Across the Nation Simeon Booker (1918-2017) Booker was a courageous and award winning journalist who put his life on the line to tell the story of Black America during the civil rights movement. (Photo credit: AFRO file photo) ========================================= Dick Gregory (1932-2017) As a comedian and activist, Gregory broke racial barriers in the 1960s and […]
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Carl Edward Murphy Smith, Father, Brother, Friend
Carl Edward Murphy Smith, oldest great grandson of AFRO founder, John H. Murphy Sr., died Dec. 15 after a long illness. The Baltimore native and Morgan State University graduate spent most of his career with Bell Atlantic and Verizon, and was an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Over the years Smith served as […]
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Eva Frances Lockwood, 98
Eva Frances Lockwood, the widow of the late Dr. William Lockwood, died after a prolonged illness on Aug. 4 at the age of 98. Eva Frances Lockwood (Courtesy Photo) She was the mother of LaVerne Gaither and the late Deborah Lockwood William. She is also survived by two grandsons, two great grandchildren and numerous nieces, […]
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William Cornish, Devoted Church Man, Dies at 76
William Joseph Cornish William Joseph Cornish died unexpectedly at the age of 76 on March 5 in Cambridge, Md. Cornish was born in 1940 to Naomi Stanley and Joseph Ulysses Cornish. Third of four siblings, Cornish was reared by Naomi and Carroll Cooper. He was educated in Maryland’s Dorchester County Public Schools, graduating in 1958 […]
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Lenora D. Ming-Cobb
Lenora D. Ming-Cobb On Friday, February 3, 2017, Lenora D. Ming-Cobb, wife of the late Leroy Cobb, was called home to be with the Lord, one month shy of 103 years. When she turned 100 on March 8, 2014 she was featured in the AFRO-American Newspaper and on WEAA radio. She also received a letter […]
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Gloria Tucker Brown
Gloria Tucker Brown Sunset came Wednesday, February 15 in the early afternoon with her husband Bill at her side. Viewing will be at Popes Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, February 24th from 5:00 – 7:30 PM. Services will be at Alfred Street Baptist Church on Saturday, February 25th at 11:00 AM. Interment will be held […]
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Priscilla Gaines Lansey
Priscilla Gaines Lansey passed away on Dec. 1 as a result of congestive heart failure. Gaines was the first of five children born to Edward Gaines Lansey, Sr. and Martha Priscilla Phillips on Sep. 12, 1942. Priscilla Gaines Lansey. (Courtesy Photo) A native of Northwest Baltimore, Gaines was baptized at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church […]
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Rev. Albert Clayton Greene, Sr.
Rev. Albert Clayton Greene, Sr. The Rev. Albert Clayton Greene, Sr., departed this life after a long illness on November 16, 2016. Rev. Green, the youngest of five children, was born on April 16, 1923 to the late Rev. Edward C. Greene, Sr. and the late Elsie M. Greene. All of his siblings preceded him […]
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Dr. Donald W. Stewart, 87
Dr. Donald W. Stewart, physician in internal medicine, died October 16, 2016 at Towson Manor Care from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Donald W. Stewart Born in Baltimore to Clarence R. Stewart and Naomi Brown Stewart, he graduated from the Frederick Douglass High School in 1947, and earned a bachelor’s degree with Highest Honors from […]
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Carolyn Tate Dixon
Carolyn Tate Dixon, of Ellicott City, MD passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, wife of the late Donald Bernard Dixon, Col. US Army (ret), daughter of the late Theodore and Bernice Tate, and sister of the late Gregory Tate. Carolyn, a product of the Baltimore City School System, graduated with honors from Dunbar High […]
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Jesola E. Jones – Retired City Educator
On August 1, 2016, family and friends paid their respects and said goodbye to retired city educator, Jesola E. Jones, 75 years young at a Mass of Christian Burial at her church, the New All Saints Catholic Church in Baltimore. After a lengthy illness, she died peacefully surrounded by her family on July 27, 2016 […]
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Everett Bertram Johnson
Everett Bertram Johnson, age 95, of Columbia MD, quietly and peacefully departed this life on July 18. A celebration of life ceremony was held Monday, July 25 at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia, Maryland. He was buried on the church grounds beside his wife. Everett was the fourth son of eleven siblings, born to loving parents Edward and Havana Johnson in […]