girlfriend, Danielle Parker, also died Jan. 29.

• Marvin E. Boone, 19, born Aug. 1, 1987, in Youngstown, a son of David Phifer and Lavette Boone. He attended Life Skills and enjoyed rapping and basketball. He also played football for The Sons of Thunder Little Football League. He leaves his mother and father; a son, Marvin K. Boone; four sisters, Shanell and Lashonda Boone, Marquala Thomas and Passion Murphy; four brothers, Wayne Kerns, Quinton and Quincy Boone and Kanye Eley Jr.; and four half brothers, Terrell, Anthony, Jawaun and Tyler Phifer, all of Youngstown; his grandparents, Betty Thomas, Joyce Phifer, Shirley Slocum, Roy Phifer and Bernard Jackson; a great-grandmother, Rose Brown; and his girlfriend, Tionna Gowdy, all of Youngstown. He was preceded in death by his father, Marvin Thomas; a sister, Breona Boone; and grandparents Doris Boone, Donald Brown and Sam Gilford Jr.

• Christopher David Howard, 24, born Nov. 4, 1982. He leaves his mother, Fannie Howard; father, F. James Caulton; a brother, Terrance Howard; and two sisters, Danielle and Arielle Howard, all of Youngstown. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Chad and Eric Howard; and a niece, Tamara Howard.

• Danielle Parker, 22, born July 1, 1984. No obituary could be found. She left behind a daughter.

OTHER MULTIPLES

Double homicides are not uncommon in Youngstown. In addition to the January 2007 quadruple homicide on the South Side, there have been five multiple homicides (more than two victims) in the city the past 17 years.

In 1991, Willie “Flip” Williams killed four men in an East Side home.

In 1993, a woman, three of her children and her boyfriend were all shot to death on the North Side. The shooter, father of the children, then killed himself.

In 1996, three men were killed during a robbery at the Newport Inn on Indianola Avenue on the South Side.

In 2004, two women and a man were found shot to death inside a New York Avenue house on the North Side.

In July 2007, after being shot in the neck, a woman and her unborn fetus died in 70 block of Center Street. Her 8-year-old son, shot in the head, died the next day.

Source: Vindicator files