Posts in category Obituaries

BRIDGERTON WAS THE THEME: For 10 aspiring 12th-grade girls, including Madison Greene, Nikia White, Wisdom Pinkney, Tiffani Davis and Maryse Jean-Baptiste, who spent a year …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Thomas Dowdy, Jr., 100, died May 11. Service 11am Wednesday, May 21, at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Vivian …

SHARPE JAMES: He served 18 months in federal prison after a 2008 corruption conviction. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK Newark, N.J. (AP) – Sharpe James, the …

On most weekends, Tyre Nichols would head to the city park, train his camera on the sky and wait for the sun to set. "Photography …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Rev. Dr. Matthew J. Meadows, 86, died May 7. Service 11am Saturday, May 17, at Lighthouse Worship Center. Willie …

PHOTO COURTESY OF BCNA Miami– The Brownsville Civic Neighborhood Association (BCNA), in partnership with HOPE Murals, is unveiling the Historic Brownsville Legacy Murals on Saturday, …

HAROLD CALVIN RAY: National stalwart succumbs to heart illness. He and his wife, Prophetess and Pastor Brenda Ray, founded Redemptive Life Fellowship (now Redemptive Life …

Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Rosa Hunter, 79, section 8 housing clerk, died April 27. Service 6pm Wednesday May 7, at Lee C. Jay Memorial Chapel. Sadie …

ALEXIS HERMAN: “Keep it moving” became her special mantra at critical times throughout her life after witnessing firsthand the racial violence to which African Americans …