Lonzo Charles Gardner Jr. – Monessen
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April 24, 2019

Lonzo Charles Gardner Jr. – Monessen

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Lonzo Charles Gardner Jr. – MONESSEN – FEB 17, 1957 – APRIL 13, 2019.

Tragically on April 13, 2019, Lonzo was taken away from this Earth. He leaves to cherish his memory, wife Dawn “Bunny” Gardner; beloved mother, Nettie Marie Gardner; children, Lonzo Dixon, Lorenzo Gardner, Nathaniel Dixon and Charcherie Tart; sister Marzelia “Mize” Gardner; stepchildren, Tiffinie Price, Ronnette Harrison and Ronald Harrison; 13 grandchildren, one great-grandson and a host of relatives and friends. Visitation will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Donora, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Interment will take place in Belle Veron Cemetery. Arrangements of care entrusted to HOUSE OF LAW INC., Penn Hills, www.houseoflawinc.com.

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