AUGUSTA, Ga. — International opera star Jessye Norman never forgot her home in a small South…
Obituaries
Friday, October 11, 2019
Willie James Ferrell Jr., a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather and e…
Carl Marshall Hackney, a World War II veteran, died on Monday, Sept 30, 2019. He was 94.
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Darnell “Donny” Hicks, an accomplished singer, died on Monday, Oct 7 2019. He was 71.
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Beverly Watkins, a rare woman among blues guitarists, who cleaned homes when music did not p…
A Celebration of Life for late Philadelphia Tribune editor and writer Jack Chevalier will be…
Monday, October 07, 2019
Claude E. Harrison Jr., a former sports editor for the Philadelphia Tribune, died on Thursda…
Terrence L. Cash, an accomplished musician, died on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. He was 50.
Frances Williams, a homemaker, died on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at her home in Glenside. She…
Friday, October 04, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — He was tireless in the fight for access and respect for Black journalis…
Vivian Marie Lowery, a Sunday school teacher, died on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. She was 80.
Robert Julian Murphy Sr., a musician, died on Sept. 28, 2019. He was 96.
NEW YORK — Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim …
When a 7-year-old girl was hit by a car one day in 1988 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of…
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Larry Willis, a prolific pianist who nimbly traversed genres over a five-decade career, died…
Bryant Alexander McCloskey Jr., an insurance agent, died on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. He was 78.
Elma Lee Pearson, a retired retail worker, died on Sept. 18, 2019. She was 76.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Jimmy Spicer, who in the protean era of recorded hip-hop released a handful of songs that wo…
NEW YORK — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voi…
Harriet Dodson, a loving grandmother, died on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. She was 81.
Friday, September 27, 2019
Rachel Janie Reeves, who surpassed gender norms and became the first female publisher and ch…
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Bishop James McNeal Jr., who was nationally known as “The Godfather of Fellowship”, died on …
Theodore Reid Jr., a former church musician died on Monday, Sept. 16 2019. He was 65.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Eva Lee Beaty, a former seamstress, died on Sunday, Sept 15 2019. She was 94.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Fanella H. Gray, a former daycare assistant, died on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. She was 64.
Friday, September 20, 2019
The Rev. Larry Thompson Sr., died on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. He was 75.
Lucille Howell Baker, died on Sept. 11, 2019 at her home in Clinton, Maryland. She was 94.
Charles Henry Reynolds died on Sept. 11, 2019. He was 83.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Emily Clyburn, the wife of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolin…
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Norman Seay, a longtime civil rights leader, volunteer and advocate for Alzheimer’s disease …
Monday, September 16, 2019
Charles H. Reynolds, a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, died on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 201…
Friday, September 13, 2019
Albert Franklin Pierce, a World War II veteran, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. He was 98.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. — The graves of hundreds of African Americans and Native Americans lie in do…
Lawrence C. Hankins Jr. died on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. He was 72.
Cabell Cole Brown IV, a former law enforcement officer died on Friday, Aug. 30. He was 47.
Monday, September 09, 2019
CHICAGO — Joan Johnson, who helped create one of the nation’s largest Black-owned companies,…
God, in His divine wisdom, called the Rev. Joe L. Holley Sr. home on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019…
Ennis G. Dawson, the owner of Dawson’s Cleaners, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 at home. He…
Erma Lee Ethridge Winslow died on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019 after a brief illness. She was 95.
Friday, September 06, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — Jazz giant John Coltrane's cousin, who inspired the composition "Cousin Mary"…
Thursday, September 05, 2019
Elizabeth Jane Coleman Riley, a former educator, died on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2019. She was 79.
Isaac Robert Pitts, a former electrician, died on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. He was 72.
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Lashawn Daniels, who helped write countless hits for artists like Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, …
Friday, August 30, 2019
Robert Sorrell is being remembered this week as a man who launched hundreds of careers.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
The Rev. Joseph C. Jeter Sr. started his life as “a snotty nose thug” from North Philadelphia.
Charmaine McCray, a member of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in West Philadelphia, died…
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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The Rev. Herbert M. Byrd Sr., a pastor and longtime educator, died on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019.…
Monday, August 26, 2019
Earlene P. Lightfoot, a former operations manager for the Philadelphia Hair Co., died on Fri…
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