Posts in category Obituaries

Ex-Disney executive Robert Billingslea PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK PR WIRE Black PR Wire ORLANDO, Fla. – While rising up Disney’s corporate ranks, Robert Billingslea still …

Simeon Wright, Emmett Till’s cousin who was last to see Till alive, dies at 74. PHOTO COURTESY OF OKAYPLAYER Associated Press CHICAGO – Simeon Wright, …

By GAIL VALENTINE-TAYLOR Courtesy of Woods-Valentine Mortuary “Words cannot express how I feel.” We have all said this at one time or another. That is …

Norris Edney PHOTO COURTESY OF WJTV Associated Press LORMAN, Miss. — Norris Allen Edney Sr., an African American educator who earned advanced degrees during segregation …

Members of the Bergen County Historical Society laying a wreath on General Poor’s grave in the early twentieth century. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION …

Dick Gregory, Groundbreaking Comedian and Activist, Dies at 84. PHOTO COURTESY OF LONG ROOM By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Dick Gregory, the …

Associated Press MIAMI – Rafael ”Felo” Ramirez, a Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster who was the signature voice for millions of Spanish-speaking sports fans …

STOCK PHOTO By SHERIFF SCOTT ISRAEL Courtesy of the Sheriff’s Office of Broward County Newsletter In my nearly 40 years in law enforcement, I have …

STOCK PHOTO Courtesy of Woods-Valentine Mortuary In “Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges, and Strategies for Practice,” Kenneth Doka offered a very simple definition of disenfranchised …

Don Baylor PHOTO COURTESY OF MLB.COM By SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press Don Baylor, the 1979 AL MVP with the California Angels who went on to …