Erica Dionne Green

Erica Dionne Green April 9, 1971 - May 6, 2014 SOUTH BEND - Erica Dionne Green, 43, of South Bend, Indiana, departed this life on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in her home surrounded by family. She was born on April 9, 1971, in South Bend, Indiana, to the union of William Jenkins, Jr. and Nancy Diane Taylor.

Erica received her formal education through the South Bend Community School system, graduating from LaSalle High School. She worked at St. Mary's Rehabilitation Center as a Health Aide for 4 years; her recent employment was with REAL Services for 13 years. She loved being with friends and family and her parents.

She is survived by her husband, DeWitt Anthony Green; children, Dawan Anderson Jr., Darionne Anderson, Antonette Baynes, and Darron Baynes; granddaughter, A'Niya Anderson; her father, William (Barbara) Jenkins, Jr.; father-in-law, DeWitt Jones; siblings, Jason (Yolanda) Jenkins, Mackinzi Jenkins, Taneka Jenkins; aunts and uncles, Maggie Jenkins, Lula Jenkins and Mary Jenkins, Rudy (Cecelia) Jenkins, Billy Taylor, Russell Coleman, Sam Stalling, and Allan A.D. Jackson, Sr.; favorite nephews, Torrian Burt, and Andrew Cummings; in-laws, Eddie (Allethia) Joiner of Indiana, Janet Banks, Sylvia Joiner of Tennessee, Marvin Bell of Texas, Debra Joiner, Carvin Bell, Elvis Green of Mississippi, Sharon (Michael) Donner, Rickey (Shirley) Green of Tunica, Mississippi; best friends, Angela Dennard, Antonette Smith, Jaton Hughes and Selina Dorsey; along with a host of cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her loving mother, Nancy Taylor Jenkins; grandparents, William and Eliza Jenkins and William and Alvana Taylor; uncles. Robert Taylor Garfield Jones; aunts. Shirley Jenkins and Marcella Kimble; and mother-in-law, Frankie Bell of Tunica, Mississippi. Services for Erica Green will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way West, South Bend. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. and funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Sign her guestbook at www.clarkoneal.com. Arrangements entrusted to Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home.

Published by South Bend Tribune on May 15, 2014.

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