Obituaries (557)
Major Harris, best known for the steamy ballad "Love Won't Let Me Wait," passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Richmond, Va. The official cause…
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Michael Williams was the owner of the Williams Family Monument Co. in North Philadelphia. He died Oct. 29, 2012. He was 52. He was born…
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Cornel Rich was employed by Southern Bell and AT&T for more than 35 years. He died Nov. 3, 2012. He was 60. He was born…
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Lorraine Shedrick was a deaconess at New Central Baptist Church. She died Nov. 3, 2012 at Thomas Jefferson Hospital. She was 63. She was born…
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Sarah Caine Young was an accomplished musician. She died Oct. 28, 2012. Young’s family said she was warm, comforting and giving. “If you were in…
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PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Thomas H. Mayfield Jr., 95, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and a retired special-education teacher in Pemberton Township, N.J., died…
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DETROIT — Emanuel Steward, earnest yet easygoing, proved rough and tough wasn't the only way to win in boxing. With a twinkle in his eyes, a…
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Anthony LeRoy Womack, a Philadelphia native who resided in Willow Grove, died of lung cancer on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. He was 55. Womack, who…
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Ronald Henry Colston, a longtime educator, died Oct. 17, 2012. He was 74. He was born Dec. 4, 1938 to the late Ardella Colston and…
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News and talk radio veteran Bernie McCain spent nearly five decades in an industry that often boasts more casualties than survivors. His was a career…
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