Posts in category Obituaries

Marlena Shaw, 81. The jazz and R&B vocalist whose "California Soul" was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s. Jan. 19. PHOTO …

JAY FUNERAL HOME cd JD Jones, Jr., 37, business owner, died December 22. Service 11am Saturday, January 4, at Mt. Pleasant MBC. Maria Luisa Barahoma, …

RICKEY HENDERSON: Baseball’s “Man of Steal,” Henderson had a lengthy list of accolades and accomplishments over his nomadic 25-year career — an MVP, 10 All-Star …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Carrie Robertson, 84, died December 19. Service 11am Friday, December 27, at The Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Jalen Moore, …

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 …