Willie Lee

Armstrong

Life Story:

Willie Lee (Adams) Armstrong was born on December 22, 1933, to the late Willie Adams and Pankie Lee Adams. She departed this life on June 3, 2025, at home surrounded by loved ones in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Willie, as she was affectionately called, was born to her loving parents in Wren, Mississippi in 1933. She was the oldest of eleven siblings. She attended and graduated from Wren School where she was involved in athletics. She moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan as a teenager in 1951 where she remained until her passing. She married Kevin Malone and to that union one son was born, Jeffery Malone. She enjoyed getting her nails and hair done, sitting outdoors, especially with her sister, and spending time with her family. She was loved my many including neighbors in her retirement community.

She is survived by: her son, JeKerey Malone (Lisa); sister, Annie Green (WT); grandchildren, Jojuanna Foster, Zane Todd III, Brittany Washington, Kelsi Smith, and Cornelle Dock; great grandchildren: Nytia Foster, Nivea Goodwin, RJ Goodwin, Charlia Goodwin, Zane Todd IV, Zuri Todd, Ziggy Todd, Zeda Rose Todd, Zadrea Dock, and Aremis Alexander; great-great grandchildren: Nyzir Foster and Josiah Foster; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and close family friends.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, Willie and Pankie Lee Adams; siblings: Pauline Moore, Levora Parker, Willie Mae Parks, Lugene Doss, Jessie D. Adams, Dick Adams, Roosevelt Adams, Laporta Adams, Dock Edward Adams, and Robert Lee Adams.