RICHARD A. EPPS, SR. (Rick), son of the late Junius Epps

and Alice Epps, was born on July 15, 1955 in Baltimore,

Maryland. He departed this life on February 22,2019 from

a sudden illness. His belief in God supported him in his

untimely departure and ultimately gave him peace.

Rick received his education in the Baltimore City Public

School System. In 1974, he received his high school diplo-

ma from Southern High School now known as Digital

Harbor High School. While at Southern he was known as a

standout basketball player.

While in high school he met his high school sweetheart out

of that union one son was born, Richard A. Epps, Jr. While

Rick had a number of scholarship offers to play college

basketball he turned them down to take care of his son. Rick

decided to enlist into the United States Army. While serving

in the Army his main focus was taking care of his family.

After serving his tour of duty, he was granted an honorable

discharge and he returned back home to Baltimore. When

Rick returned to Baltimore he started working for a number

of different moving companies where he served in the roll

as supervisor. He worked for Maryland Office Relocators,

Inc, Mid Atlantic Corporate Service, and Office Relocation

Group where he retired from in July 2017.

In 1985 he met and dated the love of his life Claudine

Dotson. On November 25, 1989 she made Rick the happiest

man in the world by becoming his loving and devoted wife.

In 29 years of marriage they created a wonderful family and

a lifelong partnership. Rick and Claudine loved to travel

and spend time together but they really enjoyed spending

time at home with family and friends.

Rick loved playing pool, he played in a pool league AP A

were he won numerous trophies. He also loved to play cards

and watch sports on television. He loved telling people how

good he was in basketball when he was young. He always said

there were two things that he was good at, shooting pool and

shooting a basketball.

Rick was a loving person who loved helping people. Rick

would give you his last dollar and help anyone in need. If it was

helping move furniture or just giving you advice, he was

always there for the people he loved. Rick will be deeply

missed but we will celebrate the fact that he was loved while he

was here and will be loved forever.

Rick is survived by wife Claudine Epps, son Richard Epps, Jr,

two daughters Renita Dotson (Shawn), Nicole Lee Gault (Bri-

an), three grandsons Dontae Epps, Eric, Charles, five grand-

daughters Chane, Shanika, Sydney, Lauren, Charnita, five

great grandchildren Charles III, Nahari, Omari, Sincere,

Chaniya, one brother Kenny, mother in law Lauretta Dotson,

sister in law Vanessa Fassette (Aaron), and a host of other rel-

atives and friends.