LaMonta Andre Ramey

January 26, 1971 - December 26, 2020

LaMonta Andre Ramey was born January 26, 1971 at Brookside Hospital in San Pablo, California to Raymond Ramey, Jr. and Carolyn Foy. LaMonta spent his elementary school years in various schools in the Richmond Unified School District and began his high school years at El Cerrito High in El Cerrito, California. He was an exceptional student. He was chosen to attend an excel program at Chevron while attending Peres Elementary in the 5th grade. He was known for his outgoing, loving, and caring personality. LaMonta had a gift for writing and telling great jokes. He got pleasure out of watching people burst out in laughter. He enjoyed engaging in conversations on any topic with anyone. He loved people, especially his family. During his lifetime, he was employed as a carpenter in training by his grandfather, Joseph Foy, and as a security guard while living in both Oakland and Arizona. LaMonta met and married his first wife Antoinette Felder in 1995, and to this union a son was born, Tobias LaMonta Ramey. After they divorced he married Michelie McGregor, and after their union ended, Laura Whittier. For many years LaMonta sought to find Christ, and in 2017 he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. LaMonta departed this life on December 26, 2020. He was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Ramey, Jr., his paternal grandparents, Raymond Ramey, Sr., and Magalene Ramey, his maternal grandparents, Joseph Foy and Vester Shannon, and his aunt Regina Foy. He leaves to mourn his passing, his mother and step-dad, Carolyn and Kevin Moore, his son, Tobias LaMonta Ramey, a sister, Shonte Ramey, a cousin, Chanel Henderson, two uncles, Eugene Sykes and Perry Ramey, an aunt Shirley Ann and a host of other friends and relatives.