The life of Tony Carnill Foster, Jr., a Marin City resident, was celebrated on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at the Cornerstone Church of God in Christ...
Mrs. Bettye Davis of Richmond, CA by way of Kansas City passed on to Glory on June 27th. She will be missed by many as she...
Elora Virginia Jones passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019, at 100 years of age in Colorado Springs, CO. She was born Sept. 9, 1918, in Covington,...
Local musician Larry Brooks (better known as B.B. Brooks), has passed away at the age of 72. B.B. was born on November 15, 1946 and died...
Dr. Joel Tolbert, Sr., loving husband to Carol Lee Tolbert, former Oakland School Board member, and Founder of Civic Pride, Inc. passed from this life on...
Rev. Leora Mae Bland Overall was born on Oct. 5, 1921 to Early and Ora Bland. She accepted Jesus into her life at the age of...
Friend of Job Training Programs Russell Lowell Bouligny Sr., aged 70, passed away on April 25, 2019 in Union City, CA. Russell was a loving husband, father,...
Judge Damon J. Keith died April 28 at the age of 96. The Detroit native, one of the nation’s longest-serving federal judges, was a tireless champion...
A Warrior for Peace and Justice The life and legacy of the Honorable Ronald V. Dellums will be memorialized this week in two events taking place...
Ruth Beckford, the legendary dancer, choreographer and Oakland community activist died May 8 of natural causes. She was 93. Beckford, known as The Dance Lady, toured...
John Singleton, a versatile director who made a splash with “Boyz n the Hood” and went on to a variety of projects — including “2 Fast...
Mary T. Williams, an Oakland Educator and social leader died peacefully among family and friends on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. She was 96 years young. Mary...
The Rev. James Matthews was the first African American to be ordained in Northern California, in 1974. He passed away suddenly of an apparent heart attack...
Dr. Julia Reed Hare was born on Nov. 7, 1939 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She married psychologist, Dr. Nathan Hare, in 1956. Together with her husband, she...
The life of Victor McElhaney was celebrated in a homegoing on March 23, 2019, at Oakland’s Temple Hill auditorium where hundreds gathered in his name....
In November 2018, along with Post photographer George Livingston, Nick Harper was inducted into the Bay Area R&B Music Hall of Fame. Harper, a Bay Area...
Nellie Allen Leighton, resident of Oakland from 1942- 2000, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2019, a mere two weeks after 300 family and friends flocked...
Peter Magowan, the lifelong San Francisco Giants fan who formed the ownership group that kept the team in San Francisco with a sparkling waterfront ballpark, died...
Charles “Charlie” Brown died at home from lung cancer surrounded by family on Thanksgiving Day Nov. 22, 2018. He was 80 years old. Brown was born...
Dr. Cannon was raised in Big Sandy, Texas, population of less than 600. Her first formal music lesson began when she was 10 and was transported...
Nancy Sue Wilson, the award-winning singer who lent her vocal instrument to the world for over five decades, has died at the age of 81. The...
Dozens of family members and hundreds of students mourn the passing of Patricia “Pat” Williams Myrick, who raised generations of young people as the principal of...
Minister Willie Joe Hall was born on August 24,1938 in Miami, Fla., to Minister Joseph Seamon and Ola Mae Hall. He was called home to the...
Emmit A. Powell, radio and television broadcaster, producer and founder of Emmit Powell Gospel Elites, died a few days short of his birthday celebration scheduled for...
Warner “Country Pete” McGill Jr., lead singer and guitarist of the Cotton Fields Blues Band, died on Dec. 6, 2018, in San Ramon. He was 72....