Steve Harvey’s 2 Siblings: All About His Sisters Pauline and Mona Harvey
Steve Harvey loves his two older sisters, Pauline and Ramona “Mona” Harvey.
Mona is the oldest of her siblings, born to parents Jesse and Eloise Vera Harvey. She was followed by sister Pauline, and then brother Steve, who was born on Jan. 17, 1957, in West Virginia. During the 1970s, the family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, which is where the Harvey siblings consider their hometown.
Steve watched his parents work hard for him and sisters. However, he also learned the meaning of unconditional love from observing his parents’ marriage.
“All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love,” said the TV personality.
While Steve and his wife, Marjorie Harvey, and their seven children are no strangers to the spotlight, Pauline and Mona live very private lives.
Here’s everything to know about Steve Harvey’s two sisters, Pauline and Mona Harvey.
The Harvey siblings were raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Their father, Jesse Harvey, was a coal miner, while their mother, Eloise Vera Harvey, worked as a Sunday school teacher. To this day, Steve still considers himself a Cleveland man through and through.
“I can’t let anyone talk about my hometown Cleveland because Cleveland actually made me,” Steve said on his show in 2017. “Cleveland made me. The core of who I am is very Cleveland.”
Former Cleveland mayor Frank Johnson renamed a portion of E. 112th Street, where Steve and his sisters grew up, as “Steve Harvey Way!” on Jan. 17, 2015. Additionally, that day is lawfully recognized as “Steve Harvey Day” in Cleveland.
In honor of his 58th birthday, Steve was awarded the prestige on The Steve Harvey Show alongside his wife Marjorie. With the help of the show’s producers, Steve was able to remotely tune into the proclamation ceremony held outside his childhood home.
There, Mona was in attendance and was able to share a few words with her brother. “I know you’re half crying, but we are here because we love you. If mom and dad was here, dad would be saying, ‘Do you know I’m his daddy?’ And mama would just be shaking her head,” said Mona.
Steve, Pauline, and Mona grew up in a religious household.
On his website, Steve writes that “their lives were full with their faith” as children.
Faith is something the Harvey siblings still hold dear to their hearts.
Mona is an active member of her church, while Steve famously used to close out episodes “by thanking God…and sharing his gratitude with the audience,” per his bio.
In February 2020, Mona was recognized for 51 years of leadership as the President of the Usher Board Ministry at her church in Cleveland. Steve gave his sister a big shoutout on social media to celebrate her notable accomplishment.
“My oldest sister Ramona Brown was honored for her services as President of the Usher Board Ministry (1969 – 2020), Cleveland Church of Christ Citadel of Hope Ministries. Pictured here is Bishop Lincoln Haughton, my sister and my nephew El, who is more like a brother to me,” Steve wrote on Facebook alongside a photo of Mona with her certificate.
“Bishop Haughton has been a longtime friend and his father was my coach. Proud of my sister’s dedication. YOU BETTER SERVE HIM!!!!…. I’m happy to see her be honored,” he added.
When a marriage seems as happy as Steve Harvey and Marjorie Harvey’s, it’s perhaps inevitable that people will try to meddle in it. Since last year, unfounded rumours have been swirling in the US tabloids that Marjorie had been unfaithful to her husband of 17 years, and that the couple were getting a divorce.
But Marjorie is having none of it. Last August, she took to Instagram, saying: “My husband and I don’t usually stop to address all the foolishness and lies that have been spread about us. However, to whom much is given much is required,” she added, sharing an article entitled “How to handle being lied about”.
