Rev. Marcus Garvey Wood. (Courtesy Photo) Providence Baptist Church and The Wood Family Will Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood, with Love WHAT: On what would […]
Category: Obituaries – Baltimore
Danese G. Moore: ‘No one is better than you are and you are no better than anyone is.’
Danese Lillian Goodwin Moore Danese Lillian Goodwin Moore was born on October 6, 1934 in Columbia, South Carolina to the late William Milton Goodwin and the late Edith Elizabeth Koon. […]
Eunice Jackson Obituary (1926 – 2021)
Eunice Motte Jackson August 11, 1926 – May 3, 2021 Eunice Motte Jackson was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the tenth of thirteen children of Charles Laurence Motte and Elizabeth (Bessie) […]
Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke: She never let anything stop her
Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke, eldest and sole surviving child of the late Ethel Travers Harris and her husband, East Baltimore physician, Bernard Harris Sr., (for whom […]
Inside the wisdom and work of Frank B. Coakley
Frank B. Coakley (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Special to the AFRO Frank B. Coakley was Chief Lending Officer for Baltimore Community Lending when he died. He was a […]
Reginal J. Daniels II Obituary
Reginal J. Daniels II (Courtesy Photo) Reginald James Daniels II (Reggie), passed away on January 6th, 2021 at the age of 75 after a valiant battle with cancer in Ormond […]
Prayerfully Announcing the Homegoing Service of Mr. Nathan Chapman
Mr. Nathan A. Chapman, Jr., age 63, of Baltimore MD, transitioned Saturday, January 17, 2021 in Seasons Hospice at Sinai Hospital. Mr. Chapman was born September 3, 1957 in Baltimore, […]
George D. Mitchell, Sr.- from labor to reward
George Davis Mitchell Sr. (Couresy Photo) George Davis Mitchell Sr. was the youngest of the four Mitchell brothers. He was born on January 1, 1952 and passed away Dec. 28, […]
Close in life and in death
This family photo includes Rippen, who is being held by his father, Dr. Lloyd Bowser Jr.; with his parents, Lloyd Bowser Sr. and Dr. Geneva Bowser, and his brothers, Dr. […]
Obituary: Velma Edwards Wheeler
Velma Edwards Wheeler (Courtesy Photo) Velma Wheeler, 87, of Wilmington, Del. passed away peacefully on Dec. 17, 2020. Born in Enfield, N.C. and raised in the Belvidere community, Velma was […]
In Memoriam: The life and work of Rev. Mamie Althea Williams
Rev. Mamie Althea Williams (Courtesy photo) By Joseph Green-Bishop Special to the AFRO The Rev. Mamie Althea Williams was an angelic servant of God who during nearly a half century […]
John J. Wood did it ‘his way’
John J. Wood (Photos courtesy of the Wood family) By AFRO Staff It is the consensus of family and friends that John Jeffrey Wood did it ‘his way.’ How could […]