All Entries in the "Omega Chapter (Obituaries)" Category
Obituary: Sigma Frater Samuel A. Bradley
Source Wake services will be held at 6 p.m. Friday and funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at St. John AME Church in Marion. Samuel was born on June 2, 1921, in Bishopville, a son and one of nine children of Robert Sr. and Mary Margaret Samuel Bradley. The Bradley home, in the [...]
Obituary: Delta Soror Otis Ruffin Colwell-Douglas, 85
Source Mrs. Otis Ruffin Colwell Douglas, 85, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Charlottesville, where she had been living with her daughter, Beverly “BeBe” Colwell Adams since 2008. Otis was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Youngstown, a daughter of Mr. Clarence and Mrs. Ida (Campbell) Ruffin. She graduated from The Rayen School, The Ohio [...]
Police Investigate Death of Alpha Frater Dwyone Joiner
Source Family, friends and the Cody High School community are mourning the loss of a long-time teacher. The body of 33-year-old Dwyone Joiner was found in his Sussex Street home in Detroit Wednesday. Detroit Police say he was killed from a gun shot wound, but investigators are not releasing any other details into the death. [...]
Obituary: Sigma Frater Johnny Gorman, 77
Source Johnny Gorman, 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family. A home-going celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Niles. The visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and run until the time [...]
Obituary: Kappa Frater Ken Ward, WSOC-TV Reporter, Dies Days Before New Job
Source Ken Ward, TV reporter, was set to drive Wednesday from Charlotte, N. C. to Tampa Bay, Fla. to start his new job at an ABC affiliate. Instead, the 44-year-old was found dead early Wednesday morning at his home before the journey even started, leaving colleagues and viewers wondering what happened to the promising reporter. [...]
Obituary: Alpha Frater Dr. Worthie R. Springer, 80
Source A Little Rock Pioneer in medicine dies on New Year’s Day. Dr. Worthie R. Springer is one of the first African American graduates from UAMS and spent most of his life using his degree to help others. Dr. Springer died at the age of 80. He practiced medicine for more than 50 years in [...]
Obituary: Delta Soror Creacy Saunders, 62
Source Creacy A. Saunders December 13, 2011 Creacy A. Saunders, 62, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday at Upstate at Community General Hospital. Born in Gatesville, NC, she resided in Syracuse for 40 years. Mrs. Saunders retired from the Syracuse City School District as a home and careers teacher, most recently at Huntington Middle School. She [...]
Obituary: Sigma Frater Andre Coe, 36
Source The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) mourns the loss of member Andre Coe, a former editorial assistant in the Dallas bureau of The Associated Press and the cooperative’s regional news desk in Phoenix, died Friday. He was 36. “I mourn the passing of a courageous colleague whose passion for journalism was evident even [...]
Obituary: AKA Soror Dr. Pamela C. Williams, 57
Age 57 of Nashville, passed on November 21, 2011 following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Dr. Pamela Williams was born in Savannah, GA and was educated in the public schools of that city. She completed three years of medical undergraduate studies at Fisk University before entering Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine. Dr. [...]
Kappa Frater Steven Agee II, Shot to Death While at an Off Campus Party
Source While most students had already gone home for the holiday, some stayed behind to celebrate, but their party quickly turned tragic. The NIU community woke to a shock early Wednesday morning, after receiving a text reporting that a student was shot while at an off campus party. “This was an isolated incident that occurred [...]
