Armel DuBois Poitier, son of Cesta Gooden Poitier and the late William O. Poitier, was born October 18, 1954 in Mitchell County, Camilla, Georgia.

At an early age, Armel became a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Pelham, Georgia.

A lover of all flowers, Armel graduated from Pelham High School, Pelham, Georgia in 1972. He attended Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia. Armel lived in Washington, D.C. and worked at Riggs National Bank as a payable clerk.

He departed this life early Tuesday morning, October 20, 2009, at 633 Love Street in Pelham, Georgia.

He leaves his mother, Cesta Gooden Poitier of Pelham, Georgia; sister, Pamela Yolanda Poitier (Michael) Dickerson of Hyattsville, Maryland; nephew, Brian A. Dickerson of Hyattsville, Maryland; niece, Maya Y. Dickerson of Hyattsville, Maryland; aunts, Cleatrice (Oliver) Murray of Atlanta, Georgia, Eartha C. Poitier of Atlanta, Georgia, Sarah Johnson of Miami, Florida; uncles, James (Fleta) Poitier of Miami, Florida, Jasper Williams of Pelham, Georgia, Joseph Rogers, Sr. of Ocilla, Georgia; cousins, Beverly (Reginald) Hester of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Inna (Michael) Pullum of Orlando, Florida, Dr. Isalene Williams (Dr. Charles West) of Albany, Georgia, Ernest (Greer) Anderson of Acworth, Georgia, Dwayne Anderson of Pelham, Georgia, Joseph Rogers, Jr., Rosa Rogers of Fitzgerald, Georgia, Everlyn Baker of Miami, Florida, Saundra Scott of Miami, Florida, Aretha "Cookie" Poitier of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, Portia Mitchell of Las Vegas, Nevada, Tommy Poitier, Rodney Poitier of Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Toya Hester (Braydon) Kelly of Augusta, Georgia, Terrence Hester of Atlanta, Georgia, Eboni West, Fatima West of Albany, Georgia, Ernest Anderson, Garrick Anderson, Faith Anderson of Acworth, Georgia, Joshua Pullum, Jonathan Pullum of Orlando, Florida; godmother, Artie C. Clayton of Pelham, Georgia; devoted (brother) and friend, Kirk Peoples of Camilla, Georgia; devoted neighbor, Harry (Frances) Johnson of Pelham, Georgia; friend, Bobbie Burrows of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; other cousins, friends, and class of 1972 and neighbors.