Obituaries

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent faith leader who led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, died on Friday, the church said. He was 73. An announcement that Rev.…

Wyatt Blackmon Jr. humbly bowed to God’s will and peacefully entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, in Lancaster, South Carolina surrounded by the love of family. A…

Kent Carter, a prominent racial-justice leader in Northern Virginia, was one of three people killed last weekend in the Turks and Caicos Islands amid a string of violent attacks that…

William “Bill” Bishop, a pioneering golfer, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at his home in Philadelphia. He was 91. He was an African American PGA golf professional and amateur…

August 13, 1971 ~ September 4, 2022 (age 51) Charles Edward Whitfield passed on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Charles was the brother of James Boulware (Tri-County Golf Association Member and General Manager of…

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when we launched on Jun.…

Ava Muhammad was a famous American Black Muslim who was best known for being the first female Minister to preside over a mosque and region in the history of the…

A former Chicago schoolteacher, she appeared on TV in ‘A Different World’ and ‘I’ll Fly Away,’ winning an Emmy in 1993. Mary Alice, an actress known for her Emmy- and…

Clifford L. Alexander Jr., a Harlem-raised, Ivy League-educated lawyer who was a crusading chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the late 1960s and later served as the first…

Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Robinson, age 75, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at St. Vincent Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on March 7, 1947, in Columbia,…

Christopher “Pop-pop” Shannon McGill passed away on June 2nd at 52-yeas-old after a brave 3-year battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind a heartbroken wife of 29 years, Tina McGill;…

07/05/1942 – 04/18/2022 Mr. Shedrick Jackson, 79 of Rock Hill, SC passed away peacefully at his residence on April 18, 2022. A funeral service at 2pm was held on Saturday,…