All Entries in the "Omega Chapter (Obituaries)" Category
Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Barbara Ann Tarver, dies at 61
Source Barbara Ann Tarver, who worked in Baltimore schools as a teacher and assistant principal for more than three decades, died Aug. 22 from injuries sustained in a two-car crash early that morning on Interstate 70. She was 61. Ms. Tarver was born, raised and educated in Baltimore. She graduated from Western High School in [...]
AKA Soror, Tulsa community leader Helen Rouce taught by example
Source Helen Rouce taught some of her most-lasting life lessons by example. “She was the best bridge player in Tulsa and always took home the prize,” said Effie Lee, Rouce’s close friend of nearly 60 years. “But you enjoyed playing with Helen, because if you made a mistake, she wouldn’t gripe like some do.” Sweet-natured [...]
Delta Soror Hilah Glaze, former Miss Morgan State dies at 83
Source Hilah Glaze, a mother of five and a former Miss Morgan State, died Aug. 21 of a heart infection at St. Agnes Hospital. She was 83. Hilah Brown, the sixth of 10 children of a homemaker and a mail carrier, was born in Baltimore and raised in Upton. After graduating from St. Frances Academy in [...]
Delta Soror Willie Mae Danford Miles, Tallahassee Alumnae charter member dies
Source Willie Mae Danford Miles, wife of a former Florida A&M University (FAMU) dean of students Rev. Moses General Miles, passed away on August 23, at the Miracle Hill Nursing Home in Tallahassee. Her funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, August 28, at 11 a.m. at the Philadelphia Primitive Baptist Church located at 840 Dunn [...]
Delta Soror Lee Myrtle-Chavers, dies at 84
Source Lee Myrtle Chavers taught music at Cleveland elementary schools, led several choirs and performed from Cleveland to Austria. Chavers died Aug. 12 at Sunrise Pointe, Maple Heights. She was 84. She was born Lee Myrtle Simpson in Cleveland. She began playing piano at age 9 at Sunday school at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. She [...]
FAMU mourns the death of civil rights icon, AKA Soror Wilhelmina Jakes Street
Source Civil Rights icon and Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Wilhelmina Jakes Street passed away at the age 80. Jakes Street is highly celebrated for her role in initiating the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, August 21, at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central, 499 Northwest 27th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, [...]
AKA Soror Delores Hutt-Longley, dies at 86
Source Delores Hutt Longley, affectionately known to her family and friends as Dee, passed away peacefully and was surrounded by her family on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Clayton, after a brief illness. Delores was one of three children born to the union of Horace Hutt, Sr., and Beulah Rivere Hutt [...]
AKA Soror Marie Hilton-Carroll, dies at 98
Source Marie Hilton Carroll, 98, of Trenton, died Sunday at home surrounded by loved ones. Born in Trenton, Marie was educated in the Trenton public schools. She was a graduate of Oberlin College of Music where she received a bachelor’s degree and Columbia University’s Teachers College where she received a master’s degree. She had also [...]
Sigma Frater Willie Haynes, top student, basketball player, dies at 43
Source Willie Haynes, a standout high school student and basketball player who grew up in Lockport, died Monday in a New Rochelle hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 43. Born in Lockport, Mr. Haynes was a 1985 graduate of Lockport High School, where he excelled athletically and academically. He received a four-year [...]
Judge Erma Lucas Inge recalled as friend to law, youth
Source Bolivar Countians are mourning the loss of one incredibly influential woman, Judge Erma Lucas Inge. She served citizens of the county for many years as a justice court judge. Inge first ran for office in 1977. “I ran for an unexpired term in November 1977 and won from the 3rd District of Bolivar County,” [...]
