Posts in category Obituaries

JAMES C BOYD FUNERAL HOME Lenworth Hawkins, Sr., 66, Maitr d’ & Chef Cruise Lane, died January 29. Memorial service will be held 1pm Wednesday, …

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, the 1960s group that helped define the Motown sound and style …

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title …

Palm Beach County community stalwart Dan Calloway has commissioned Andrew DeGraffenreidt a minister of sorts. No, DeGraffenreidt wasn’t a licensed minister but instead a prolific …

NEW YORK (AP) – Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won …

Goldsboro, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina minister and civil rights leader took a major role in the traditional prayer service held in conjunction with …

As a student in college and seminary, then as a pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention for more …

JAMES C BOYD FUNERAL HOME Lena King, 102, domestic engineer, died January 20. Service will be held 11am Friday, January 29, at James C. Boyd …

Atlanta (AP) – His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all. Sure, he’s remembered mostly for …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Mozelle B. Brown, 98, died December 16. Service will be held 10am Saturday, January 9, at Mizell & Kurtz …