Raeisha Mercedes Stewart Pixley's Obituary
RAEISHA MERCEDES STEWART-PIXLEY WAS BORN TO THE LATE ROBERT S. STEWART, SR AND YVETTE S. PIXLEY ON JUNE 22, 1990.
RAEISHA WENT HOME WITH GOD FOR EXTERNAL REST ON FEBRUARY 7, 2025 AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY HER FAMILY AS "EISHA B" "ETAWETA" "EISHA" OR "EISH" RAEISHA LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER SIBLINGS AND COUSINS AND SHE WAS VERY PROTECTIVE OF EACH ONE OF THEM. SHE WAS FAMOUS FOR GIVING SOMEONE A NICKNAME, YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO WALK IN THE ROOM AND HIT HER FAMOUS LINE " HEY CUDDI" SHE WAS ALWAYS THE LIFE OF ANY PARTY.
RAEISHA WAS EDUCATED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE SHE LATER GRADUATED FROM CROSSLAND HIGH SCHOOL. SHE LATER ATTENDED EVEREST COLLEGE WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER DEGREE IN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN BEING ON THE DEAN'S LIST THE WHOLE TIME.
RAEISHA GAVE BIRTH TO SIX CHILDREN: WYEIRA, HAIDYN, BLAKE, ANTHONY (AJ), JAZIAH AND JALYLAH PIXLEY AND SHE TOOK PRIDE IN RAISING THEM. SHE LOVED SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HER CHILDREN BY TAKING THEM TO THE MOVIES, OUT TO EAT, THROWING THEM COOKOUTS "JUST BECAUSE" AND TAKING THEM TO NICE HOTELS JUST TO GET A BREAK. RAEISHA WAS THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD TO HER CHILDREN AND WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.
RAEISHA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON BLAKE K. PIXLEY, FATHER ROBERT S. STEWART, SR, BROTHER ROBERT S. STEWART-PIXLEY, JR, PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARGARET Z. STEWART, AND UNCLE KYLE J. THOMAS.
RAEISHA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER PRECIOUS MEMORIES HER MOTHER YVETTE S. PIXLEY ( MAMA BEAR OR PIMPIN) FOUR DAUGHTERS: WYEIRA PIXLEY, HAIDYN PIXLEY, JAZIAH PIXLEY, JALYLAH PIXLEY AND ONE SON ANTHONY (AJ) NICHOLS, JR. ONE BROTHER TYRONE (TEETEE) PIXLEY (STEPHANIE WEBB) THREE SISTERS: DASHA M. LONG (MY TWIN), BRITTNEY L. GIBSON, AND ALISSIA M. STEWART. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER SANDRA K. PIXLEY (NANA) (KENNY DUPREE), BELOVED AUNT TRACY T. NELSON (WHITE GURL), UNCLE KIRK J. THOMAS, JR. FIVE NIECES, EIGHT NEPHEWS, SISTER-COUSIN BIANCA PIXLEY(BB), CLOSE-KNIT COUSINS DAVID PIXLEY (SUPA DAVE), SAREENA BROWN-THOMAS, ANDREW PATTERSON (SPANKY), KYLVIN THOMAS, ANDR'E PATTERSON (CHARLIE), A SPECIAL COUSIN ALICE BROWN (GROWN MAN), A HOST OF COUSINS AND GREAT COUSINS, MATERNAL GREAT UNCLES ANTHONY & STANLEY PIXLEY AND JOHN SIMMS, MATERNAL GREAT AUNTS MATTIE SIMMS, DONNA PIXLEY, AND YOLANDA GAYDEN (CURTIS PIXLEY), PATERNAL GREAT AUNTS REVEREND DOCTOR VELMA SMITH, GLORIA COLES, AND PATERNAL GREAT UNCLES ALVIN COLES (MINNETTA) AND MICHAEL COLES A HOST OF BEST FRIENDS AND AN EXTENDED FAMILY THAT SHE CREATED.
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