Obituaries
Friday, August 23, 2019
Marjorie Gilliam Chew, a longtime member of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Germantown, die…
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Arthur Lewis, the first African American deputy interim director of the U.S. Drug Enforcemen…
Alvin E. Echols Jr., an attorney and social activist, died on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, at his h…
Monday, August 19, 2019
John “Jack” Chevalier, a longtime retired sports journalist and former employee of The Phila…
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Leroy R. Tapper Jr., a U.S. Air Force veteran, died on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. He was 95.
Friday, August 16, 2019
Sandra S. Range, a devoted mother and former medical assistant, died on Thursday, Aug. 8, 20…
Harriet Blanford, a member of Grace Baptist Church of Germantown, died on Thursday, Aug. 1, …
NEW YORK — Paule Marshall, an exuberant and sharpened storyteller who in fiction such as “Da…
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Russell Adams Armstrong, a longtime employee of Southwark Metal Manufacturing Company, died …
Bernard Woodard, a professional barber, died on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. He was 66.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Andre M. McLain, general contractor in city, died on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, of cancer. He was 69.
Najee K. Jones, a skilled tradesman, died on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. He was 25.
Oscar J. Williams, a U.S. Air Force veteran, died on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, following a gra…
Quincell R. Wylie, U.S. Air Force veteran, died on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. He was 73.
Monday, August 12, 2019
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Richetta Wilkerson, a retired employee of Consolidated Drake Press, died on Friday, Aug. 2, …
Sunday, August 11, 2019
PITTSBURGH — Darryl Drake, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers who spent more than 30 yea…
Thursday, August 08, 2019
Clarice J. Ford, a retired family therapist, died on Saturday, July 27, 2019, from the effec…
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Catherine Chavis, a retired kindergarten teacher, died on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. She was 86.
Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Deal Gilchrist, a former licensed practical nurse, died on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. She was 85.
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
NEW YORK — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature w…
Monday, August 05, 2019
Syvilla E. Anderson, a retired nurse, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. She was 86.
Joyce Winfrey Bridges, a retired educator, died on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Bryn Mawr Ho…
Richard McDowell Jr., one of the first African Americans to join the Pennsylvania State Poli…
Lydia Pelzer Kirkland, the owner of Lydia Pelzer-Kirkland Funeral Home, Inc., died on Sunday…
Darlene Suber, a parenting coordinator for the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Great…
Friday, August 02, 2019
Donald Antonio Banks, a gospel and R&B disc jockey best known by his radio name “Don Jua…
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Bishop Andrew J. Ford II, senior pastor of Ford Memorial Temple, Inc., died on Friday, July …
George “Sparky” Thompson Jr., a former housing code inspector, died on Friday, July 26, 2019…
Alfoncie B. Austin, a pioneer of vegan cuisine in Philadelphia, died on Tuesday, July 23, 20…
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Robert Mendelsohn was fondly remembered as the “people’s photographer.”
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Martha A. Jefferson, a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, died on Friday, Ju…
Monday, July 29, 2019
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Saturday, July 27, 2019
Robert Mendelsohn, a longtime freelance photographer for The Philadelphia Tribune who was re…
Friday, July 26, 2019
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Jeremy Royer of Lake Charles is a 36-year-old licensed psychotherapist w…
Thursday, July 25, 2019
James W. Scott Sr., a retired executive, philanthropist and former advisor to South Africa P…
Ralph Cunningham, an entrepreneur and community leader, died on Saturday, July 20, 2019. He was 60.
Services have been set for Bishop Andrew Ford II, pastor of Ford Memorial Temple. He died on…
Odessa E. Thrower, a U.S. Army and Air Force veteran, died on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. She was 95.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Bishop Andrew Ford II, pastor of Ford Memorial Temple in the Nicetown section of Philadelphi…
Monday, July 22, 2019
Elizabeth E. Thornton, a former school librarian, died on Saturday, July 13, 2019. She was 92.
John F. Walker, a retired police officer who worked closely with community organizations, di…
Thursday, July 18, 2019
BOSTON — Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first Black player on t…
Jesse Smith, a retired stonemason, died on Monday, July 8, 2019. He was 88.
Lawrence Ravenell, a retired Philadelphia police officer, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019. He was 83.
Marjorie L. Tyree, a former state government employee, died on Saturday, June 1, 2019. She was 100.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Selena E. Maillard, a health care worker, died on Thursday, June 27, 2019. She was 88.
Sara W. Timbers, a former licensed practical nurse and retired librarian, died on Friday, Ju…
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