Lucille Roquemore (Shell) was born Oct 26, 1948 in Widener, Arkansas to Willie L. Shell and Iver Lee Shell (Williams). Her family moved to Bakersfield, California when she was just a newborn. She was raised and nurtured by her mother Iver Lee Smith and her step-father Bishop Curtis Clifford Smith. Lucille, lovingly called “Cecille” and “Cille” by her family and friends, accepted Christ as her Lord and Saviour in her youth. She attended local schools in Bakersfield and then at an early teen age married Aldon Ray Newsome Sr. and moved to Oakland California. In Oakland she served her community as a nursing assistant at a local convalescent home. Lucille took solace in helping others, she made friends easily and enjoyed being surrounded by loved ones. In 1977, along with her two children, she returned to Bakersfield to be closer to her family and to pursue a nursing assistant career.  In Bakersfield she went on to work at Mercy Hospital, Rosewood Retirement Home, Kern Medical Center and Miss Freise’s Maternity Home. She was then remarried to Earl Gene Roquemore and to this relationship, two children. The highlight of her career was that of being a childcare provider and nanny, it was her great love and she leaves a lasting memory with all the children she has cared for.

Lucille’s hobbies included nurturing extended family, making new friends, watching children play, and cultivating plants to beautify her home. She also enjoyed cooking with her specialties being potato salad, pineapple cake and raisin pie.

She is preceded in passing by her parents and her siblings; Evelyn Shell, Russell Shell, Helen Smith, Frank Griffin and Shirley Moore.

Lucille is survived by her children; Vanessa Newsome, Aldon Ray Newsome Jr (Aasia), Jermaine Deon Roquemore (Angelica) and Danisha Marie Roquemore and her dear grandchildren Delmar Evan (Vanessa), Audrey, Lawrence, Janae and Bryson (Aldon), Grant, Mykela, Jerrika, Hennayee, Devon, Hailey, Raylyn, Jermaine Jr, Braylon, Lodum, Aniken, Kaylynn. Izan and Holden (Jermaine).

She is loved forever and will be missed by her siblings; Harold Smith, Frank Smith, Willie Shell, Jimmy Smith, Clifford Smith, Issac Smith, David Smith, Jewel Dean, Betty Smith, Vivian Sotelo, Gertrude Davis, Christine English, Brenda Townsend, Ruth Wallace and Joyce De La Vega and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, grand nieces and grandnephews.