NACOLEON  TORRENCE 85, OF CANTON, OHIO WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON OCTOBER 27, 2014. NACOLEON WAS BORN IN BELMONT, NC ON AUGUST 5, 1929 TO THE LATE MARK AND CAROLINE TORRENCE. NACOLEON RETIRED FROM THE OHIO POWER COMPANY AND WORKED AS A CROSSING GUARD FOR THE CANTON CITY SCCHOOLS. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON THE FRONT LINE IN THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS ALSO A DEDICATED AND FAITHFUL STAFF MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS AT RHODEN MEMORIAL HOME SERVING AS THE MINISTER OF MUSIC. NACOLEON ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT CANTON AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN AND SINGER. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER RUFUS TORRENCE, SISTERS; HELEN GIBSON, CARRIE MASSEY, AND RUBY SMITH, SON; KEVIN BIRCH AND DAUGHTER, BRENDA ARMSTEAD. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORY HIS WIFE ERDEEN TORRENCE, HIS CHILDREN; RICHARD MASSEY, NACOLEON GREGORY TORRENCE, ROBERT (GWEN) TORRENCE, CARLA GIVENS TORRENCE, CAROLYN (VINCE) TORRENCE AND DELLA TORRENCE ALL OF CANTON, OHIO, AS WELL AS TWENTY THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY ONE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GOD-CHILDREN, AUNT LUCILLE WILSON AND A HOST OF OTHER SPECIAL FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MANY THANKS TO ALL THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS.