Anthony Devon Elliott was born on April 4, 1988 at Union Hospital in the Bronx to Selina Elliott and Robert Reese. He was raised and nurtured by Selina Elliott and Helen Hannibal, John Green III, Dionne Elliottand his loving great grandmother Ida Mae Mainer.
Anthony was born with Down syndrome, but still he had a positive outlook on life. He graduated from PS 721 high school in the Bronx, and then he went on to attend Unique Life and R.E.A.L. day programs where he worked in the dietary department as a porter.
Anthony had a huge heart and genuinely adored all his family and friends. He enjoyed ice cream, red rice and fish; we can’t forget about McDonald’s and Taco Bell.
Anthony loved to attend church at Union Baptist, where he was a member. He also loved to sing and was an excellent dancer. Anthony was very active in his community. He participated in the AIDS and Breast Cancer Walks and he also competed in the Special Olympics. As a member of Union Baptist Church, he sang in the church choir. He was an usher and was part of the Men’s Group.
Those who met Anthony were blessed with exceptional love and positivity. He showed love to everyone. After a short battle with severe pneumonia in Harlem Hospital, Anthony departed from this earth on March 27, 2020.
He left to join his beloved great grandmother Ida Mae Mainer. He is remembered by his mother Selina Monique Elliott, Father Robert (Winky) Reese, stepfather James Butler, sister Dionne Elliott, brothers Leon Williams and Tyrone Bowman, grandfather George (Sonny) Evans, grandmothers Helen Hannibal, Essie Reese
and Gloria Schoolfield, uncles John Bay Green III and Marc Elliott, great uncle
George Hannibal, aunts Sheleigh Bidding and Patricia Jones, great aunt Lillie Bell
Stanley, nieces Da’Nay and Da’vonni Lewis, cousins John Green IV, Destiny Green and Marquis Lane, as well as a host of family and friends. He will be missed.
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