Obituaries

Mar 9, 2024

Leonard C. Denson, Jr. (Bilal), also known as Lokey, was born on December 15, 1964 to Leonard C. Denson, Sr. and Rose Marie Miller in Plainfield, New Jersey. He departed this life on March 9, 2024 peacefully at home in Somerset, New Jersey.

Lokey was a graduate of Lincoln Technical School...

Mar 6, 2024

Mar 3, 2024

Mr. Eddie Frank Willis, son of Rebecca Evans, was born in Dawson, Georgia on December 20th, 1945. God called Eddie home on March 3rd, 2024.

Eddie was brought to New York from Georgia while he was still a child. Frazier and Jennie Bell Johnson, his maternal great-grandparents, settled in the South Bronx and raised Eddie...

Feb 27, 2024

Feb 22, 2024

In loving memory of our dearest Elizabeth Milton, born on September 20th, 1930 in Cairo Georgia to the late Will Jones and Della Jones. She attended the Grady County public school system. Later in her years she moved to Florida before settling in New Jersey where she started her family. She was a woman of great faith who served...

Feb 21, 2024

Rose Marie Denson, fondly known as Nancy, was born on July 10, 1945 to Eugene Standup Miller and Blanch Roach-Miller in South Plainfield, New Jersey. She departed this life on February 21, 2024 peacefully at home in Somerset, New Jersey.

Nancy was a graduate of South Plainfield High School class of...

Feb 19, 2024

Milton George Osenseo McPherson was born to Keith and Hazel McPherson on April 26, 1948, in Spring Gardens, the Parish of Saint Thomas, Jamaica, West Indies. In February 1958, he emigrated from Jamaica to Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, to join his parents.

Milton attended Saint John the Baptist Catholic School...

Feb 17, 2024

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Feb 6, 2024

Shirley Joyce Lee was born to Edward W and Mattie L Seabon on April 18, 1929 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Shirley received her education in the Scotch Plains public school system graduating from High School in 1946. In continuing her education after graduating from high school, Shirley attended Newark Stenotype School, Drake Business School, Manhattan Medical and Dental...

Feb 2, 2024

Feb 1, 2024

Jan 28, 2024

Elizabeth Clarita Faulk (affectionately called “Goy” by family and “Rita” by her loyal friends) was one of three children born to Charles and Gwendolyn Faulk. She was born on April 22, 1961, in Newark, New Jersey. Rita graduated from Arts High School and attended Middlesex Community College before transferring to Essex County College.

In 1988,...

Jan 23, 2024

Robert Darnell Mason of Dunellen, New Jersey went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, January 23,2024. He passed away quietly at Robert Wood Johnson Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ with his wife of 24 years Camille Mason at his side.

Robert was born on August 17, 1952 to John Albert...

Jan 20, 2024

Hugh Japheth Brown was born on June 24, 1943 in Plainfield, NJ to the late Edna E. Brown. He was the second eldest of her four children.

Hugh was an avid NY Giants and Boston Celtics fan. He loved watching his sports and was an avid wrestler in his high school years and was the...

Jan 20, 2024

Jan 15, 2024

Dior-Nicole Mae Walker was born July 16, 1985 in Summit, NJ. She departed this life on January 15, 2024. She was the daughter of Vonderlivia Walker and Kyle Walker.

She fought a good fight and finished her course that her creator had for her.

She lived her early years in Madison...

Jan 10, 2024

Richard Blanding was born in Alcolu, South Carolina on June 16, 1951. He departed his earthly life on January 10, 2024. Richard was preceded in death by his parents and 4 of his siblings.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of South Bound Brook for 32 years, serving as Chairman of the Trustee...

Jan 8, 2024

Jan 7, 2024

Gertrude Cook Hargrove, daughter of the late Oliver Sr. and Ethel Inez Rogers was born August 3rd 1941 in Perth Amboy NJ. She was the 7th sibling out of seven. She grew up and attended the public schools of Perth Amboy, NJ.

After high school Gertrude joined the workforce even at a young age in...