Posts in category Obituaries

A civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate Southern schools in the 1960s and was pushed out of his University of Mississippi teaching job amid …

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sam “Bam” Cunningham, an All-American fullback at Southern California whose performance against Alabama was credited with helping to integrate football in …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Darlene Jones, 70, died August 30. Service will be held Saturday, September 11, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. …

New York (AP) – Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the …

Pasadena, Calif. (AP) – Delano Robinson, wife of Olympic track medalist Mack Robinson and sister-inlaw of baseball great Jackie Robinson, has died. She was 88. …

JAY FUNERAL HOME Alice Watkins, 96, self-employed, died August 27. Service will be held 11am Friday, September 3, at Second Baptist Church. Frederic Farmer, 58, …

San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) – Jamaican singer and record producer “Lee Scratch” Perry, considered one of reggae’s founding fathers, died on Sunday. He was …

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum announced. …

HOUSTON (AP) – The death of former NCAA national champion sprinter Cameron Burrell has been ruled a suicide, a medical examiner’s office announced Friday. The …

DETROIT (AP) – The first Black woman elected to Michigan’s Court of Appeals has died. Karen Fort Hood died Sunday, Chief Judge Christopher Murray said …