Obituaries

Apr 6, 2021

Saahir Kieron Hartfield was born on July 22, 2013 to Kadisha Lanay Jones- Richardson and Tyron Nakee Hartfield at Beth Israel hospital of Newark, NJ Saahir was a bright 1st grader who attended Phillips Academy Charter School of Newark, NJ. Saahir enjoyed boxing and all sports along with playing with his siblings and cousins and friends. Saahir had an...

Apr 3, 2021

Apr 2, 2021

Clement Williams Smiley entered this earthly realm on August 1, 1957. Firstborn of the God anointed union of William Smiley, Jr. and Nellie Loretha (nee Williams). He was the pride and joy of his family. The crown prince. Shine on. His first home was on Hamilton Terrace with his family. Clement's early days were spent in the church as...

Mar 26, 2021

Emanuel L.Williams was a miracle baby born on November 11th, 1968 to Patricia Williams and the late Herman Blanks. He was raised in Linden Nj where he attended Linden High School and graduated in 1986. Shortly after completing school he enlisted in the U.S military where he became Sergeant Williams, a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division. While enlisted...

Mar 21, 2021

Mar 21, 2021

Mar 18, 2021

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