Posts in category Obituaries

Samuel David Brown Jr., 78, groundskeeper, died February 19. Memorial Service 11am Saturday at Manker Funeral Home. Sylvester Smith, 70, handyman, died February 12. Service …

Juanita Horne Lester, 80, retired, died February 23. Service will be held 11am Saturday at St. Mark MBC

Trellany Griffin, died February 21. Service will be held 11am Thursday, February 27, at Ebenezer Baptist Church Hallandale. Melvin Keel, 82, died February 17. Service …

The Beginning  Bishop Jacob Cohen, the ninth son and 12th child of 18 born in Miami on Jan. 4, 1932 to Bishop Amaziah Melvin Cohen, …

Regarding the trial of the decade: the revolution is being televised. Looking for a smoking gun? A silver bullet? Here are two to consider: Lev …

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOPHERSPORTS.COM SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – A former member of a Louisiana school board who also taught at Southern University’s campus in Shreveport …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WCPO Cincinnati (AP) – Nathaniel Jones, a former federal judge who served for more than two decades on the federal appeals court …

PHOTO COURTESY OF BILLBOARD.COM New York (AP) – Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and …

In 2019, the political world lost a giant in U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the death of Toni Morrison in August left a chasm in …

Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP) – A statue of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer now sits outside the Forrest County Courthouse in Mississippi. The Hattiesburg American …