Posts in category Obituaries

Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Edd Suddreth, 80, line man, died October 11. Viewing will be held 46pm Thursday, October 28, at Jay Funeral Home. Kerry Cannon, …

New York (AP) – A rare judicial inquiry began Monday into the death of Eric Garner, whose dying cry of “I can’t breathe” as he …

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – Jury selection in the trial of three men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery crawled into its second week on …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Cora Surrancy, 82, supervisor training, died October 7. Service will be held 11am Thursday, October 14, at Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. …

Dover, De. (AP) – A flatbed tow truck from Harris Towing Group sat silently in front of Bennie Smith Funeral Home in Dover Thursday night, …

West Palm Peach, Fla. – James (“Jim”) Drayton, a Civil Rights Movement pioneer and community leader, whose legacy includes the institutions he established and myriad …

RANGE FUNERAL HOME Norma Rochelle Hopkins, 83, retired salesperson, died September 23. Service will be held 10am Friday at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. Darryl …

New York (AP) – Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician of the 1970s who influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was …

A civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate Southern schools in the 1960s and was pushed out of his University of Mississippi teaching job amid …