Posts in category Obituaries

Drummer Fred White, who backed up his brothers Maurice and Verdine White in the Grammy-winning ensemble Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 67. …

New York (AP) – Pele was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  William T. Gillespie, 78, died December 13. Service will be held 11am Friday, December 23, at South Florida VA …

Atlanta (AP) – A Georgia Court of Appeals judge has died at age 64. Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday, the court announced, saying he …

Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance,” …

NEW YORK (AP) – Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong community activist who toured the country speaking with Gloria …

Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited …

JAY FUNERAL HOME Connie Johnson, 56, MDCPS bus aide, died November 28. Service will be held 11am Saturday at William Chapel Freewill Baptist Church. Roger …

Washington (AP) – U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. He was 61. Tara Rountree, …

Detroit (AP) – Mamie King Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died …