Obituaries - Baltimore

By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor [email protected] Beatrice Odom Scott, a stalwart member of the venerable Ashburton community of Northwest Baltimore and a teacher in the Baltimore City Public Schools for decades died recently. According to friends...

By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor [email protected] Beatrice Odom Scott, a stalwart member of the venerable Ashburton community of Northwest Baltimore and a teacher in the Baltimore City Public Schools for decades died recently. According to friends...

The celebration of life services for G. I. Johnson, longtime, past president of the NAACP-Baltimore City Branch, begin with public viewing, 1-6 p.m., Dec. 1, at March Funeral Home-East, 1101 E. North Avenue. The family...

Arthur S. Evans Sr., 90, father of Dr. Tony Evans, died, Nov. 26, in Baltimore, Md. In addition to Dr. Evans (Lois) he is survived by another son, Maurice Evans; two adult children preceded him...

Oct. 23 Public viewing at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr., Baltimore, Md. 21218, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., immediately followed by a Community-Wide Celebration of the Life of Congressman Elijah...

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington D.C. Editor Father, husband, beloved Baltimorean and Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District Democratic Representative, Elijah Cummings, died in the early morning of Oct. 17, due to complications from long-standing health challenges,...

Lemuel Arthur Lewie, Jr., was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1919 to Dr. Lemuel A. Lewie, Sr. and Mrs. Ophelia McDaniel Lewie. His father graduated from Howard University Dental School in 1907. His...

For Immediate Release Contact: Christy Baldwin- 443-838-0664 [email protected] Outspoken, dedicated and trailblazing community leader, political activist and pastor, Rev. Dr. St. George I. B. Crosse passed away on August 7, 2019. He was 79 years old. He...

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Special to the AFRO When family and friends gather July 17 to celebrate the life that blessed them so much, they’ll remember in concert Deacon Filmore W. Hart, the man with...

By AFRO Staff New York, New York. June 3, 2019 -- Dr. Irving Spear Hamer, Jr., (January 6, 1946 – May 4, 2019) a tireless innovative advocate for elevating school performance through revamping the infrastructure...

Joseph Cecil Pryor, Sr. was born June 4th 1950 to the late Rollen H. and Annie Mae Pryor, the 4th child out of eight. He graduated from Edmondson High School in 1968. He got...

By AFRO Staff The Rev. Charles M. Franklin Jr., pastor of Ray of Hope Baptist Church in Northeast Baltimore, died of a heart attack at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 47. He died after presiding...