All Obituaries

  Dorothy Rice Jones was the first born and only daughter to Sarah Pierce Rice and Walter Rice in Philadelphia PA. She attended the public schools of Philadelphia, where she excelled throughout her matriculation until her graduation from Overbrook High School during World War II. She accepted Christ at 12 years old and was baptized in her family church, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Philadelphia PA. While always certain that she would attend college, she contributed to the war effort by...

Life Story   ( I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.) 2 Timothy 4: 7-8   Lauretta Christian was born to the late Helen and Arthur Christian Sr. Lauretta also known as Retta was the eldest of six children.   She accepted Christ at an early age....

                            Shirley Black was born July 19, 1964 to Shirley Banton and the late Willie Lee Davis at Community Hospital, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   Shirley was educated in the Philadelphia School system and graduated from high school.  She accepted employment with the Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance company, where she worked as a medical coder for more than eighteen...

Evelyn Cordelia Alexander was born December 21, 1930 in Edenton, NC.  Evelyn passed away on Friday August 6, 2021 in Braselton, GA at 1:48 a.m.  Evelyn was in Georgia for a brief time when she took ill.  Her home is in Philadelphia PA.   Evelyn was the eldest born of 4 to the late Albert Blair and Agnes Jordan Blair.  Albert Blair remarried after the passing of Agnes Jordan Blair and was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Beatrice Blair and three children were...

The Obituary Arlene A. Phillips was born on September 12, 1939 in Philadelphia, PA the daughter of Addie B. Phillips Smith and Stepfather, William W. Smith, Sr. who both preceded her in death. She was the eldest of three children, Joyce Neal and the late William (Billy) Smith, and God brothers Charles Newman, and the late Paul J. Newman, Sr. Arlene was educated in the School District of Philadelphia (Arnold, Fitzsimons and Germantown) and she took real estate classes at Temple...

Mary A. Smith Evangelist Mary Alice Pugh-Smith was born in Scotland Neck, North Carolina on June 18, 1934 to Raleigh B. Pugh and Lillian Jones. Mary was raised by her beloved grandma, Gertrude Jones-Hawkins (“Gert”), and grandpa, James Hawkins (“Hawk”) in Weldon, North Carolina. Mary was affectionately known by many as Dinah, a nickname given to her by her Uncle Collins after the famous singer Dinah Washington. She attended Halifax training school while in Weldon...

 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7     Easter Edell Jackson was born to Richard and Minnie Jackson on December 15, 1920 in Burke County, Georgia in the house of a midwife. She was the second oldest of five children. Her Father was a sharecropper, her Mother a substitute teacher. When she was four years old, the youngest brother was days old when her father passed away. This was when the family had to...

Obituary       Mr. Walter Anderson peacefully departed this life on  Saturday, August 7, 2021 in Wheaton, Maryland at the age of 89. He was the son of Ernest Anderson and Sadie Nixon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of nine children. Raised in South Philadelphia, he attended St. Peter Claver and St. Simon churches with his family. Unfortunately, with the loss of both his parents, he was raised from a young age to adulthood by his endearing...

Ernestine Samuel Swinton was born April 27, 1921 in Florence, South Carolina. She was the daughter of late Ernest and Emma Calperta Evans Samuel. Ernestine received her formal education in the Florence public school system, she attended Wilson High School. At an early age , Ernestine became a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Florence, SC, where she was a lifetime member . Ernestine met and married James Swinton Sr.,  from this union there were (3) children Ruby, James, and Mary...