Posts in category Obituaries

KAY PATTERSON: U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn called him "a trusted leader, a tireless champion for civil rights, and a treasured friend. He was a person …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Maxine Bosket Newson, 74, died December 2. Service 12 noon Thursday, December 19, at Golden Heights Church of Christ. …

YVONNE JOHNSON: "Her mantra was that service is the rent you pay for your time on earth. (Her) rent has been paid up." PHOTO COURTESY …

NIKKI GIOVANNI: “To love her is to love contradiction and conflict,” her friend Barbara Crosby wrote. “To know her is to never understand but to …

RANGE FUNERAL HOME  Khary Chioke Ford, 49, died November 25. Maintenance custodian at Church of The Open Door. Service 10 am Saturday, December 14, at …

ANANDA KRISHNAN: Was ranked nation’s sixth-richest man with a net worth of $5.1 billion. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (AP) – Ananda …

PRINCE JOHNSON: Named one of the "most notorious perpetrators" by the country’s post-war truth and reconciliation committee, accused of killing, extortion, massacre, torture and rape …

THIRMAN MILNER: Descendant of enslaved Black and Native American ancestors, who “used his influence to enact positive change,” dies at 91. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Martha Louise Ware, 90, died November 18. Service 12 noon Saturday, December 7, at Fire Baptism & Truth #2. …

ERNEST COLE: One of the most important chroniclers of apartheid-era South Africa, banned by his native country, died mostly forgotten and penniless in Manhattan. PHOTO …