All Obituaries

Michelle Pia Small passed away on October 1, 2019 at her home in Brooklyn, NY of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension after an eighteen year battle with scleroderma.  She was 49 years old.   Michelle was born February 9, 1970 to her parents Ernest Fitzroy Small and Vitalina Mercedes Small.  After high school, Michelle graduated from Baruch College and began a long career as an administrator and representative for Human Resources at various firms in the financial industry. ...

Life in Perspective Wife, Mother, Sister Friend Proverbs 31:30 says "a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." Truly this verse, and the entire chapter, captures the essence of Gerda B. "Verna" Henry, the bedrock of the Henry family for many decades. "She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband...

Gloria Elmira Boyce was born on July 24, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. She was the third of six children born to (the late) Lerta Taylor Eastmond and Ernest Evans Eastmond.  In 1937, the Eastmonds moved their family to Jefferson Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn where Gloria resided for most of her life. Gloria graduated from Girls High School in 1947 and the following year, began her career as an operator with The New York Telephone Company. Always a dedicated, hard...

In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush 157 Lincoln Road, Brooklyn, New York 11225  in the name of Elder Alice (Levy) Williams. With love the family.    

Born in Birmingham, England on July 18, 1967, Janet was the 4th oldest child of loving parents, Ruel and Linda Bailey. Her parents migrated from Jamaica to England in March 1965. Her older siblings Michael (Mikey), Hilary (Dimple) and Marva (Debbie) were born in Jamaica and her younger siblings Steven and Paulette were born in England. The family migrated from England to the United States in October of 1984. Janet graduated from Bishop Milner High School in England. She worked at various...

Carolyn Johnson Lee “Birdie” ~ “Carol” ~ “Candi” ~ “Cablin” ~ “Ms. Bunny” Carolyn was the second daughter of Matthew Philip Johnson and Ida Mae Williams born on November 1, 1948 in Keystone, West Virginia where she attended school until age eleven. The family moved to Brooklyn, New York where she lived throughout her life. After graduating high school, throughout the years she continued academic and skill enhancement classes,...

Emma Jean Fowler affectionately known to her family as “M” and as “Jeannie” to her beloved mother was born to Bernice and Henry John Fowler in Fayette County, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1938. She graduated from German Township High School in 1957 and decided to follow family members to New York in pursuit of career opportunities. She quickly carved out her path and began taking in all this new city had to offer! Emma’s began a long and illustrious career...

Dr. Cynthia Furrs-Gilmore was born on January 1, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Bishop Wallace and Geraldine Furrs. She departed this life on Saturday, August 3, 2019. Dr. Gilmore attended the New York Public School System. She graduated from William H. Maxwell High School and then attended and graduated from Brooklyn College. L.I. University and N.Y. University, in New York. Dr. Gilmore was a retired educator for the New York City School system. She also worked for the NYC...

All condolences and resolutions can be sent to: S. Jones Funerals and Cremations 115 South Dennis Street Enfield, North Carolina 27823 ATTN: Family of Alexander Phillips, Sr.

Born to Robert Alexis Semple and Frances Esthula Hyman Semple on February 4, 1956 in Zeeburg, Guyana, South America, Marva was the first of eight children.  After following her family to the United States in 1985, Marva courted and married John Corte in October of 1986 and settled in Brooklyn, New York.  Marva enjoyed a successful career in the banking industry with Chemical Bank (1986-1995), Chase Manhattan Bank (1995-2005), and retired from JP Morgan Chase in 2013.  Marva...

Winniefred Cornelita Gilling was born on August 1, 1919 in Mandeville, Jamaica, West Indies. As a child she lived with her grandparents George and Frances Marshall. In 1952 Winniefred immigrated to the United States and joined her father Rufus C. Gilling in New York City. She took various jobs and retired from NATIONAL CLEANING COMPANY in 1991 after twenty-two years of employment. She is survived by her children: Beatrice, Linda and Rabdu; grandsons: Shanean Gilling and Jason Raynor;...

All condolences and resolutions can be sent to: Mrs. Alberta Anderson (sister of Kevin M. Hines) at: tracy_alberta@yahoo.com or mailed to: Dorchester Funeral Home 7842 E. Oglethorpe Highway Midway, Georgia 31320 ATTN: Family of Kevin M. Hines  

 “I will look to the Hills from Which cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord. ” Psalm 121:1 Marion Esther Nelson was born on July 22, 1934 in Harlem, New York to Magnolia and Benjamin Williams. She was one of eleven children from a close- knit family. She loved her family and loved Harlem. She accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a very young age. Marion was educated in the New York City Public school system; she graduat­ed from Strauben Mueller High School,...

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent to the Athens Foundation for Excellence in Public Education or Carleton College. Judson Carl Kilpatrick of Brooklyn, NY, died May 25, 2019, at the age of 55. Jud was born in Redwood City, CA, on March 15, 1964, graduated as a National Merit Scholar from Clarke Central High School in Athens, GA, in 1982, and received his bachelor's degree from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, in 1986. At Carleton, he was a disk jockey for the local radio...

Vera Augusteen Williams was born in St Lawrence, Christ Church Barbados on April 20, 1934 to Kathleen Williams and Henry Williams. Vera was one of three children. Dolly, as she was known affectionately by her friends, was a loving sister, mother and a devoted friend. Vera loved good music, tasty food and gardening. In Barbados, her union with George Quintyne produced one son: Andrew, one daughter: Annette; eleven grandchildren: Danylo Murrell, Dr. Robyn Murrell, Kevyn Murrell, Jamilah...

Lamont “L” Robinson entered this world into the loving arms of his parents, Harold and Veronica Robinson on April 12, 1972 at Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital. Harold and Veronica went on to raise Lamont and his brother Sean Robinson in a loving home in Brooklyn, NY.  It was in this home that Lamont developed his love for football and the warm, loving and ever positive spirit for which he was so known and loved. Lamont was an extremely talented sportsman with...

Luchia Mae Green, 65 years old, was born on May, 23, 1954 in a small city in the county seat of Bamberg, South Carolina.  “Luchia Mae”, as she was referred to mostly by family, but known to friends and associates as “Luchia”, was a student at Berkley High School where she excelled at an early age and went on to further her education at South Carolina State University where she was intent on earning a college degree and accomplished her goal. Luchia Mae was...