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Well known educator, Dr. Alvin White, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2016. A native of Jacksonville, he graduated from Stanton Sr. High School and Florida A&M University on an athletic and music scholarship. He […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Edward Waters College (EWC) mourns the passing of our former President, Cecil Wayne Cone, Ph.D. Dr. Cone served Edward Waters College as President from 1977 – 1988. Dr. Cecil Wayne Cone completed […]
Harold James Gibson, Jr., passed away peacefully on February 24, 2016. Mr. Gibson is most noted for being the first African American to serve as Administrative Aide to Mayor Hans Tanzler. Born in Jacksonville, Gibson […]
Celebration of Life Service for The Late Sis. Claudia Mae Campbell is scheduled for this Saturday, January 2 at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Diamond, The Ministerial Staff, Diaconate, Youth Department Leaders and The Abyssinia […]
Final services have been set for longtime Duval County educator Mrs. Aria Louise Rogers Peterson who transitioned Saturday, October 10, 2015. She is preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, the late Albert […]
Dr. James Augustus Joyner 1942-2015 by Jeanine Ferguson Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 20, 1942, Dr. Joyner attended the local public schools and graduated from New Stanton Senior High School and later Florida A&M […]
Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died this week in Louisiana. He was 73. Sledge’s longtime […]
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