Clinton Township resident advocates for lung cancer funding, research
Terita McKenzie, left, stands with her mother, Theresa Ezekiel-Haley, at her wedding. Ezekiel-Haley died from lung cancer in 2019. McKenzie now advocates for lung cancer awareness and research funding.
Photo provided by Terita McKenzie
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP Terita McKenzie said her mother deserved a fighting chance. Now, she’s giving her one.
Theresa Ezekiel-Haley died June 17, 2019, at the age of 57 after a bout with lung cancer.
Common back pain thought to be a strain from playing with her grandson quickly morphed into stage IV of the cancer the deadliest kind in the United States for both men and women. She was diagnosed in February 2018.