Dr. Juanita Lane, M.D. Dr. Juanita Lane was born on March 31, 1958 to James Israel and Lillie Mae Tindal Lane, the third of five children. She attended DeLaine Elementary School of Wedgefield, SC for eight years. She graduated in 1975 with honors from Hillcrest High School of Dalzell, SC. She attended Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC for three years where she was active with the Pre-alumni Council, NAACP, and the Oxford Club. She volunteered with the community after school program for at-risk children. It was at Claflin, where she joined the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She loved Zeta dearly. Juanita, in her final year of undergraduate studies, was in the pre-med program at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, where she graduated with honors. After completing undergraduate school, she returned to South Carolina to work a year with the school system. Because of a lifelong thirst for knowledge, she entered the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina where she remained for a year and a half. Because of conditions in South Carolina, she transferred to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a tier one best medical school, in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated with honors in 1994. After graduating from Case Western, she worked at the Cleveland Clinic and did extensive research within the area of sickle cell anemia while working in psychiatry. She met and married Spain N. James, an engineer in Cleveland, Ohio. They were blessed with a son Lane William James, the apple and light of her eye and life. Juanita continued at Cleveland’s Clinic until her health failed and she relocated to Madison Heights, Michigan to be near her mother and siblings in Southfield, Michigan. She became very active with the women’s auxiliary of the Madison Heights United Methodist Church and enjoyed worshiping there, participating with the monthly food give away, and listening to the sermons of Rev. Dr. Rodney K. Diggs, Pastor. Juanita also loved her nieces and nephews dearly- Carl, Sabrina, Fredricka, David, James, Brittani, Demetrious, Jessica, Joshua, and Danielle. She remained in constant contact with her grand niece Olivia. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Lillie Mae Lane; Brother Stewart R. “Rickey Lane” Tindal; and Sister Lisa L. Lane. She is survived by her son Lane W. James (Caitlin), Cleveland, OH; Sister Gloria J. Lane, Greensboro, NC; Brother Rev. James C. (Shirley) Lane, Sumter, SC; Sister-in-Law Hattie B. T. Ervin, Columbia, SC; Aunt Maggie D. Lane; and Uncle Marion Champion both of Sumter, SC; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. The family will receive friends at the home of her brother Rev. James C. (Shirley) Lane, 1700 London Road, Sumter on Thursday and Friday from 3:00 - 6:30 pm. The Zeta service and the celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 2:00 pm at the Mt. Zion UMC, 130 Loring Mill Road, Sumter, SC. Rev. Troy J. Cato, Pastor; Rev. John Dicks, Officiating; and Rev. James Lane, Eulogist.
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