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Tanzania K. Wiley

March 20, 1993 — July 29, 2024

Erie

Tanzania K. “Bopha” Wiley, age 31, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 29, 2024, at her residence. 

She was born on March 20, 1993, in Warren, Michigan, the daughter of Aisha and her husband, Antonio Stapp and Jermaine Hunter, of Jackson, Michigan.

Tanzania graduated summa cum laude from Collegiate Academy. She went on to further her education as a graduate of IUP University with a master’s degree in psychology. She was on the Dean's list the entire time in college. Tan loved to read, dress, cook, dance, do hair and shop. She loved spending time with her nephew, Denaro or "Billy” as she called him. 

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfathers, Frank Wiley and Wesley C. Thomas; her paternal grandmother, Shirley Hunter and her favorite uncle, David "Beam" Coates.

In addition to her parents, Tan leaves behind to cherish her in memory, grandmother, Patricia Thomas, of Erie; grandfather, Enlo O. Terry, of Detroit, MI; one sister, Tamara E. Baker, of Erie; two brothers, Desmond Jackson, of Texas and James W. Stapp, of Erie; two nephews, Denaro Russell, of Erie and Braylon Jackson, of Texas; niece, Amira Stapp, of Erie; six aunts, Kathryn Wiley, Louise Wiley and Carla "Auntie Car wash" Adams, all of Erie, Shelia (Wayne) Smith, of Maple Heights, OH, Tiffany Hunter and Lowanda Hunter, both of Detroit; four uncles, Frank (Simone) Wiley, of Streetsboro, OH, Frank L. Wiley, Johnny Hunter and Paul Hunter, all of Detroit; her godparents, Rasheda Bey-Adams, of Clayton, NC, Alston Hunter, of Detroit and Leroy Kimbro, of Erie. She is further survived by her best friend, Alexis Adams and her soulmate, Mario Sanders.

A special thank you to my village (you all know who you are) for helping me to raise such an amazing daughter. 

Friends may call on the family at Burton Quinn-Scott Cremation & Funeral Services Inc. Downtown, 602 W 10th St., on Monday, August 5, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until the Homegoing Ceremony at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Floyd McClure of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church officiating. 

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Monday, August 5, 2024

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