Obituaries

Sep 9, 2023

Sep 5, 2023

James Edward Vann, 80, of Garnerville, NY, peacefully passed away on September 5, 2023 after battling Alzheimer’s for many years. He was born on September 20, 1942 in Greenwood, FL and was the youngest of four children born from the union of the late Samuel Vann and Priscilla Baker. James was raised in Florida by his father and late...

Sep 2, 2023

Sep 2, 2023

Kathryn L. Welch Roach was born March 27, 1924, to the late Joseph & Bessie Welch in New Brunswick, NJ. She was the 8th child out of nine children born into the family of two boys and 7 girls. She grew up in New Brunswick, NJ. Kathryn was predeceased by her husband of 40 years Harmon Roach. Beloved grandson...

Aug 25, 2023

Martha Tyus was born (along with her twin sister, the late Margaret G. Barton) on September 14, 1931 to the late Ulysses and Gussie Roberts in New Brunswick, NJ. The Lord called her home on Friday, August 25th 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Martha attended Franklin Township Public Schools. She...

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Aug 16, 2023

Robert Lawrence Harris (Flat, Bobby) was born October 19, 1953 at Somerset Medical Hospital, Somerville NJ, to the late Clifford and Helen Harris. He departed this life on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, peacefully at home in the comfort of family and friends.

He attended Franklin Twp. Public Schools and graduated from Franklin High School in...

Aug 16, 2023

Aug 12, 2023

Alice Faye Smith was born on February 17, 1959 at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Elder Vermie Dell Smith Sr. and Viola Bernice (Eggleston) Smith. Alice was the youngest of five children, she was 64 years old. Alice never married and never had any children.

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Rowland Lee Pendleton Sr. of Carteret, New Jersey left this life to return with the Lord on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

Rowland was born to the late Norvell Sr. and Juanita Pendleton on November 18, 1960. Rowland was raised in Carteret, New Jersey.

Rowland was well known...

Jul 27, 2023

Ollie C. Sheppard, affectionately known to his family and close friends as “Skeet”, was born to his late parents, Ollie Curry and Margaret Sheppard, November 14th,1954, in Newark, NJ. He attended Newark Public Schools where he graduated from Essex County Vocational High School, Newark Tech.

For 30 years, Ollie worked at Genesis (Summit Ridge) Nursing...

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Jul 25, 2023

James White Boyd, Sr., was born on November 16, 1957, in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the late Frank White and Dorothy Boyd, until at ten years old he moved to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. James passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023, peacefully surrounded by his loved one’s at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey....

Jul 23, 2023