Pepsi was born in Lowell. She had a brother Curtis when she was born.
Five more siblings followed, her brothers Brian and William, her sisters Tonita
and Katrina, and a third brother Christopher. She was a lively and
beautiful child. She started grade school at age 5. She was a cheerleader in Butler
Junior High School. She took modeling classes from Barbison Modeling School
in Boston, MA and graduated with a modeling degree at age 16. She also studied at
Lowell Vocational Technical School and graduated in 1980 in Business
Administration. She was a member of the LVT track team. She enrolled at the
University of Lowell and took two years of full time courses toward a Bachelor of
Science Degree. She was active in the black student Union. Hank, her husband to
be, gave her family a ride home from a wake in 1986. When he was invited to in he met
his beautiful wife to be, Pepsi. They moved to Alabama in 1988 and were married on
July 21, 1989. Pepsi started working for MidSouth Electric and then for Delphi
Packard. Her job as an Ergonomics Representative took her on travels around the
country and Mexico and she continued to have a love for traveling. She was struck
with cancer and began a long and courageous struggle with the disease. She found
strength in her devotion to church and faith.
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