By AFRO Staff Letitia Mae Short Maddox, a stay-at-home mom, died September 4 at the age of 95. The cause of death was undisclosed. Maddox, daughter of the late James Edward Short and Hattie Pauline Bundy Short, was born on August 15, 1923. She was the youngest of eight children. Letitia Mae Short Maddox 1923-2018 […]
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Mary W. Conaway, Part of Conaway Political Dynasty, Dies at 75
By AFRO Staff Rev. Mary W. Conaway, former Register of Wills for Baltimore City and member of the Conaway political dynasty died Aug. 30. She was 75. Rev. Mary W. Conaway, former Register of Wills for Baltimore City, died Aug. 30. (Courtesy Photo) Mary Conaway (born January 26, 1943), served as Baltimore’s Register of Wills […]
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Thomas Roberts, Baltimore Gospel Music Legend, Dies at 72
By Joi Thomas, Special to the AFRO On July 19, the Baltimore church and gospel community lost an icon with the death of Thomas “Tommy” Randall Roberts, Sr. at the age of 72. Roberts, born October 10, 1945, attended Dunbar High School and pursued post graduate studies at Morgan State University and what was then known […]
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UM Football Player McNair Remembered as `320 pound Teddy Bear’
By AFRO Staff Jordan Martin McNair, a promising collegiate football at the University of Maryland, collapsed suddenly during football practice on May 29 and died on June 13. He was 19. McNair, the son of Tonya Renee Wilson and Martin Alfred McNair, was born on March 3, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. The funeral for Jordan […]
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Min. John Battle, a Sandtown Fixture Dies at 75
By AFRO Staff Min. John Battle, a longtime master barber and the father of former AFRO reporter and Baltimore playwright Ursula Battle, died May 27. He was 75 The viewing for Minister Battle will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2018 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Howell Funeral Home, located at 4600 […]
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Dr. Lawrence Bell Dies
By AFRO Staff Dr. Lawrence Bell, Jr., who operated a successful dental office at the corner of Auchentoroly Terrace and Gwynns Falls Parkway in West Baltimore for decades and was patriarch of a political family, died on May 18. He was 77. Bell was the second of five children born to the late Lawrence Bell, […]
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Cardrienne Perrin Griffin, Well-Loved Baltimore Teacher, Dies
By AFRO Staff Cardrienne Perrin Griffin was born on September 18, 1933, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia State University in Elementary Education, in 1954, and later served as president of the Virginia State Alumni Association. She dedicated her professional life to teaching. Her teaching career began in […]
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Sonia L. Hayes, Mother of Del. Antonio Hayes, Dies
By AFRO Staff Sonia L. Hayes, the mother of West Baltimore Del. Antonio Hayes (D-40), died on April 3 at the age of 53. She was the third child of Mildred L. Frisby and the late Lawrence “Babe” Hayes, born Dec. 5, 1961. Hayes, affectionately known as “Pinky,” was educated in the Baltimore City Public […]
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Rev. Dr. Theodore C. Jackson Dies at 84
Rev. Dr. Theodore Clifton Jackson, Jr., Pastor Emeritus of Gillis Memorial Christian Community Church, in the Park Heights community of Northwest Baltimore, died Feb. 17. He was 84. Rev. Dr. Theodore C. Jackson (Courtesy Photo) Jackson, the son of Rev. Theodore C. Jackson, Sr. and Lucy M. Jackson, was born Aug. 4, 1933 in Baltimore. […]
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Laura Jude Gardner, Pioneering Engineer and Businesswoman Dies at 72
Laura Jude Gardner, the second Black woman hired as a systems engineer at IBM in Baltimore and one of the founding members of the legendary Gatsby’s nightclub, died Jan. 5 at her Sutton Place home in Bolton Hill of natural causes. She was 72. Laura Jude Gardner was a scientist, pioneering engineer and nightclub owner. […]
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Frederick M. Tillman, Local Businessman Dies
Frederick Michael Tillman, an entrepreneur in the medical field for several years, died on Christmas Day of congestive heart failure. He was 72. Frederick M. Tillman Tillman was born February 11, 1945, the oldest son of Frederick Thomas Tillman and Agnes Johnson Tillman Russell. He was educated in the Baltimore City Public Schools, and graduated […]
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Arthur Sherman Evans, Jr., Award Winning Educator Dies
Arthur Evans, Jr., a long-time professor at Florida Atlantic University, who also served as the school’s chair of the Department of Sociology, died Dec. 11 after a prolonged battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. He was 66. Arthur Sherman Evans, Jr. (Courtesy Photo) Evans was born to Arthur and Evelyn Evans […]