Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and a circle of associates made wider by the Rev. John Lee Payne, the church’s longtime pastor, are mourning his death at 87.
Rev. Payne died Monday after going into the hospital on the Saturday...
Scores of photos and Edgar-Miller stories featured on social media speak to the fact that the chief of operations at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral home had become a “member” of hundreds and hundreds of families by virtue of...
Doris Thomas Hill, the founder and chief administrator of the South Memphis-based ESPN Academy, was determined to make the academy’s 19th anniversary celebration the best ever. Last Friday (Aug. 2) just after 5 p.m., Mrs. Hill passed away at...
“...One of my church members and friend, Herman Strickland Jr., died yesterday, and it shook me to my core. He was a great Christian brother who loved his wife and two daughters...a kind and loving man. He will never...
Emerle Dianne Smith, mother of The New Tri-State Defender's late publisher, Bernal E. Smith II, passed away at Methodist University Hospital on Thursday (Feb. 21) -- four days before her 75th birthday.
A dedicated and devoted sister, mother, aunt, grandmother,...
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An outspoken, unapologetic and bold champion for minority businesses. That, said a friend of 20-plus years, describes Memphis Black Business Directory founder/CEO Melvin Jones, who died Monday (11/16/20).
Attorney Carlee McCullough, former Contract Compliance Officer for the...
The brother of Dr. Mose Yvonne Hooks knew his sister was not doing well during her brief stay at the hospital. He remembered her fondly after receiving news of her death Friday.
“She was a very dynamic lady,” said Phillip...
Members of Boston Baptist Church will commemorate their long-time pastor Dr. Ydell Ishmon Sr. with a series of events at the church this weekend.
Dr. Ishmon, 67, who led the congregation for 23 years, died Sept. 2.
“I’m just in shock...
On Saturday at noon, the Rev. Joseph Scrivner and the Rev. Keith Norman will be in the pulpit at First Baptist Church-Broad focused on duty while also contending with a deep family loss.
Scrivner is the son of the late...
In times like these… The 50th Pastoral Anniversary for the Rev. Dr. Melvin Charles Smith, pastor of Mt. Moriah-East Baptist Church, was a bittersweet affair made so by the passing of first lady Billie Rutherford Smith. At the anniversary...