Mr. Larry Darnell Stevens

In Loving Memory of Larry “Dino” Stevens, 67, Hamtramck, MI, was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. He lived an awesome life. On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, God called him home. Larry Darnell Stevens was born on May 15, 1957, in Rochester, PA to the late Mattie Thelma Stevens Perkins and Wallace Arthur Stevens, both of Pennsylvania. He was number 2 out of 7 children. In the early 190’s, he would decide to move to Detroit, MI; and then moved to Hamtramck, MI in the late 1990’s. Dino was great in both football and basketball. But Football would be his love during his Midland Lincoln High School years. And at that time, he would also tie Tony Dorsett’s scoring record. From there he would earn a Football Scholarship to Kansas University. Dino also won the Dave Austin Award - the highest award in Midland Football; and he was also elected to Midland Hall of Fame. He was an avid sports lover with mainly the Pittsburgh Professional teams. If you knew Dino, then you knew how much he loved his “Pittsburgh Steelers” and his Detroit Lions. Dino lived to tell the story of a beautiful blessing - of how leaving the basketball court, one evening - how his leg got smashed between two cars… he had a testimony always on his tongue, [which would be how he was able to still keep his leg] - and after many surgeries and with a limp, that he was still able to walk. Dino loved barbequing and loved working with his hand. You can find him sitting out on the porch joking and talking smack all the time with His neighbor and best friend Darrell and his Chequita who saw him mostly every day… they joked, drank and broke bread together. His close friends were Darrell, Chuck and Uncle Collie… and although brothers, he was very close to his brother Ric. Dino was a man not to play… he said what he meant and meant what he said. Yet, he was a kind-hearted, free-spirited person that loved to talk, and reminisce about his past - old stories. He had stories stored up for you and found joy in telling you them and would laugh at them… half the time, you didn’t understand the moral of the story and well, that’s what made it funny. Dino was a happy person in life. He was known to his nieces and nephews as “Uncle Dino” and to his siblings as “Dean” … and one thing you can bank on and that is that Dino loved his siblings, loved his kids, loved and bragged his grandkids and truly loved his whole family. He was just that kind of guy, who was also loved by many. Dino was a very caring person, a protector if you will. He loved his family so much and was especially close to his mother… when he would hear the song “There Goes My Baby” you would see his face light up and both happy and sad tears would fall… He missed his mother and his wife Pat dearly and spoke of it often. Dino loved God and said that He spoke to Him all the time. His recent words were, that He had a close connection with the “main man upstairs” and that was between them two. He had God in his heart and on his tongue during his journey. At the close of day or any call, when you said, “I love Dean” - he would always reply “Big Time”. Dino was preceded in death by his parents Wallace A Stevens, and Mattie Thelma Stevens-Perkins; and one sister Tonja A Stevens of South Carolina… Dino leaves to cherish his memory to seven brothers: Wallace (Dicky) Stevens, Detroit, MI; Richard (Monique) Stevens, Farmington Hills, MI; Dessi (Antoinette) Wiley, Beaver Falls, PA; Gregory Brown, Detroit, MI; Quincy (Angela) Stevens, Ecorse, MI; Ashley Porter, PA; and Lauren Stevens, Detroit, MI; and six sisters: Anita (Fred) Baskin, San Antonio, TX; Bonita (Bo) Stevens of Lawrenceville, GA; Christina (Joe) Bass, Lithonia, GA; Diana (Bob) Nizer, East Liverpool, OH; Beverly (Charles) Watson, Bellville, MI; Cherise (Tim) Stevens-Pryor, Pittsburgh, PA; Laura Farr, Monica, PA; Kawaii Arnold, Taylor MI; Lexi Arnold, CA and Toya Stevens, Detroit, MI. Besides his sisters and brothers, Dino leaves to cherish memories to his six children, Larry (Kezia Torres) Walker of Aliquippa, PA; Shondra (Randall) Walker-Anderson of Aliquippa, PA; Tamara Carter of Beaver Falls, PA; Maurice (Rose) Sloan of Tampa, FL; twins Deanndra G. Stevens and Teanndra L. Stevens, both of Southfield, MI; his fifteen grandkids: Larry Walker, Jr, La’rice Walker, Donavan (DJ) Walker, Zion Clark, Joseph Perciavalle III, Randi Anderson, Ranii Anderson, Shanelle R. Carter, William Dino Carter, Antwanette J. Carter, Maurice Q. Sloan, Amiya D. Sloan, Brielle A. Sloan, Jejuan Jetter, and Damarion Goree… and to his best friend: Darrell; Chuck; and Uncle Collie.. He also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.

Mr. Larry Darnell Stevens

May 15, 1957 - November 5, 2024