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Sunday, August 15, 2021
Schuranda RaShural Pittmon-Gibbs
Age: 47
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Date
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, 8/16, Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre, Cedar Rapids
Funeral Home
Brosh Chapel
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Schuranda RaShural Pittmon-Gibbs
SCHURANDA RASHURAL PITTMON-GIBBS
Cedar Rapids
Schuranda RaShural Pittmon-Gibbs, 47, was born Feb. 13, 1974, to Marylin Walker and Davie Pittmon in St. Louis, Mo. She gained her eternal wings on Aug. 10, 2021. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling St. SW. Private homegoing services and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery will be held.
Schuranda was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1992. She was an entrepreneur of several businesses, such as Da's Diamonds Daycare and Diamonds & Rubies Elegant Events. On Sept. 4, 2020, she married her life's love, William James Gibbs, combining their two families into one.
Schuranda was passionate about many things in life, with her greatest joy being her family and her grandchildren. When she was not with family, she enjoyed listening to gospel quartet music, sewing and arts and crafts. She loved to travel and especially enjoyed getting dressed up and planning fancy parties.
She leaves cherished memories with her husband, William; her parents, Marylin and Willie Jenkins and Davie Pittmon; her son, Ezekiel Pittmon; her brothers, Antoine Jenkins and Brandon Pittmon; and her sister, Calisha Jenkins-Paige. She also was gifted with her bonus children, Toriel (Ronisha), Wakkita, Andrew, Whitney, William, Joshua and Sarah, as well as her granddaughters, Amorea, Heaven, Amiyah, Kia-Lynn and NaToria. She was blessed with a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and sisters-in-law.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Courtney LeVell Jenkins; and her maternal grandmother, Ruby Mae Walker.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com.

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