Donald Morris Knox Sr., son of the late Donald M. Adams and Sarah V. Knox, was born on January 14, 1935 in Baltimore, Md. He departed this life on March 4, 2013 after a lengthy illness Donald received his education in the Baltimore City Public School System,. and attended the legendary Dunbar High School. He […]
Category: Obituaries – Baltimore
Pattie H. Berry, 79
Pattie Green Hodges-Berry, 79 of Ellicott City, Md., passed away from complications after a major stroke on April 9 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. She was born on Dec. 19, 1933 in Warrenton, N.C., daughter of the late Irving Lee Green Sr. and Queenie Iona Green. She received her early education in Warrenton, […]
Robert H. ‘Bobby’ Diggs, 85
Robert Hardy Diggs, fondly known as “Bobby” departed from this life on April 3, 2013 at Arcola Rehabilitation Center in Silver Spring, Md. Bobby Diggs was born in Baltimore on June 25, 1927 to Dorothy Howard Diggs and Herbert Diggs Sr. He was raised with his three siblings. As a young boy he ran errands […]
Phyllis Valerie Blue
Phyllis Valerie Blue was born on April 10, 1961 to the late Herman Blue and Phyllis Blue. Early Sunday morning, September 25, 2011 suddenly God called her home from labor to reward. Phyllis accepted Christ and was baptized at a young age. She graduated from Baltimore City Public School System. After graduation, she attended job […]
Keilley Gatewood, 15
Keilley Gatewood was born on Aug. 2, 1997 in Baltimore, Md. to Mark and Jill Gatewood. She passed away on Sun. Feb. 24, 2013 at the age of 15 years old. In November 1998, Keilley was in a motor vehicle accident that nearly took her life. Even though she sustained a traumatic brain injury, her […]
Hazel Christina Spruill, 97
Hazel Christina Spruill (nee Chester) was born on Nov. 25, 1915 to Samuel and Rosa Chester in the small town of Cambridge, Md. Hazel was the third of four children. Her siblings; Robert, Agnes and Bernice, remained extremely close throughout their lives. The “Chester Girls” were known for their style and charisma from day one. […]
Montford Point Marine Charles Nelson Wells
Charles Nelson Wells was born Jan. 10, 1926 in Baltimore, Md. His siblings, Lloyd E., Lillian Jones, and Ella welcomed Charles to the family as the youngest child of parents Anna Nelson Wells and Charles Elliott Wells. A 1944 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School, Charles was an enterprising young man who helped his father […]
Bianca Renata Sullivan, 26
On Sept. 12, 2011, God called Bianca Renata Sullivan home to be with Him. Bianca was born on April 10, 1985 to Michael Sullivan and Andrea Wicks. Affectionately known as “Boo” to some and “B” to others, she was and is a great inspiration to everyone who came into her presence. She was baptized at […]
Rachel Briley, 76
Rachel Briley, the sixth daughter of the late Jasper and Dora Staton Briley was born Feb. 19, 1936 in Greenville, N.C. She was predeceased by her sisters Minnie Briley and Allie G. Butler. Following the death of her father, the family relocated to Baltimore, Md. Rachel was educated in the public schools of Baltimore. She […]
Jeanie P.E.C. Foster, 65
Jeanie Patricia Elizabeth (Scott) Foster passed on Dec. 27, 2012 after a courageous and valiant battle with declining health, which she fought with dignity and grace. Jeanie was born on Nov. 18, 1948, the youngest of six children of the late Serena and Charles Scott. She was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System […]
Dorothy M. Lee, 84
Dorothy Mae Lee was born Feb. 19, 1928 to the late Thomas A. and Fannie Rebecca Norris Lee in Anderson, S.C. She departed this life on Dec. 6, 2012. She was the sixth sibling and the third daughter from this union. Five siblings preceded her in death (Bertha, Hattie, Willie, Hubert and Daniel). Dorothy was […]
Hattie Harrison, House of Delegates Matriarch, Dies at 84
Hattie Harrison, matriarch of the Maryland House of Delegates, died Jan. 28. She was 84. Known as the “fairy godmother” of the legislative chamber, Harrison will be missed for her diplomacy, mentorship and dedication to service, colleagues said. “Delegate Harrison was a great influence on everyone she touched,” said Speaker Michael E. Busch in a […]

