Posts in category Obituaries

LENNY RANDLE: Called "The Most Interesting Man in Baseball" by Rolling Stone magazine. PHOTO COURTESY OF BASEBALLHALL.ORG/ Murrieta, Calif. (AP) — Lenny Randle, a big-league …

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Hortencia Edwards Abner, 75, administrative assistant, died January 3. Service 11am Friday, January 10, at Community Church of Praise and Deliverance. David …

Marlena Shaw, 81. The jazz and R&B vocalist whose "California Soul" was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s. Jan. 19. PHOTO …

JAY FUNERAL HOME cd JD Jones, Jr., 37, business owner, died December 22. Service 11am Saturday, January 4, at Mt. Pleasant MBC. Maria Luisa Barahoma, …

RICKEY HENDERSON: Baseball’s “Man of Steal,” Henderson had a lengthy list of accolades and accomplishments over his nomadic 25-year career — an MVP, 10 All-Star …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Carrie Robertson, 84, died December 19. Service 11am Friday, December 27, at The Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Jalen Moore, …

KAY PATTERSON: U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn called him "a trusted leader, a tireless champion for civil rights, and a treasured friend. He was a person …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Maxine Bosket Newson, 74, died December 2. Service 12 noon Thursday, December 19, at Golden Heights Church of Christ. …

YVONNE JOHNSON: "Her mantra was that service is the rent you pay for your time on earth. (Her) rent has been paid up." PHOTO COURTESY …