It is said that there are three words in the English vocabulary that are more solemn than all the others; they are life, death and eternity. Life is more solemn than death; to live is more serious than to die. The object of Christ’s death was life. A Christian’s death gives them a more abundant life. Death is the joyful messenger of peace whose kind hand opens to the weary pilgrim the gates of immortality and lets the oppressed go free.

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Burton became proud parents to Alice Jaqueline on July 16, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the early years of her life she chose Jesus as her life’s partner and united this belief with the South Elyton Baptist Church where she remained a loyal and faithful member. Alice worked and shared in the following capacities: She was a long-serving member of the Board of Trustees, was a member of the Young Matrons, former Secretary of the Personnel Board and most recently received the Pastor’s Award recognizing her for over 40 years of dedicated service. Alice always gave selflessly to her family, immediate and extended.

Alice was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Roosevelt Pace, her parents, Jack Burton & Owen Findley, and her brother, Howard Steele (Anna). She leaves to mourn and cherish her memory, her devoted son, Robert Pace & daughter-in-law Dorothy Pace of Cleveland, Ohio, grandchildren, Sherry & Eric Pace, her nieces and nephews, Lawanda Mitchell, Willie Jerome Steele, Angela Mosby, Howard Warren Steele (Debbie),and Marian Steele all of Cleveland Ohio, and god-daughter, Shyanna McConnell of Detroit, Michigan as well as a host of additional treasured family and friends.