Posts in category Obituaries

New Orleans (AP) – The first Black woman to serve as an officer in the New Orleans Police Department has died. The department announced Yvonne …

Atlanta (AP) – An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd of armed …

ROY MIZEL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Betty Jean Hankerson, 84, died June 11. Service will be held 10am Thursday, June 18 at Roy Mizell & …

Philadelphia, PA – The MOVE Organization announced the passing of Delbert Orr Africa, MOVE 9 member, on Monday, June 15. Africa was released from Pennsylvania’s …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Jude Janvier, 78, limo driver, died June 4. Service will be held 10am Saturday, June 13, at Jay Funeral Home Chapel. Nancy …

Los Angeles (AP) – Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Ken Riley, the former Cincinnati Bengals standout who was head coach and athletic director at alma mater Florida A&M, died …

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked …

Shanell Campfield-Johnson, 47, mechanical engineer, died May 1. Services were held. Fellyou Myers, 76, groomer, died May 19. Services were held. Merlene Ortiz, 77, mailroom …

Lewis Bertrand Mendoza, 76, painter, died May 19. Service will be held 11am Thursday at Manker Memorial Chapel. William Barney Smith, 84, truck driver, died …