Obituaries

Mar 14, 2021

Jonathan DoDoo (pronounced doe-DOO), 73, of North Plainfield, NJ, passed away on March 14th, 2021. He was born to parents Michael Darku DoDoo and Mildred Odoi DoDoo on February 10th, 1948 in Accra, Ghana. In 1969, Jonathan moved to The Bronx, NY and went on to pursue higher education at CUNY (the City University of New York). He graduated...

Mar 12, 2021

Mar 12, 2021

Mar 7, 2021

Clarence Leander Jones III known as “Bro Hardy” was born April 14, 1951 in Kinston, North Carolina to Bertha L. Johnson and the late Clarence L. Jones II. The Lord called His angel home on March 7, 2021 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Rahway, NJ. Clarence attended J.H. Sampson Elementary School, Adkins Junior High in Kinston, NC and Atlantic...

Mar 5, 2021

Anthony "Tony" Branch was born on April 25th,1960 in Newark, New Jersey to parents Beatrice Branch and Roosevelt Easterling. And while born in the city, Tony was actually a country boy at heart! Many of his summers were spent during his early childhood in Margarettsville, North Carolina with Aunts and Uncles including the late Mae Lois and Chan Gordon...

Mar 4, 2021

Yvonne P. Johnson of Carteret, New Jersey, passed away on March 3, 2021 at Saint Barnabas hospital. Yvonne P. Johnson was born in Newark, NJ, to Lawrence Pittman and Gertrude Turner on July 25,1946. She was the middle of three. Yvonne P. Johnson graduated from Central High, where she met her husband of 50 years they were high school...

Mar 3, 2021

Tyrell Marcus Robinson was born on July 3, 1988 in New Brunswick, NJ. He entered the Promise Land on March 3, 2021. Tyrell grew up at St. James AME Church in East Millstone, NJ and was baptized September 15, 1996 under the leadership of Rev. Alma P. Mack. Tyrell, also known as “Hurricane”, was reared and educated in the...

Mar 1, 2021

Mar 1, 2021

Feb 26, 2021

Beatrice “Phoebe” Brown was full of life with a BIG personality. To know her was to LOVE her. Beatrice was a God fearing, Christian woman, baptized as a young girl by Elder Smith at Saint Paul’s Church of God In Christ in Newark, New Jersey. Beatrice was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 9th, 1939 to the late...

Feb 25, 2021

Feb 21, 2021

Oliver Edmund Cook Sr. of South Harrison Twp, NJ was called home on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at the age of 85. Oliver was born in Perth Amboy, NJ on November 5th 1935 to the late Oliver Cook and Ethel Cook (Rogers). As one of seven, he attended public school in Perth Amboy, NJ, where he was raised. Oliver...

Feb 21, 2021

Feb 18, 2021

Feb 15, 2021

Jarrett Aaron Richardson Sr. passed away unexpectedly at the age of 39. He was born and raised in Perth Amboy, NJ and attended Perth Amboy Public Schools. Jarrett was employed for a short time with the Newark Department of Public Works and more recently at Blue Apron in Linden, NJ. Jarrett enjoyed many past times and hobbies that most...

Feb 14, 2021

Feb 12, 2021

LaVel Mandrake Thomas, affectionately called “L”, was born on October 27, 1969 in Newark, New Jersey the only child born to Gloria Dean Thomas, and son to Osteen Johnson. LaVel answered the call of the Lord on Friday, February 12, 2021 at the Genesis Health Care in Westfield, New Jersey, after a lengthy illness. LaVel accepted Christ at an...

Feb 12, 2021

On Friday, February 12, 2021, Debra Collette Joyner, loving wife and mother to 2 children, passed away at the age of 68. Debra was born on November 23, 1952 at Fitkens Hospital in Neptune, NJ to Ernest and Mercedes Batiste. On September 8th 1973, she married William (Short) Joyner and raised 2 children, Collette and William Joyner III. Debra...

Feb 6, 2021

Feb 2, 2021