Obituaries
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Jamal Thadious Battiste, 32, died January 19. Service was held Tuesday, February 1, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. …
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Jamal Thadious Battiste, 32, died January 19. Service was held Tuesday, February 1, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. …
Pittsburgh (AP) – Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World …
(Black PR Wire) – James Mtume, an R&B legend whose 1983 hit, “Juicy Fruit,” returned to the charts a decade later as #1 single of …
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Janet Allen, 87, died January 19. Service will be held 11am Thursday, January 27, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship …
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Daisy Thomas, 83, died December 28. Service will be held 11am Thursday, January 13, at Calvary Chapel. Wanda Balom …
NEW YORK (AP) – Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and became the first …
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, the third-generation editor and publisher of a historic Black newspaper in North Carolina and a driving force …
Charlie Maxon Odoms, 78, died December 23. Service will be held 12 noon Wednesday, January 5, at New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. Lynneth Maria Stewart, …
Lula Mae Grisson, 99, retired cook for Burdines Dept. Store, died December 20. Service will be held 10am Saturday in the chapel. Dorothy Louise Howell-McCray, …
BOSTON (AP) – Basketball Hall of Famer Sam Jones, the Boston Celtics’ “Mr. Clutch” whose sharp shooting fueled the league’s longest dynasty and earned him …