Posts in category Obituaries

Photos courtesy of WIKIPEDIA and Facebook Hal Williams, the actor who played Officer “Smitty” Smith in the 1970s NBC sitcom Sanford and Son, and Lester …

By  LAURAN NEERGAARD The aortic tear that likely caused the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a medical emergency that can rapidly kill. The …

Photo courtesy of Facebook George E. Johnson, whose Johnson Products Co. became the first Black-owned company listed on the American Stock Exchange and helped transform …

Peabo Bryson, Grammy-Winning R&B Balladeer (Photo courtesy of Facebook) By Jacksonville Free Press Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose powerful voice helped …

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Tonight, a Candlelight Vigil Honoring Coral Springs Vice Mayor, and former Tamarac Employee, Hon. Nancy Metayer. It is with profound sadness …

Beloved trailblazer Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson has died at 99 years old. Gibson died at home on February 11, 2026, surrounded by family and her …

By Kimberly Chandler MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the …

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The losses came steadily in 2025, not as a single rupture but as a quiet procession. …

Jubilant Sykes PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWS.FULLERTON.EDU Jubilant Sykes, a Grammy-nominated baritone whose warm, genre-crossing voice carried from church pulpits to the world’s major concert halls, …

RANGE FUNERAL HOME  Eolyn Ruff Jones, 97, retired educator Miami-Dade County Public Schools, died December 18 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Service 9:30am Saturday at The …