William Joshua York's Obituary
WILLIAM “JOSHUA” YORK WAS BORN TO WILLIAM & WILHELMINA YORK JANUARY 5 1999 IN DALLAS, TEXAS. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BOUNCY BABY BOY. HIS FAMILY RELOCATED TO TARRANT COUNTY AREA IN 2022.
JOSHUA WAS EDUCATED IN THE ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS A VERY POPULAR STUDENT AMONG HIS PEERS AND MANY TEACHERS. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021.
HE WAS A LOVER OF MUSIC AND DANCING. HE NO DOUBT DEVELOPED HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC BECAUSE HIS OTHER OFTEN SANG TO HIM WHILE HE WAS IN HER WOMB. FROM INFANCY HIS PARENTS TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, OUR ALMIGHTY GOD JEHOVAH. JOSHUA JOINED HIS FAMILY IN THE MINISTRY AND SERVICE TO JEHOVAH THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
AT 6’2”, HE WAS KNOWN AS A GENTLE GIANT. HE WAS SO LOVING AND LOVED TO GIVE OUT HUGS TO THOSE AROUND HIM. HIS DREAMY HAZEL EYES WERE MESMERIZING AND HIS SMILE COULD BRIGHTEN EVEN THE DARKEST OF ROOMS.
HIS IMMEDIATE, EXTENDED AND BONUS FAMILY WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM AND REJOICE IN THE PRECIOUS MEMORIES WITH HIM UNTIL MANKIND'S GREATEST ENEMY DEATH IS COMPLETELY SWALLOWED UP FOREVER BASED ON ISAIAH 25:8.
JOSHUA IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS: WILLIAM & WILHELMINA YORK, SISTER MELISSA “KAITLYN” YORK, PATERNAL AND MATERNAL GRANDMOTHERS: MAGGIE YORK & GERALDINE OWENS MASA. HE ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY SIX UNCLES AND SIX AUNTIES. NUMEROUS COUSINS AND NUMEROUS FAMILY MEMBERS FROM CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, NEVADA, COLORADO, TEXAS, GEORGIA, EAST COAST STATES OF THE USA AND JAPAN.
OF SPECIAL MENTION: HIS BONUS UNCLE AND AUNT MARCUS & STEPHANIE MCADOO AND FAMILY. HIS CAREGIVER, FRIEND AND ATTENDANT OF MANY YEARS TRICIA HUDSON AND SPECIAL FRIEND MIKKE
JOSHUA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PATERNAL MATERNAL GRANDFATHERS, HIS SPIRITUAL GRANDMOTHER LUCY BOYD AND MANY OTHER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
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