Category: Obituaries – Baltimore

Former biology professor, Dr. Roselyn Hammond passed away, Sept. 5, at the Gilchrist Hospice. Dr. Hammond retired from her position at Morgan State University in June after having been out on sick leave since Sept. 2010. She had been married to Ernest Hammond for 38 years. Services of remembrance begin with a wake, 5 p.m. […]

John Oldham Coleman Sr. was born to Christopher and Eva Coleman in Knoxville, Tenn. on Aug. 3, 1919. John received his elementary and junior high school education in Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1936, he graduated from Austin High School in Knoxville. John was raised in the Holiness Church and received Christ in his life during that […]

Prior to entering the service, LTC William L. Roberts III worked as the Assistant Correctional Facility Administrator in command of all inmate service for the Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities in Annapolis, Md. and retired from law enforcement. A native of Baltimore, Md., LTC Roberts graduated in 1979 from Towson State University with […]

Walter W. Brown Jr. was born to the late Walter W. Brown Sr. and Waverly Edwards on October 27, 1964. The Lord called him home on June 7, 2011. Pastor Brown, a native of Baltimore, graduated from Walbrook Senior High School in 1982. He continued his studies, earning an A.A. degree in business management from […]

Maude Virginia Vines was born on December 13, 1916 to the late Curlie Spell Vines and Wheeler Vines in Greenville, N.C. She was the oldest child of three siblings. She was educated in Greenville Industrial School and later attended C.M. Epps High School, Greenville, N.C. She was nurtured in a Christian home and worshipped with […]

Mildred Evelyn Richards Brackett, a native of Baltimore, Md., passed away, July 21, at the age of 95, at her temporary residence, Rosewood Village, in Charlottesville, VA. Born on July 29, 1915 in Harlem, N.Y., Mrs. Brackett was the daughter of the late George Richards and the late Edythe Hopkins Richards of Antigua, West Indies. […]

Lloyd Charles Richardson died on May 29, after a brief stay at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center. He was 77. Born in Baltimore, Md., on June 2, 1933 to Wilbert and Ernestine Franklin Richardson, he was one of five children, including a twin, Lewis. He attended public schools in Baltimore and […]

Estha James passed peacefully from this life the evening of July 5, after a gradual decline in health and an extended stay at Citizen Care Rehabilitation Center. She was surrounded by her caregiver and loving extended family and friends during the last days of her life. Estha was born in Marion, N. C., on March […]

On Wednesday May 25, 2011, Michelle Cecilia Murray Dial of Baltimore, peacefully submitted her spirit to her heavenly father. She was a 1967 graduate of Edmondson High School. She later retired from AAA Corporation as a Customer Service Representative. She is preceded in death by her parents Dressie Murray Dyson and Gonzolee Green, and her […]

Christophe Godfrey Bacote Pinnick was born June 27, 1947, to the late Doris Alma Pinnick and Milton Bacote. Christophe had a great bond and was raised by his stepfather Russell Pinnick Christophe. Affectionately known as Chris, he departed his earthly June 2 after a brief illness. Chris received his education from Saint Francis Xavier Catholic […]

Marion, who was known to all as “Buck,” went home to be with the Lord on June 11. He was the son of Marion and Sodonia Taylor of Snow Hill, Md. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Clifton Fisher. Buck was educated in the Worcester County and Wicomico County Public […]

Early Thursday morning, June 9, 2011, before the dawn of a new day, God called his servant, Edgar Fitzroy Williams, home. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Aug. 27, 1925, as the eldest son of four children born to Edgar Fitzroy Williams and Mary Johnson Williams. Two of his siblings preceded him in death, […]