Mrs. Cheryl Ann Watson was born November 25, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan to Alonzo and Margery Watson. Cheryl was born as the second of three children. Amelia Rae being her older sister and Lynn Alonzo being her younger brother. Cheryl was baptized in accordance with the rites of the Roman Catholic at Holy Ghost Church and she attended the school until the 3rd grade. After Holy Ghost Catholic Church and School closed she attended the Detroit Public Schools. She attended Pershing High School and was apart of their cheerleading squad. As a teenager she had a host of jobs. She graduated from Ketterling High School in 1979. Cheryl loved to help people, so she started working at Harper Hospital. While she was at Harper, she took classes at Wayne State Medical School, where she got her EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Certification. After working for Harper Hospital for several years, she met and fell in love with Anthony Jelks. They later married on July 11, 1987 where she became Mrs. Cheryl Jelks, or better known as "C.J." to her family and friends. Cheryl and Anthony moved to Indianapolis, Indiana to start their family. They had two children. Brittany Rae and Brandon Leonard. Mrs. Cheryl Ann "C.J." Watson Jelks departed this life on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at the age of forty-four years, six months and eleven days. She is survived by her husband, Anthony; daughter, Brittany; son Brandon; her mother, Margery; father (now deceased) Alonzo; sister, Amelia, brother, Lynn; mother-in-law, Gladys; sisters-in-law, Ann Jelks, Kimberly O'Bryant, Norma Jelks and Carmen Carter Watson; two step-daughters, Nicole and Antonia; her step grandchildren, a host of uncles, aunts cousins neices, nephews and friends who will miss her dearly.