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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: 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 [...]
Obituary: Alpha Frater Royzell Dillard, Hampton University Choir Director
Source Hampton University’s choir director died Thursday, according to a news release from the University. Royzell L. Dillard was a faculty member at Hampton for 25 years. He served as the Assistant Professor of Music, the Director of University Choirs and the Minister of Music at Hampton University’s Memorial Church. His cause of death was [...]
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Lincoln University Crash
Source Lincoln University students are mourning the loss of one of their own. One student is dead and two others injured after a car crash on Friday, according to the Daily Local. The accident happened around 9:35 p.m. at Lincoln’s campus in Lower Oxford, Pa. The Daily Local reports the three students were inside a [...]
Obituary: Kappa Frater Willie H. Clark
Source Services for Willie H. Clark will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at the Craddock Memorial Chapel with Oliver Gaines officiating. Interment will be at Clearview Cemetery. Willie better known as “Clark” was born in Ardmore on June 25, 1945 to Dorothy Clark and the late Willie H. Clark, Sr. He attended [...]
Obituary: Omega Frater Curtis Murray, Sr., 73
Source Mr. Curtis Thwaite Murray Sr., 73, departed this life unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, at Bristol Hospital. He was the widower of Kathy (Olmstead) Murray, his devout and loving wife of 25 years. Mr. Murray was born March 22, 1938, in Augusta, Ga., a beloved son of the late Isaac Lee and Marietta [...]
Obituary: Alpha Frater Jehu Bryant, 80
Source Jehu Bryant, 80, died Oct 28, 2011, in Tacoma, Wash. Born March 25, 1931, in Valdosta, Ga., to Thomas and Cornelia McMillan Bryant, Jehu joined the Air Force after graduating from Valdosta’s Dasher High School. After retiring, he graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in business administration, then worked another 30 years as a purchasing [...]
Sigma Frater Arthur Johnson, civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85
Source A crowd of movers and shakers was exiting an event at the White House during the Clinton administration. Among them was Wayne State University President Irving Reid. As Reid was leaving, civil rights leader and Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan called out, “When you get back to Detroit, be sure to tell Arthur Johnson hello!” [...]
