Obituaries
Celia A. Reid - Ringer
Oct 14, 2024
Celia Ann Reid Ringer was born April 9, 1922, to the late Nellie J. Rhone and the late Joseph Alexander Gross Terrell in Sparks, GA. She was predeceased by her stepfather Rev. Robert Rhone and her brother Thomas C. Terrell.
She attended Ballard Normal School, a boarding school located in Macon, GA. She attended Paine College in August, GA where she...
Joann Thomas
Oct 5, 2024
JoAnn Thomas (aka, “Mommy,” “Grammie,” “Old Lady”, “Joan, ” “Joanie Joan,” and “Ma”) was born to the late Benjamin Minus and Lucille Oates Butler on September 11, 1935, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The family moved to Potters Crossing in Edison, where her grandmother, Sarah Sally Oates resided. JoAnn married Raymond Thomas, Sr. in June 1953 and had her first...
Melinda Collette Counts Jenkins
Aug 19, 2024
Melinda Collette Counts Jenkins was born to Clinton A. Counts (Deceased) and Myrtle Smith Counts in Elizabeth, NJ on May 14, 1960 and departed this life on August 19, 2024. She had one older sister Beverly M. Counts Smith (Deceased).
Melinda attended the Roselle Public School System. She later worked several years for Amcest in Roselle. Then moved on to Prudential...
Trell W. Foster
Aug 18, 2024
Trell was born on July 6, 1969 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to William J Foster and Rita C. Roper-Foster. He was the youngest of two children. He was raised in Linden and was educated in the Linden Public School System. He participated in the sports program in football, basketball and track. He excelled in football wearing Number 20. He played...
Deacon Marvin D. Clark
Aug 9, 2024
**Marvin Darnell Clark**
*February 13, 1956 – August 9, 2024*
Marvin Darnell Clark was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 13, 1956, to the late Ezra O. Clark and Mary Beale Clark. On August 9, 2024, Marvin peacefully transitioned at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, surrounded by his beloved family. Marvin dedicated 25 years of his life to the Union Township...
Maureen Edna Koon-Hagwood
Aug 2, 2024
Obituary
Maureen Edna Koon Hagwood, daughter of the late Perry and Thelma Koon was born in Newark, NJ on April 18, 1944. She was the eighth of seventeen children. On August 2, 2024, Maureen made her transition to be with the Lord. Maureen was educated through the Newark, NJ school system and graduated from Central High School. Shortly thereafter she was...
Darlene A. Bracey
Jul 14, 2024
Darlene Alecia was born on May 30, 1947, to her birth parents, Harmon and Mildred (Baldwin) Johnson in Detroit, Michigan. From an infant, she was raised in Roselle, New Jersey by her parents, Sinkfield and Lula Bell Kegler. As a child, she was baptized and raised in her family church, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Roselle, New Jersey. She was educated in the Roselle Public...
Sgt Major Richard "Herb" D. Herbert
Jun 24, 2024
The world mourns the loss of a truly remarkable man, Richard David Herbert, affectionately known as "Herb", who peacefully transitioned from this earthly life on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Titusville, Florida at the age of 81. Herb's earthly journey began on March 27, 1943, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Herb attended the Elizabeth Public School system graduating from Thomas Jefferson...