Posts in category Obituaries

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Gracie Beard Davis, 84, died October 17. Service 11am Saturday, November 2, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. Catherine …

Abdul Salaam, a member of the Jets’ famed "New York Sack Exchange" in the 1980s, has died. He was 71. The team announced Salaam’s death …

CISSY HOUSTON: Born Emily Drinkard in Newark, NJ, the Grammy-winner recorded more than 600 songs in multiple genres with myriad other famed artists through her …

Boston (AP) – Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a …

RANGE FUNERAL HOME  Joyce Lynne Ferguson, 62, administrative secretary 1, Department of Children and Family Services, died October 1. Viewing Friday 6pm-7:30pm at Grace United …

JAY FUNERAL HOME Dorothy Georgette Sumpter, 30, died October 3. Public viewing Friday, October 11. Revoyager Brown, 74, truck driver, died September 21. Service 11am …

DIKEMBE MUTOMBO: Basketball’s finger-wagging defensive master died Monday, Sept. 30 from brain cancer. He was 58. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA “I am deeply saddened to …

KEN PAGE: “Lovely, kind, talented man” made his Broadway debut in “The Wiz” playing the Cowardly Lion, portrayed Nicely-Nicely Johnson in “Guys and Dolls,” was …

JAY FUNERAL HOME Dorothy Ann Clark, 55, environmental services, died September 22. Service 11am Saturday, October 5, at Lee C. Jay Memorial Chapel. Edward Lee …

DIKEMBE MUTOMBO: One of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA succumbs to brain cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF BENNYGOLSON.COM …