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[Motown_Johnny]

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[shraby]

1. This might help you

go to http://www.usgenweb.org
click on the state, then the county within the state.
Most county sites have volunteers who will do free lookups. Good luck

[Warpy]

2. If you're in Michigan, you can travel to Lansing

and pay the fee to search through the newspaper morgue. If there was an obit, it would be on microfilm. You can also contact them where you are and pay a bigger fee, have them do the search for you.

I'm not sure about viewing the death certificate, which would have the cause of death on it. States all have different laws about that. The Clerk of Court could clarify it for you, but s/he is in Lansing, too.

[shenmue]

3. ...

[etherealtruth]

4. A couple of years ago I tried to look up an old friend ...

... and was confronted with the same sad news. I could find very little out at first.

In an attempt to make a connection I reached out to surviving family members (through an obituary for her parents) ... this obituary seems consistent with your friends family. Maybe you can find one of her siblings

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lsj/obituary.aspx?n=dudley-leigh-cushion&pid=147178132

I wish you luck

[No Vested Interest]

5. Her obituary was listed in the Lansing Star-Journal

on Feb. 18, 2004, page B5.
I have been unable to pull it up online,except for registering and paying a fee.
Likely the Main Public Library in Lansing will have a copy of the Lansing Star-Journal for that day.
You could call or email them and request a copy of the obit be mailed or emailed to you.
If you are not near to Lansing, ask a member of the Michigan group on DU to do the legwork for you.
There is a genealogy group here on DU, whose members are quite familiar with obtaining obituaries; they may be able to help you out.
I have checked ancestry.com, of which I am a member, and do not see the obit. available there.

[etherealtruth]

6. I found this, I am truly sorry

I am oh so sorry. This is horrifying.

This is a link to a yahoo message board for survivors of homicide:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SurvivorsOfHomicide1/conversations/messages/3067

"In this neighborhood, in this area, you just don't expect something like that," he said.
Shuart wondered how or why someone dumped a body there, noting there was a lot of swampland alongside Cornell Road . "I'm sure police will do their job," he said. "We want some answers."
Dubay's homicide is at least the fourth in Ingham County so far this year.

Roderick Jones, 32, was shot in a Lansing apartment Jan. 4 after police say he and Lamar Wilson, 39, of Lansing tried to rob another man. Wilson is charged in his death.
Julie Marie Cushion, 37, died after she was beaten in her Lansing home Feb. 14. Dennis Jon Mace, 54, her boyfriend, is charged in her death.
Marcus Ford, 18, of Chicago , was shot April 18 in a downtown Lansing parking lot after a weekend event at the Lansing Center . Detroit resident Willie Lee Sims Jr. faces a murder charge.

[840high]

7. How very sad.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. Thank you

I can't comment on this right now but I appreciate your effort.

[uppityperson]

8. I found some on her, I am sorry. It is ugly.

I looked for obituaries in Lansing Michigan and found this site, did a search for her and found a few things. I looked at the free ones and here you go. I am sorry, it is bad.


http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=julie+cushion&type=current&sortby=RELEVANCE&datetype=6&frommonth=01&fromday=16&fromyear=2003&tomonth=12&today=06&toyear=2004&By=&Title=

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/doc/438896662.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+18%2C+2004&author=&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&edition=&startpage=&desc=Cushion%2C+Julie+Marie

Cushion, Julie Marie
Lansing State Journal - Lansing, Mich.
Subjects: Episcopal churches; Memorial services; Sons; Methodist churches; Daughters
Date: Feb 18, 2004
Start Page: B.5
Section: Local
Abstract (Document Summary)
Surviving are Antonio G., her husband of 50 years; daughters, Margarita R. Mireles and Josephine (Michael) Adams both of Lansing and Daisy (Frank) Loar of New Castle, PA; sons, Marcus Antonio (Maria) DeJesus of Clarksville, TN, and Andres (Joyce) DeJesus of Jackson; daughter-in-law, Ruby DeJesus of Fayettville, NC; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and sister, Maria (Thomas) Marinez of Maunabo, Puerto Rico. Surviving are 3 daughters, Pam (Rick) Ross of Romeo, Nancy (Paul) Cassel of Haslett and Carolyn (Otis) Marshall of Shelby Township; 5 sons, Jack (Julie) Mellen of Clarkston, Thomas (Jill) Mellen of Holt, Gerald (Lynn) Flowers, Jr. of Sterling Hts., Edward (Sherry) Flowers of Capac and Ronald (Elizabeth) Flowers of Davison; 17 grandchildren; 1 sister, Frances of Florida.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/doc/438935940.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+2004&author=Hassett%2C+Kelly&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&edition=&startpage=&desc=Boyfriend+admits+to+dealing+fatal+blow

Boyfriend admits to dealing fatal blow
Lansing State Journal - Lansing, Mich.
Subjects: Criminal pleas; Murders & murder attempts; Manslaughter
Author: Hassett, Kelly
Date: Oct 26, 2004
Start Page: B.1
Section: Local
Abstract (Document Summary)
Lansing man, 55, pleads guilty to manslaughter in Feb. beating By Kelly Hassett Lansing State Journal After hitting Julie Cushion once on the head over "nothing in particular," Dennis Mace put a blanket over her and put her to bed, he told a judge Monday in Ingham County Court.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/doc/438949381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+2%2C+2004&author=Hassett%2C+Kelly&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&edition=&startpage=&desc=Man+gets+up+to+15+years+for+death

Man gets up to 15 years for death
Lansing State Journal - Lansing, Mich.
Subjects: Murders & murder attempts; Criminal sentences; Manslaughter
Author: Hassett, Kelly
Date: Dec 2, 2004
Start Page: B.1
Section: Local
Abstract (Document Summary)
Boyfriend apologizes to family for woman's beating death By Kelly Hassett Lansing State Journal Julie Cushion's sisters hope her cries for help will be heard for years to come. Mace initially was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.

[No Vested Interest]

9. Yes, it is a sad end to the young woman's life.

I believe the first listing is not for Julie Cushion, as she could not have been married 50 years. It likely is for another listing on the same page of death notices.

Sometimes we find out information we'd rather not have known.
God rest her soul.

[uppityperson]

10. Thank you and indeed, I didn't read the husband of 50 yrs.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. thank you

I can't comment on the news right now but I do appreciate your effort.