Posts in category Obituaries

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Hattie Hugley, 93, died August 23. Service will be held 10am Saturday, September 3, at First Baptist Church Piney …

Troy, Ala. (AP) – There’s now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman …

Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP) – Jason Jenkins, who spent nearly 14 years with the Miami Dolphins and eventually became the team’s senior vice president of …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Joseph Wilson, 69, died August 2. Service will be held 10am Saturday, August 20, at Hallandale Beach Church of …

NEW YORK (AP) – Lamont Dozier, the middle name of the celebrated HollandDozier-Holland team that wrote and produced “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Heat Wave” and …

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Sam Gooden, one of the original members of the Chicago soul group The Impressions and a member of the Rock & …

Memphis, Tenn. (AP) – Ralph Prater, one of the first Black students to enroll at then-Memphis State University in 1959, has died recently at 81. …

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 …