Posts in category Obituaries

Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme court has died. Joseph W. Hatchett was 88. The court …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Edward Pierson, 74, entrepreneur, died March 29. Service will be held 11am Saturday, April 10, at Jay Funeral Home Chapel. Alice Young …

Denver (AP) – Gregory Kellam Scott, the only Black justice to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court, died unexpectedly at his home in Indiana. He …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Hilliard McDonald Jr., 75, auto center, died March 28. Service will be held 11am Saturday, April 3, at Glendale MBC. Synetha Farrington, …

Shirlee Lafleur: She “was the quintessential congressional staffer, who for 20 years served our community with honor and distinction,” Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) said …

Tulsa, Okla. (AP) – Researchers in Tulsa soon hope to begin exhuming the graves of at least 12 individuals who are believed to have been …

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was …

NEW YORK (AP) – Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie “Live and …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Taletea Albert, 45, died March 1. Memorial service will be held 11am Saturday, March 20, 1 at Jay Funeral Home Chapel. Obie …

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing …