Emanuel Steib born August 28th, 1967 to the proud and loving parents of Mary Ann Steib and Lee Washington, and raised in the 9th ward of New Orleans, LA. He was a very talented young man. Emanuel started playing music at a very young age he was a force to be reckoned with on baritone. He got his start in music at Lawless Jr. high and then moved to one of New Orleans most prestigious high schools, St. Augustine High. While attending this prestigious school he became a member of the Purple Knight Marching Band which is better known as the “Marching 100”. After soaring as one of the greatest baritone players in the history of the school Beanie received a scholarship in 1985 to attend the Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul marching band. While attending TxSU he joined the Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity in the spring of 1986. Beanie had become the front man of many shows performed by the Ocean of Soul. In 1988, Beanie was diagnosed with Diabetes. After falling sick on a band trip, he moved back to New Orleans in 1989 to pursue his professional musical journey. While back in the city his uncle, Cyril Neville, who was part of the famous Neville Brothers started a family band called “Def Generation”, that included all the Neville’s son’s, nephews, and friends. Meanwhile he was also a part of an up and coming street band called the Soul Rebels Brass Band. The Soul Rebels was formally known as the Young Olympia Brassband. Beanie was an original member and one of the power points of the band. After performing all over America and Europe he started to take ill again so he took a break from music. He got married to Nicole Menendez and started a family in NOLA. Then came the dreaded storm “Katrina” and uprooted his family to Houston. While in Houston he lived well until he had a stroke that left his wife and their two children, Chris & Hope, with a serious decision to make. He lived the past nine years in as assistant living institution where he took dialysis several times a week. Emanuel went home to be with the Lord Jan. 13th of 2019. He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at an early age.
He was preceded in death by both his parents, grandparents, James and Aldonia Steib, and George and Thelma Housey, and his god parents Harvey and Patricia Louis.
He leaves to mourn his children, Hope and Christopher Steib and their mother Nicole Menendez, his sisters, Annell Marie Steib, Tinzey Williams, Olmypiad Pierre, and his brothers Lee Washington Jr., Terrence Washington, Eddie Washington, and Joseph Washington, and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, other family and numerous friends.
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