Tag: obituary
Henry ‘Gip’ Gipson, owner of Bessemer juke joint, dies at 99
WVTM 13
Henry "Gip" Gipson, the musician and owner of a popular juke joint in Bessemer, Alabama, has passed at the age of 99, according...
Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74
By Mesfin Fekadu
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the...
US civil rights advocate Juanita Abernathy dies at 88
By Chevel Johnson
Associated Press
Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping to...
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88
By Hillel Italie
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,”...
Melvin Edmonds, Founding Member of R&B’s Soulful After 7, Dies at...
By Dana Sharif
The Root
Melvin Edmonds, older brother of legendary hitmaker Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and a founding member of the R&B group After 7, which...
Funeral for Chris McNair set on Friday, May 17
The Birmingham Times
The funeral for Jewell Christopher (Chris) McNair will be held Friday, May 17 at 11 a.m. in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church...
Jessie Nelson, owner of Nelson Brothers Café, dies at 78
Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Jessie Nelson, owner of Nelson Brother’s Café in Birmingham’s historic Fourth Avenue Business District, has died. He was 78.
He was...
Richard “Dick” Pigford, noted architect, dies at 71
Special to The Times
Richard Ireland Pigford, known to everyone as “Dick” or “Dickie”, passed away unexpectedly at home on March 31. He was 71.
Mr....
Dr. Marilyn Dossett Sesser Bowen
Special to the Times
September 5, 1951- February 24, 2019
Dr. Marilyn Dossett Sesser Bowen was born September 5, 1951, in Natchez, Miss., to Clarence Edward...
Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
By David Ginsburg and Ben Walker
Associated Press
Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame.
His legacy, however,...
