Funeral is Sat., May 25, for educator, activist and radio and cable television personality Gloria Makeda Judkins Cade at Pernel Jones Funeral Home, Cade produced and hosted "Black Women Talk" on WERE 1300 AM , won public access for Blacks on radio, cable Written by Kathy Friday, 24 May 2013 18:13 - Last Updated Friday, 05 July 2013 00:57 By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at
[email protected] and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio-Funeral services for Gloria Makeda Judkins Cade, 88, of East Cleveland, OH, who died on May 15 at the Fairfax Nursing Home in Cleveland after a long illness, will be held on Saturday, May 25 at Pernel Jones Funeral Home in Cleveland, 7120 Cedar Ave., with a wake at 9:00 am and the funeral at 9:30 am. Speakers at the funeral services include Black women activists Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwom an Mamie Mitchell, Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade and Cleveland Chapter NAACP, and local journalist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women. Mrs. Cade was a respected wife, mother, educator, community activist, radio personality, business woman and advocate for women and the Black community .She was the recipient of many commendation awards, including a recent community service award from the Fairfax Business Association of Cleveland. Until falling ill three years ago, she hosted a popular radio talk show on WERE1300 AM Radio Station