Cleveland Johnson Sr., departed this life on Dec. 19, 2012 at the Washington Hospital Center. He was born in Fayetteville, N.C. to the late Willie and Nannie Johnson. He attended […]
Category: Obituaries – Washington D.C.
Anne B. Turpeau, 88
Anne Stuart Brock Turpeau was born March 6, 1926 in Charleston, W.Va. Anne and her husband Michel M. Turpeau resided in Washington, D.C. for over 40 years. She was the […]
Thomas A. Hart, Sr., 93
Thomas A. Hart, Sr., 93, former professor and athletic coach at Howard University and executive at Westinghouse Electric Corporation died at the Residences at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. on […]
Katherine H. Martin, 98
Mother Katherine H. Martin daughter of the late Herman and Elizabeth Taylor of Washington, DC, after a long battle with multiple illnesses went to sleep in Jesus, Nov. 21, 2012. […]
Edward Winslow, 72
Edward M. Winslow, Jr., “Eddie Moe,” Owner and Operator of Providence Opticians, dies at 72 (D.C.) Edward Murphy Winslow, Jr. made his transition on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. He was […]
Black Insurance Exec and Business Leader Jesse Hill Dies
Jesse Hill Jr., an insurance executive and Black newspaper publisher who was a backstage colossus in business, politics and the civil rights movement in Atlanta died Dec. 17 of an […]
Robert Merritt Jr., 86
Robert Merritt Jr. (Bob) was born on Oct. 11, 1926, in Henderson, Ky. He was the son of the late Allena Grizzard. He had one sister who he looked up to […]
Joyce E. Gainey, 45
Joyce Ellen Gainey was born on August 22, 1966 at Freeman’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. Joyce was the youngest child born to Jerome and Catherine Gainey. Joyce attended Smother’s Elementary, […]
Jeanne P. Brown, 77
Jeanne Yvonne Pinkett Brown was born on March 19, 1935 in Washington, D.C. to the late Alfred and Leland Pinkett. She was the youngest child of a devoted and loving […]
Bishop Imagene Stewart, D.C. Social Advocate and Founder of House of Imagene, Dies at 69
Bishop Imagene Bingham Stewart, a revered D.C. social advocate and founder of the House of Imagene Shelter and Women’s Center, died on May 30 after a lengthy illness. She was […]
Thelma L.J.V. Groomes, 100
Thelma Lucille Jarmon Vass Groomes was born Jan. 3, 1911, in Kinston, N.C. An only child, she was born to Ozias “Rev. Otis” Jarmon and Cora Becton Jarmon. She grew […]
Robert M. Mills, 80
Robert Melvin Mills (Bobby), son of the late William Francis Mills Sr., and Emma Hall Mills, was born on August 16, 1931, in Washington, D.C. He departed this life on […]