Posts in category Obituaries

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Zilphia Lovely, 93, caregiver, died March 1. Service will be held 1pm, Friday, March 5, at Second Baptist Church. Delores Mills, 57, …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work fulltime as a sports analyst on national …

ATLANTA (AP) – Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Lawrence King, 82, repairman, died February 19. Service will be held 1pm Friday, February 26, at Beautiful Zion Temple of God. Neville Gordon, …

Johannesburg (AP) – Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique’s opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, died Monday in …

Savannah, Ga. (AP) – When white men armed with guns pursued and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he ran through their neighborhood, few outside the Georgia …

MIAMI, Fla. – As part of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) ongoing commitment to equity and access for all students, MDC will launch the Rising Black …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Troy Davis, 78, supervisor, died February 9. Graveside service will be held 11:30am Friday, February 19, at Dade South Memorial Park. Robert …

NEW YORK (AP) – People traveled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing …

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) – Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday at a Florida hotel room, days after authorities spoke with him …