Posts in category Obituaries

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK – Joni Sledge, who with her sisters recorded the enduring dance anthem “We Are Family,” has …

By LAVONE V. HAZELL Courtesy of www.funeralwise.com Editor’s Note: This article is continued from the March 2-8, 2017 edition. At times economics underlie cultural decisions …

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Rene Preval, a low-key technocrat who led Haiti as president during the devastating January 2010 earthquake and …

By LAVONE V. HAZELL Courtesy of www.funeralwise.com For the past two decades, the traditional funeral rite has been in transition for various reasons: changes in …

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los …

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – Congo’s opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in …

LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) In an emotional ceremony, the mayor and the police chief of a west Georgia city have apologized for the lynching of a …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi father pleaded guilty Friday in the hot car death of his baby daughter …

Staff Report LITHONIA, Ga. — People are paying their final respects during a service to celebrate the life of Eddie Long, a Georgia megachurch pastor …

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON — Astronaut Eugene “Gene” Cernan traced his only child’s initials in the dust of the lunar …