Posts in category Obituaries

EBANEE WILLIAMS: 25-year-old woman died of her wounds a week after the Hinds County homecoming weekend shooting. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK Leland, Miss. (AP) — …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Charles W. Lennon, 82, died October 4. Service 10am Saturday, October 25, at Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church. Darrell LaClair …

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) — Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was buried Sunday at his rural home as the country, which has previously been marred by …

Photo courtesy of Facebook LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Desorae Giles-Smith, Lauderhill’s first Black and first woman city manager, died last month following a battle with cancer, …

Sandy Alomar Sr., an All-Star infielder during his playing days in the 1960s and ’70s who went on to coach in the majors and manage …

Wow! Ninety-six years, two months, 22 days, and 12 hours. Arneatha Jones Roberts lived a rich and beautiful life. The princess chose, on her own …

CAROLYN CHEEKS KILPATRICK: Former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus was a tireless advocate for Detroit. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Detroit (AP) — Former Detroit …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  John Henry Benbow, Sr., 85, died October 4. Service 9am Saturday, October 18, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. …

ARTHUR JONES: "A tremendous player and even better person," he sacked San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick just before a power outage at the Superdome …

LT. COL. GEORGE HARDY: Last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee, he flew his first combat mission before he had ever driven a car. “We …