Funeral arrangements have been finalized for ESPN anchor Stuart Scott. A public viewing will be held Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church on Glenwood Avenue. The funeral will also be held at the church on Saturday at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Raleigh Memorial Park. Scott is survived by […]
Isaiah Langston died this week after collapsing on the football field before a football game at Rolesville High School. He was only 17. Not knowing the official cause of death, Aijalon, his brother, said Isaiah’s collapse had something to do with a blood clot in his brain. He said the 17-year-old was an aspiring artist, […]
The family of Maya Angelou has arranged a private memorial service in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Due…
UPDATED: SHEILA STEWART HOME GOING INFORMATION: Sheila’s home going service is scheduled for Wednesday October 30, 2013. Viewing will…
Funeral arrangements have been set for North Carolina’s civil rights giant Julius Chambers. Chambers was known for opening the state’s first integrated law firm in the 60s. He also served as chancellor of NCCU from 1993-2001. The funeral will be held starting noon Thursday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte. There will be a […]
For more than 20 years, Moses Mathis has collected bicycles, repaired them and given them to needy kids in the Fayetteville area. Mathis, also known as the Bicycle Man lost his battle with a long illness earlier this week. Mathis’ wife says the bicycle distribution will continue this Christmas, but isn’t sure if it will […]
Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan’s funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse — and the rest of the procession — to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery. David Kime Jr. “lived by his own rules,” daughter Linda Phiel said. He considered the lettuce on […]
Kevin Frazier talks with the crew about Michael Clarke Duncan’s funeral and the reactions from it. LISTEN
The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television’s George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso funeral home until a local court rules on the validity of his will. In the will Hemsley signed six weeks before dying of lung cancer July 24 he named […]
Donna Summer’s closest family and friends gathered to lay her to rest in Nashville, Tennessee today. The exact location and time of the service was kept a secret and cameras were banned from the service, reports CNN. The late singer died last Thursday after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 63. Since her […]
Donna Summer’s family will pay their last respects to the disco legend in a private homegoing service for family and close friends. In a statement sent to ESSENCE.com, her publicist Brian Edwards, says reports of a public memorial next week in Nashville are not true and that Summer’s family is planning a private service. “The […]
The Houston family is preparing for what could be a major payday. TMZ reports that the family is selling Whitney Houston’s funeral footage to “help maximize the estate for the benefit of Bobbi Kristina.” MORE
