(November 17, 2009) - Doris Alma Lee Pinnick, beloved daughter of the late McDonald Briggs and Myrtle Mamie Mapp, was born July 28, 1926, in Portsmouth, Va. She was called home to rest Sept. 24 after a brief illness.

(November 17, 2009) - On Oct. 10 God called Dorothy Michalene Tilghman (neé Jackson) home to be with him. She was born Sept. 30 in Baltimore to the late Mary Elizabeth Robinson and Thomas Leroy Jackson.

(November 17, 2009) - Preston Theodore Johnson, Jr., a former entrepreneur and more recently a spiritual leader and motivational speaker, died unexpectedly from heart complications Oct. 16. The Glen Burnie resident was 72.

(November 17, 2009) - On May 21, 1917, Essie Mae was born to the late John and Lillie Ferrell in Key West, Fla. She was educated in North Carolina and employed by the Lord Baltimore Laundry in Baltimore for over 40 years.

(November 12, 2009) - William Edward Stokes, son of the late Grant and Annie Louise Streat Stokes, was born on Feb. 2, 1919, in Greenbay, Va. He was one of 13 children. He departed this life on Nov. 9.

(November 12, 2009) - Eubelia Patricia Hairston was born April 15, 1926, in Danville, Va. She was the second daughter born to Pearl Strader Hall and Harry Nathaniel Hall.

(November 2, 2009) - Dr. Henrietta Hestick, Associate Professor of Baltimore City Community College and practicing Clinical Psychologist in Baltimore County, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland after sustaining a massive stroke early Tuesday morning.

(October 27, 2009) - Norvice Rachel Goodwin Penny was born July 31, 1933, in Baltimore. The fifth of six children to the late William M. Goodwin and the late Edith Koon Goodwin, she departed this life Sept. 18 at Northwest Hospital with her faithful son, Aaron “Butch” Jenkins, by her side.

(October 22, 2009) - Jewel Celestine Churn was born in Camden, N.J., on a beautiful night in June.

(October 8, 2009) - Rodney Spencer Evans Sr., 62, the older son of Margaret and Morton Evans, was born on Sept. 8, 1947, in Baltimore and was reared in the longtime family home in the 1100 block of North Carey Street.

(July 14, 2009) - The Rev. Leslie Anthony Branch was chaplain, lieutenant, a retired member of the U.S. Navy and priest in the Archdiocese of Washington.

(May 9, 2009) - Nancy Jeanette Chainey Woodhouse was born on November 13, 1932 to the late Reverend Theodore Jefferson and Helen Jackson Chainey. Nancy was the sixth born of eight children. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Anne, Theodore, Lee, Vernon, Elizabeth, Mary and George.

(May 2, 2009) - Reginald M. Bondurant, Jr. died on March 3, 2009 in Silver Spring, MD after a long illness. He was born August 2, 1927 in Lynchburg, VA. He was the second oldest of four children. He graduated from Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, VA in 1945 and from Howard University in 1951. He lived in Washington, DC and married Hortencia Smith in 1951 and they later divorced. He worked in the Department of Defense as a Management Analyst and retired after thirty years of service in 1985.

(May 2, 2009) - Growing up in Wallace, NC, Ann grew up in a closely-knit, Christian family. Ann, the youngest of six children, was born to Mary Alice and James Oscar Barden on January 29, 1927.

(May 2, 2009) - Jean D. (Keys) Hughes entered this life October 25, 1930 in Washington, DC, the only daughter of Nellie Keys. She entered into eternal rest on Sunday March 15, 2009.

(May 2, 2009) - Alice Irene (Rosie) Turner was born January 12, 1916 in Anne Arundel County, MD. She was one of 9 children. In 1940, she fell in love and married the late James Edward Parker in Lothian, MD.

(May 2, 2009) - Ralph Bunche Johnson Gordon was born May 31, 1955 in Ocilla, GA to Sarah Bell Johnson and Moses Golden Johnson. His young years were spent in Willacoochee, GA and Miami, FL, where he began his education at Holmes Elementary School.

On March 12, Henrietta “Henri” Edmonds, 74, made her transition at Washington Hospital Center. She was surrounded by her pastor, the Rev. Sylvia Sumter, a host of colleagues, students and friends. She was a resident of Silver Spring, Md., and a professor at Howard University’s Department of Theater.

Martha S. Putney died Dec. 11, 2008 at the Community Hospice of Washington. A long-time resident of the area, she was born in Norristown, Pa., and attended the local public school systems there. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Howard University and a doctorate in philosophy and history from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bettie Teachey Robertson died Nov. 15, 2008 at her residence. She is the daughter of the late Joseph and Martha Elliot Teachey.