A Time to Be Born: Lucretia Annette Howard-Stukes was born on June 3, 1965 to the late James Howard Jr. and Delores Howard. A Time to Learn: Lucretia received her formal education at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, where she received her diploma and her Maryland State Cosmetology License. She also attended Baltimore City Community College. A Time to Build: Lucretia was a successful cosmetologist who began her career at Montgomery Wards. She then transitioned to the Hair Cuttery, where she remained a loyal and dedicated employee for over 20 years. Lucretia was able to build an excellent clientele who remained faithful until she took ill. A Time to Love: Lucretia was a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend. She also had a great devotion for her pets Mahogany and La'Pete. Everyone who knew Lucretia knows she had a great love for her gold jewelry. She liked to spend her leisure time shopping, talking on the phone, and attending family affairs. Lucretia built her world around her family especially her only daughter, La'Erica. A Time to Laugh: Lucretia always had a way to make you laugh even when she was calling herself laying you out. You could definitely expect the unexpected from her because you never knew what would come out of her mouth. Lucretia could always be counted on to give everyone she encountered a good laugh. A Time for Peace: Lucretia gave her life to Christ and was Baptized and Confirmed at St. Veronica's Catholic Church in Cherry Hill. She was a long time active member for over 20 years. Lucretia was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Young Adults Organization. Lucretia departed this life unexpectantly on Saturday, July 26, 2014 to join her father James Howard Jr., her grandmother Irma Brown, grandfather Thomas Howard Brown Sr., her brother James "Pete" Howard III, her sisters Sharon Davis and Mary Howard-Brown, her aunts Doris Oliver, Vivian Conway, and Ailene Baker, her uncles Thomas Brown Jr., and Timothy Brown, her nephew David Howard and many other cousins, family members and friends. A Time to Cherish: Lucretia leaves to cherish her memory her mother Delores Howard, her daughter La'Erica Smith, Godfather James Thornton, Goddaughter Tarsha Hicks, sisters Jeannette and Jasmine Howard, brothers Aaron, Shawn, and Dontae Howard, aunt Patricia Robinson, uncles Charles Brown Jr, and Melvin Brown, nieces Chantel Fullwood, Nyisha Barnes, Kametria and Demitrra Howard, nephews Demorrea Tarver, Dontay Fullwood, Eugene and Tavon Steele. Lucretia also leaves to mourn four close friends Ernestine Murphy, Cleo Sawyer, Leslie and Leonard Thornton and a host of great nieces, great nephews, cousins and other family & friends.