Posts in category Obituaries

New York (AP) – Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the …

Pasadena, Calif. (AP) – Delano Robinson, wife of Olympic track medalist Mack Robinson and sister-inlaw of baseball great Jackie Robinson, has died. She was 88. …

JAY FUNERAL HOME Alice Watkins, 96, self-employed, died August 27. Service will be held 11am Friday, September 3, at Second Baptist Church. Frederic Farmer, 58, …

San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) – Jamaican singer and record producer “Lee Scratch” Perry, considered one of reggae’s founding fathers, died on Sunday. He was …

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum announced. …

HOUSTON (AP) – The death of former NCAA national champion sprinter Cameron Burrell has been ruled a suicide, a medical examiner’s office announced Friday. The …

DETROIT (AP) – The first Black woman elected to Michigan’s Court of Appeals has died. Karen Fort Hood died Sunday, Chief Judge Christopher Murray said …

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Georgia is mourning a longtime legislator who was re-elected last year even though illness had sidelined him since 2019. Rep. Mickey …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Shirley Anderson, 73, Nurse, died July 28. Service will be held 11am Friday, August 6, at Glendale Missionary Baptist Church. Eddie Dixon, …

Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according …