Joseph Louis Maree was born and raised in columbia south carolina also he gew up in a household of nine siblings he was the youngest out of all and at the age of 5 he was born and raised in church the church was his home and he loved playing the guitar also at the age of 10 joseph started his new life in washington DC area he went into the military at the age of 21 he served 4 long years in the military however after he retired from the miltary he became a janitor in the washington DC public school system.He was a very good hearted caring person he also met the love of his life which is Josephine Mercer at the age of 31 then they brought their first daughter in the world at the age of 32 and her name is Constantine Maree then later on down the years they had three more children which is Christine Brown,Kirk Maree,Santee Maree and he also a grandfather of 20 grandkids that loved him dearly at the age of 82 the remaining of his life he went to church and playing the guitar over 40 years of his life he like to have fun and make people laugh on August 22,2018 at 7:09pm the good lord called Joseph Louis Maree home In loving memory of Joseph Louis Maree.