When Jose De Jesus was 17, he rented a limousine and went on a road trip to New York with his friends and older sister. They couldn't stop laughing. They even got the driver laughing with them the whole time. "We had such a good time, and that memory really sticks out to me, because we ...
Bryant Alexander McCloskey Jr., an insurance agent, died on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. He was 78. He was born on July 23, 1941, to the late Willie Ollie Eaul McCloskey and Bryant Alexander McCloskey Sr. He was the oldest of three siblings.
The Rev. Larry Thompson Sr., died on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. He was 75. Thompson felt his greatest accomplishment was being called by God, and set aside by the AME Church, to serve God's people.
Bishop James McNeal Jr., who was nationally known as "The Godfather of Fellowship", died on Tuesday, Sept 10, 2019. He was 80. He was born on Dec 11, 1938, and was the sixth of eight children to the Rev. James McNeal Sr. and Lonie Sims McNeal.
Bernard Samuel, a jazz pianist, died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. He was 71. He was born on Nov 7, 1949, and was the son of the late Sam and Ann Samuel. He was born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.
Wanda Bailey-Green, a teacher and political activist, died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. She was 75. She was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to the late Alma Bailey Anderson and James Omar Bailey on Sept. 21, 1944. She graduated from Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh.