ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME 

Clarence Smith, 88, died December 20. Service will be held 10am Wednesday, December 30, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Katie M. Graham, 91, died December 18. Service will be held 1pm Wednesday, December 30, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Corrie Hugley, 52, died December 19. Service will be held 10am Saturday, January 2, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Ernest Johnson, Sr., 86, died December 24. Services will be held 11:30am Saturday, January 2, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Maebelle Britt, 90, died December 19. Services will be held 1pm Saturday, January 2, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Willie Covin, 71, died December 23. Service will be held Saturday, January 2, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Linda Moore, 71, died December 28. Services will be held Sunday, January 3, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Mozelle B. Brown, 98, died December 16. Services will be held 10am Saturday, January 9, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Hepburn Smith, 90, died December 23. Service will be held 11am Saturday, January 9, at Banner of Love Apostolic Church.

Rosa Johnson, died December 25, 2020. Services will be held 1pm Saturday, January 9, at Brown’s Temple.

Jean Thomas, 68, died December 21. Arrangements are pending.

Cora Gary, 87, died December 29. Arrangements are pending.

Audley Waite, died December 29. Arrangements are pending.

JAY FUNERAL HOME 

Carla Nelson, 61, homemaker, died December 16. Services will be held 12noon Saturday January 2, at Jay Funeral Home Chapel.

Darin James, 54, maintenance, died December 15. Services will be held 12noon Saturday January 2, at Jay Johnson Funeral Home Chapel.

Linda Floyd, 71, nurse, died December 23. Services will be held 12noon Saturday January 2, at Morningstar Baptist Church.

RANGE FUNERAL HOME 

Freddie Lee Taylor, 69, laborer/driver for Robert Knight Car Company, died December 20. Service will be held 1pm Saturday at Chapel.

Lueann Tamara Hospedales, 44, artist/soloist, died December 20. Service will be held 11 am Wednesday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.

Joe Morgan, 77. The Hall of Fame second baseman became the sparkplug of dominant Cincinnati teams in the mid1970s and was a two-time National League Most Valuable Player. Oct. 11.

NOVEMBER

David Dinkins, 93. He broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishan-

dling of a riot in Brooklyn. Nov. 23.

Bruce Carver Boynton, 83. A civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” of 1961. Nov. 23.

DECEMBER

Rafer Johnson, 86. He won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968. Dec. 2.

Charley Pride, 86. He was one of country music’s first Black superstars whose rich baritone on such hits as

“Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Dec. 12. Coronavirus.

Calvin C. Goode, 93. Arizona civil rights leader who spent more than two decades on the Phoenix City Council fighting to improve the low-income Black neighborhoods he represented. Dec 23.

Soumaila Cisse, 71. Mali’s main opposition leader who was held hostage

for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contender in the 2022 presidential election. Coronavirus.

K.C. Jones, 88. Basketball Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion who won eight straight NBA titles during the Celtics’ Bill Russell era, then coached the Boston teams with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to two more championships in the 1980s. Dec. 25.