Michael Nevell

Coulanges

Michael Nevell Coulanges aka "Mr. Pop Up" at the right time, for family events, was born October 23, 1985 at Beth Israel Medical Center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan Also known as "L.E.S" In New York City, New York , to Lisa Coley now Lisa Myrick. Michael was the eldest son of three children, who was an energetic leader that loved Video Games that involved basketball, football, and baseball.  He was so competitive that he would always find the way to get to the top levels of the games through online cheat sheets or crib notes, to conquer the games.  He loved baseball, statistics, trains and music (even though he could not hold a note – LOL).  When we lived in New York City, he knew every train and bus in the New York Transit system  and where it could take you, all you had to do is ask him where you needed  to go and he would tell you what train/bus combination you needed to take to get you there. When we move to the Suburbs of Old Bridge, New Jersey he learned the NJ Transit system and would find his way home from any point in New Jersey – He was an adventurer, who knew how to navigate and survive the toughest of situations.   He and his brother Terrence were 4 years apart and were known as the "2 Live Crew" they were brothers stuck like glue in life and to the end of their journeys on this earthly realm, by going to be with their heavenly father in the same year of 2019.

Michael attended specialized schools and earned his High School Diploma and attended Devry Technical Institute to further his gift of technology and computer programming. We were always told that he was smart, giving and funny with a big heart.

Michael as a young adult lived and loved the City of Newark, NJ, it was his community, stomping ground and chosen place to live, love and transition in. He found, work, love and joy there with his wife Linda, (who has already gone to Glory before him), with whom, he inherited grandchildren and was known as "PopPop".   They were expecting a child together but they suffered a miscarriage, which Michael carried as a heavy heartbreak.

Michael was known to the family as the wonderer who always found his way home for special Birthdays, Holidays and events to support his mother, father, brother and sister,  that's how he earned the name "Mr. Pop Up" . As a matter of fact, we were all expecting him to Pop Up the day before Thanksgiving. Michael always told me not to worry about him because he loved God and was doing the work of God in the streets of Newark as a street preacher.  He would always clasp his hands in a prayer position and profess that he was "Blessed and Highly Favoured Of God" and we all know that to be true for he was spared from all hurt, harm and danger until God called him home to rest and took his last breath in the City of Newark.

Michael leaves to cherish his wonderful memories: His mother and father Lisa and Darin Myrick, younger brother who proceeded him in death, Terrence Coulanges, youngest sister Shanise Myrick, Baby niece Shayla Byers, Aunty Caryn Padron, Aunty Jocelyn Coley, Aunty Gaetana (Tanya) Blackman, Uncle Dexter Blackman, Uncle Andre Coley, Aunty Gillian Coley, Uncle Derrick Coley, Close Cousins; Deborah Robinson, Lancelot Myvett, Malik Payne, Shereise Myrick, Rasean Padron, Keshia Padron, Tatianna Blackman, Haylee Blackman, Noah Coley, Brenda Cooper, Ronald and Leslie Drayton and Little Brenda White,  and a host of relatives and friends to many to mention.