Category: Obituaries – Baltimore

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, […]

Charles R. Watts Jr. was born to Charles R. Watts Sr. and the late Esther Jewell (née Williams) on Aug. 24, 1942, in Baltimore. He was the oldest of four children. He departed this world on May 30 after a brief illness. Charles was educated in Baltimore City public schools and graduated from Douglass High […]

Marcia Parks Brown was born Dec. 29, 1943, in Newport News, Va., to the late Norma A. Parks and Clinton R. Parks Jr. Marcia was raised and educated in Hampton, Va. After graduating from George P. Phenix High School, where she was an honor student and member of the tennis team, she matriculated to Hampton […]

Benjamin E. Smith (affectionately known as Ben) was born on March 8, 1947, in Richmond, Va., to the late Herman and Amelia Smith. His older brother, Alfred W. Smith, preceded him in death in 1996. Benjamin was raised in the heart of Baltimore City in the 600 block of North Carrolton Ave. During his childhood, […]

Elizabeth Caldwell Talford Scott shimmered into a cool breeze at the age of 95 years. Hailing from Chester, S.C., where she, with her large family, sharecropped vegetables and cotton on the plantation where her grandparents labored as slaves, Scott made a new life in Baltimore in 1940. After meeting Charlie Scott Jr. and then bearing Lil’ […]

Thelma Consula Wyatt was born to Charles and Mary Mertina Brown on April 12, 1927. In 1949, Thelma married William Willie Wyatt. Thelma was an active 83 years young, a blessed mother of three daughters and one son, a grandmother, great-grandmother, educator, church and community leader who will truly be missed. Thelma was educated in […]

Norma Barnum Lambson of 2211 West Rogers Ave. Apt. 109E, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22. Mrs. Lambson was a retired Baltimore City public school teacher and devoted wife of Calvin G. Lambson, deceased. She was born on March 10, 1911 and departed this life 16 days before her 100th birthday. She leaves to cherish […]

Corey Dion Barnes was born March 4, 1998, in Baltimore, the only son of LaWanda Sailes. He was the youngest of three children. Corey would have been 13 on March 4 of this year. He died as a result of the teenage fad, the choking game, a game whereby young people tie or have tied […]

Baltimore native Willie James Robinson went to be with the Lord on March 17, while in the care of his youngest daughter, Karen Y. Veney, in Olympia, Wash. Willie Robinson was a man that was easily loved by all that came in contact with him. His trademark phrase, “It ain’t easy,” is remembered by all […]

Joan Bouvier Talley was born May 26, 1964, to Bernard Jackson and Mary M. Talley in Baltimore. Joan departed this life on Feb. 25 after a lengthy illness. There are some people we meet in life who leave a lasting impression on you. Joan Bouvier Talley was one of them. Joan was a kind, caring, […]