‘Lady J,’ Jou-AL Burwell, looking for a live kidney donor ‘

REV. JAMES D. BURWELL, JOU-AL BURWELL, GABRI-ELLE BURWELL I plan on living long and living strong,’ Lady J says & As you’re reading this, Jou-AL Burwell, also known as “Lady J,” is probably at home or outside playing with her precious daughter, Gabri-Elle, who is 6. Or maybe “Lady J” is attending a council meeting in Homestead. After all, she’s a borough council member. Or maybe she’s at Clark Memorial Baptist Church, in Homestead, on Glenn Street. Her husband is the longtime pastor, Rev. James D. Burwell. They’ve been married for 15 years. In May 2025, she’ll turn 50, and she’s excited for it and what comes thereafter. “It will be my golden year,” Jou-AL Burwell told the New Pittsburgh Courier, July 18. “I plan on living long and living strong.” On Friday, July 26, she’ll definitely be at Clark Memorial Baptist Church for a 7:30 p.m. evening concert, where vocalists like the Grammy-nominated Travis Malloy, Deborah Moncrief, Kim Lankford and Zanetta Butler will perform. Sydni Goldman of Cornerstone Television Network will host. Tickets are $35. And it’s all for “Lady J.” Doctors told Jou-AL Burwell in November 2022 that she had stage four kidney failure (disease). Three times per...