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3, 1937 - Feb. 22, 2010SOUTH BEND - On Monday, February 22, 2010, at 12:55 a.m. Mrs. Lucille (Causey) Gladney was called home at the age of 72 at Sanctuary at St. Joseph, South Bend, Indiana. Lucille's life began in Tyler Town, Mississippi, when she was born to the union of LeMar and Chinese (Burnett) Causey on April 3, 1937. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, where Lucille graduated from Elkhart High School. She furthered her education at Saints Jr. College in Lexington, Mississippi, and Ivy Tech State College in South Bend. Lucille was employed as a certified nursing assistant for Elkhart General Hospital. She was an excellent cook and a wonderful seamstress. Lucille and Herbert Gladney were united in marriage on December 15, 1973, in Elkhart. He preceded her in death in 1993. Her current church membership was the Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ where she served on the Mothers Board under the leadership of Superintendent Leroy Sutton; also, Mother Gladney was a former member of Guiding Light COGIC, Elder Clinton Mack, pastor, serving as a Sunday school teacher; and also Wayside COGIC as the church secretary and Purity leader under Pastor Weldon Lockhart. Mother Gladney is survived by one son, James LeMar Gladney of South Bend; stepson, Conrad Bonds; one grandson, Jalen Gladney; and one sister, Ruth (Elder) Clinton) Mack, all of South Bend; along with a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Loved ones preceding her in death include her parents, LeMar and Chinese Causey; her husband, Herbert Gladney; a son, David Gladney; sisters, Ollie Taylor and Mary Causey; and brothers, Gaven Causey and Elmo Causey. The homegoing celebration for Mother Gladney will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2010, at noon in Greater Holy Temple COGIC, South Bend, with Superintendent Leroy Sutton officiating. Friends may call in the church one hour prior to the services. Interment will follow on Monday at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka, Indiana, at 2 p.m. Arrangements have been entrusted to Alford's Mortuary where messages of condolence may be e-mailed to alfordsmortuary@comcast.net, c/o the Gladney family.