Category: Obituaries – Baltimore

Wendell L Johnson, Jr., 91, a much loved husband, father, and grandfather, and “Pop-Pop”, died on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Envoy Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Kansas, he was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and graduated from Hampton Institute and from Atlanta University with an MSW degree in 1949. […]

On April 4, 2014, DOLORES M. HAMMOND ALI passed away. She is survived by daughter; Jarina V. Lloyd(Dr. Richard), mother; Delores M. Hall, brother; Ellwood L. Hall Jr., (Gwendolyn) sisters; Linda Wright(Wilard) and Romaine Pollard, grandchildren; Ricquia Edwards and Kristen Catching, great grandchildren; Jaylyn V. and Mia M. Edwards and a host of other family […]

Beloved and cherished are the memories of Charles Anderson Richardson Jr, called to rest by God on March 17, 2014. “Sonny”, as he was affectionately known, was born on January 13, 1933, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Charles and Clarice Richardson. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School. He attended Virginia Union University before […]

On March 2, 2014, Mary H. Francis (Dee) passed away. Mary was the devoted mother of Janice Stewart Ewing and Angela Mitchell, dear sister of Ben Holmes and wife Joyce, and Nancy Marie Saul and husband Sidney; proud grandmother of Marleta Mitchell, Maria Chelsea Mitchell, Gregory Ewing II, and Jeffrey Ewing. Services were held at […]

Hazel Evangeline Wilson Flannigan, 75, of Annapolis, died of heart failure, March 12, at the Heritage Harbour Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 19, 1938 to the late Myrtle Chapman Wilson and John Wesley Wilson. Hazel was lovingly known to family and friends as “Curly.” Curly was educated in the Anne Arundel […]

Former AFRO copy editor, Robert M. “Mitch” Thomas, who also worked for other publications as a reporter and circulation manager, died of natural causes in Bryn Mawr, Penn. After being honorably discharged from the military in 1943, he earned an English degree with honors in journalism at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to […]

US Air Force Major General Alfred J. Stewart passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas after a short illness. He was 55 years of age.Major General A. J. Stewart, a decorated Air Force Officer for 33 years, was a 1977 graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and […]

Alexander Bonner, Jr., departed this life on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte I. Bonner; two daughters, Lynne Bonner Redd (Husband – Jay Redd) and Jai Bonner; son, Gary Alexander Bonner (Wife: Bonita) and two grandchildren, Bryant and Jonathan. The celebration of his life will be held on Friday, March […]

Eric Leewood Byrd was born the second child of Dr. Eugene D. Sr. and Mabel Leewood Byrd on May 18, 1947 in Baltimore, Md. Of the three children, he most exemplified the hospitality and sophistication of their mother and the single-minded commitment to the principles of truth and justice embodied by their father. From a […]

On the morning of February 4, 2014, Juliette Marie Carpenter went peacefully to be with the Lord. Juliette was born on July 10, 1920; she was the third child of George and Sarah Brown. Juliette attended St. Barnabas and St. Pius Catholic schools. She graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1939. Juliette has always […]

A memorial mass was held Feb. 12 at St. Matthew Catholic Church for Veronica Blanche Bess Dixon, who departed her earthly life suddenly on Jan. 30. Born May 19, 1943 in Baltimore, Md. to the late Floyd and Mildred Bess, she was the eldest of six girls often tasked at a young age with taking […]

Ethel Gillis Coleman, born Jan. 13, 1916 in Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. to the late William Henry and Barbara Goins Gillis. She departed this life peacefully at the Hillcrest Convalescence Center in Durham, Jan. 14, 2014. Mrs. Coleman was married to Bishop Clinton R. Coleman, Sr. on August 25, 1941. Bishop Coleman preceded her in […]