Posts in category Obituaries

Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Jerry Ceppos, a distinguished news editor, executive and educator, whose career included leading Pulitzer Prize winning teams and two journalism …

Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP) – Charlene Curtis, the first Black women’s head basketball coach in the ACC, died Thursday after a battle with cancer, the conference …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Sharon Berrian, 69, died August 14. Service will be held 10am Saturday, August 27, at 15th Avenue Church of …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Tom Young, 94, died August 7. Memorial service will be held 11am Friday, August 12, at Mizell & Kurtz …

Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, died a week …

London (AP) – British civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett, a leader of a bus boycott that played a key role in ending legal racial discrimination …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Eula Warren, 84, homemaker, died July 24. Service will be held 11am Saturday, August 6, at Sweet Home MBC. Joe Wiggins Jr., …

Boston (AP) – Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country. The …

Minneapolis (AP) – Two Minneapolis police snipers fatally shot a man from the roof of an apartment building across the street from where he had …

St. Louis (AP) – A man accused of killing a retired St. Louis police captain while looting a store during a violent night prompted by …