Long-time East Baltimore Dentist, Raymond Gray. (Courtesy Photo) Raymond Gray, long-time dentist, sportsman and avid Baltimore sports fan, passed away in hospice, Jan. 25, after a lengthy struggle with his health due to strokes. Gray was born on Aug. 19, 1926, and practiced dentistry for 40 years at Madison Park Medical Center in West Baltimore. […]
Category: Obituaries – Baltimore
Cora Porter
Cora Porter Born Cora Lee Williams in Baltimore, MD on July 14, 1930 to Noco Cleveland Williams and his wife Myrtle Viola Williams (nee Johnson) Mrs. Porter was a resident of Glen Burnie for the past 59 Years. A 1952 graduate of Coppin State University with a B.S. in Education, she would later receive her Master’s Degree in Media from Towson […]
Iris Wicks Lloyd
Iris Wicks Lloyd Sadly on Friday January 16, 2015, Iris Wicks Lloyd slipped peacefully away at the age of Ninety-Five (95). She was residing at the New Life Healthy Living, Assisted Living facility. Iris was born March 28, 1919 in Baltimore Maryland. She was the oldest of two (2) children (Andrew Jr.) born to the Late Andrew G. Wicks and Wanda Arlene […]
Mildred “Henry” Louise Miller Pettit
Mildred “Henry” Louise Miller Pettit was born on April 20, 1925 in Rutherfordton, North Carolina to the late Garland Miller and Hattie Forney Miller. She was the youngest of eleven children: Lester, JT, Lonnie, Helen, Viola, Elvee, Florence, Emma, Irene and Idessa – all preceded her in death. Mrs. Pettit departed this life on Friday, January 16, 2015, in Baltimore, MD. […]
Quinton Bernard Wilkes, Ph.D
Dr. Quinton Bernard Wilkes Dr. Wilkes was born in Washington, DC, and grew up and attended public schools in High Point, North Carolina. A 1963 graduate of Morgan State University, he was a devoted member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and several other distinguished honor societies. Additional highlights include service to the US Army, and becoming the first African American male to earn a Ph.D. […]
Rev. Dr. Charles M. Franklin, Sr.
Rev. Dr. Charles M. Franklin Sr. Services of remembrance for the Rev. Dr. Charles M. Franklin Sr., begin with public viewing, 4 to 6:30 p.m., a musical tribute, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Nov. 14 at Ray of Hope Baptist Church, of which he was founder and most recently, pastor emeritus. Observances continue with a wake […]
BCTT Loses Visionary and Leader James C. Stokes
James C. Stokes James C. Stokes, some years ago, saw a need for Baltimore residents who were in any kind of family transition to have the mental, emotional and even physical support needed for successful relationships. With his own support system, he helped to establish the Building Communities Today for Tomorrow, a private minority owned […]
Henry Harold Jones
Henry Harold Jones. Henry Harold Jones, the son of the late Timothy Jones and Viola Mack Jones-Evans, graduated from high school in Berkeley County, S.C. and then enlisted in the Air Force and served for 20 years. He earned numerous awards and did two tours in Vietnam before retiring in 1976. Following that he worked […]
Life Celebration for Edith Cooper, 82
Children who went to school in South Baltimore, in the neighborhood of Barre and Russell Streets, were safeguarded against traffic under the watchful eye of Edith H. Cooper, who performed that service from 1954 to 1972. According to family members, she was one of Baltimore’s first African-American crossing guards and was honored by students and […]
Ora Sterling King
Ora Sterling King was born in Wedowee, Ala. to Mary and James Sterling and died at her home in Atlanta, Ga. of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was educated in the Tallapoosa, Ga. public school system where she excelled and went on to Spelman and later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in College […]
Dunbar Brooks, 63, Leaves a Lifetime of Service
Dunbar Brooks Dunbar Brooks, the first African American president of the Baltimore County School board died Aug 17 at 63. Brooks also served as president of the Maryland State Board of Education from 2007-2008 and worked extensively with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC), where he rose from a planner to the Director of Data Development. […]
Kington, Garfield Douglas
On August 3, 2014, Dr. Garfield Douglas Kington, M.D., beloved husband of the late Mildred S. Kington, loving father of Gregory A. Kington (Linda Bernard), Gail Laura Kington-Lloyd, Douglas R. Kington (Wendy Blair), Raynard S. Kington, M.D. (Peter Daniolos) and Emerson A. Kington (Rev. Albert Whitaker), dearest grandfather of Justin, Jonathan, Alexis, Emerson and Basil. […]

