Mrs. Denise Rachelle Caldwell Obi was born April 20, 1974 to the late Dennis Ray Caldwell, Sr. and Anita L. Caldwell of Gulfport, MS. She departed this life peacefully on September 9, 2021.

She joined Progressive Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and attended until her relocation to Atlanta, GA where she attended New Macedonia Baptist Church in Riverdale, GA.

She graduated with honors from Gulfport High School in 1992 where she was a member of the Gulfport Admiral Band and the yearbook staff. She continued her educational path at Jackson State University where she majored in Nursing, however later after overcoming health challenges, chose another educational path and earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from William Carey University in 1999 and a Masters of Science in Psychology from William Carey University in 2003.

Denise began her career in mental health as the MAP Coordinator and Children's Counselor at Gulf Coast at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center in Gulfport, MS. She touched countless lives in this role and continued to do so over the years as an entrepreneur that contracted with agencies in the Atlanta Metro Area providing Individual and Family Therapy. Her passion for helping people led her to create a counseling agency. She opened Visions of Life Counseling, LLC in 2012.

Denise found life-long sisterhood in Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. where she was an active member of the Omicron Kappa Zeta chapter in College Park, GA.

She is preceded in death by her father, Dennis Ray Caldwell, Sr. her paternal grandmother, Sarah Caldwell; here maternal grandmothers Alice Ray Glover and Dr. Mariah Bradford; and her niece, Te'Onna Caldwell.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her loving husband of 13 years, Francis N. Obi; beloved mother, Anita L. Caldwell; one brother, Dennis Ray Caldwell, Jr.; two sisters, Denita Caldwell Kelly (Cornelius) and Allison Caldwell Broomfield (William); one son, Jevon Turner, two bonus daughters, Kelsie Obi and Chika Obi; four nieces, Matasia Caldwell, Cayla Russell, Aubree Caldwell, and Cristyn Kelly; three nephew, Micah Broomfield, Azaih Caldwell, and Ayden Caldwell; godchildren, Essence Evans and Noah Perryman; and a host of friends, and colleagues.