Teenage Author, Motivational Speaker, and TV Talk Show Host Raven Magwood has received a new nickname from middle school students at a Red Carpet Award-winning school: “Teenage Oprah.” The 18-year-old certified prodigy (now a junior in college) found time to produce and host her self-titled TV show: “The Raven Magwood Show.” With her celebrity guests […]
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Sondra Elise Banfield Dailey
Sondra Elise Banfield Dailey was the first born of the late Dr. Gilbert Leslie Banfield and Marion Elza Martin Banfield, God- Daughter of the late Howard Thurman. Born on December 29, 1944 she was educated in the Baltimore city public schools and graduated from Forest Park Senior High School in 1962. Sondra’s parents were founding […]
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Berdie O. Odom, 85
Berdie Onez Odom was born Feb. 12, 1925, in Florence County, S.C., to the late Ola and Janie McWhite. She attended Florence County public schools and graduated from Wilson High School in 1945. She came to Christ at a young age and joined St. Luke A.M.E. Church in Pamplico, S.C. After high school, Berdie moved […]
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Fannie V. B. Poulson, 87
George Bevans and Minerva Gaskins both migrated from Accomac County, Va., to Baltimore. They arrived in Baltimore at separate times, but they met and united in holy matrimony and that union produced six children. The third child, Fannie, entered this life on May 25, 1923. She was raised in a loving and God-fearing family along […]
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Ralph B. Thomas Jr., 28
Ralph Bernard Thomas Jr., aka “BJ” and also known to many as “Sleepie,” the son of Ralph Bernard Thomas Sr. and Rosetta Dolorse Thomas, died Feb. 13. Ralph was born Dec. 7, 1982, at Prince George’s Hospital. He graduated from Suitland High School and began in the workforce, finally settling in a career with C&C […]
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Alvin A. Parson, 63
Alvin Anderson Parson, son of the late Alvin Parson and Mary Monger, was born on July 4, 1947, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In 1961, he joined the Nation of Islam. Alvin known to all as “Al” received his education at Douglas High school in Baltimore City. While in school, Al excelled in wrestling […]
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Clarence Butler
Clarence Cleon Butler, son of the late Deacon and Deaconess Harrison and Mary Simms-Butler was born on Nov. 1, 1932, at University Hospital, Baltimore, Md. He died 2:30 a.m. Dec. 30, 2010 at his earthly residence on Chase Street in Baltimore. Butler was third in the birth order of five siblings, the only son of […]
Posted inObituaries - Washington D.C.
Otto Ungar, 84
Otto Ungar, 84, died Jan. 1 in Washington, D.C. He was born Feb. 27, 1927, to the late Gertrude and Herman Ungar in Vienna, Austria. His parents divorced before he departed for America. His father, stepmother, brother and sister were killed by Hitler. Otto was a 1945 graduate of Warren Seipp Vocational School. He worked […]
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Ruth P. Baynes, 77
Ruth P. Baynes, daughter of the late Emmett and Lucy Pugh, was born on Sept. 22, 1933, in Charlotte Court House, Va. She departed this life suddenly after 77 years on Dec. 31, 2010.? Ruth was educated in the Charlotte Court House Public School System and she graduated from Central High School in 1950. She […]
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Editorial: We Owe Mississippi Gov. Barbour NOTHING!
In recent days some have heaped accolades on Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour for indefinitely suspending the double life sentences unjustly leveled against Gladys and Jamie Scott for their alleged role in a 1993 robbery. What seems to have been lost in the celebration is that Barbour’s action does not grant a full pardon, a clemency […]
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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Offers Tools to Assist Customers in Managing Winter Heating Bills
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9, 2010 – Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), today strongly encouraged customers to take advantage of the many tips and tools for managing energy usage available in the Winter Ready section of BGE’s website. This special section of the website was specifically designed to help customers weather the unseasonably cold temperatures that […]
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Mr. Donald Charles Unsworth, 78
The following has been indicated as being an actual obituary from a Rome, Ga. local newspaper. Mr. Donald Charles Unsworth, age 78 of Charlton Street, Rome died Monday evening following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held Friday, 1 p.m. in the Thomas B. Griffen Memorial Chapel of Daniel’s Funeral Home with Rev. […]