OBITUARIES

May 14, 2022

          Kurt Ignatius Johnson was born on May 24, 1956, in Prince George’s County, Maryland to the late James and Lelia Johnson. Kurt attended High Bridge Elementary School and graduated from Bowie High School in 1975. He began working for the Prince George’s County School System at age 18 and retired after 43 years of dedicated service. 

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May 14, 2022

Victoria Jene Brown (Vicky), 65, of Crofton, passed away on May 14, 2022, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

Vicky was born on February 20, 1957, to Barbara Wrightsman in Hawaii. Her family moved to Alaska where she lived until age 17. They then moved to Maryland in 1974, and Vicky graduated from Southern High School in 1975. Vicky...

May 13, 2022

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Britrain M Gray, known as "Train" to family and friends was born on February 3, 1999 in Washington DC. He was the son of Donna Blackeney and Kelly Gray. He is survived by his mother and father, 7 brothers, and 6 sisters, as well as a host...

May 12, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mrs. Rebecca Gibbs will begin at 11:30am on Wednesday, May 25th.

On May 12, 2022, Rebecca “Becky” Gibbs, age 89, went to be with her Lord. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, she was the youngest of five children, of which siblings...

May 12, 2022

Our beloved Father and Husband; Wilbert Herbert Neese entered into God’s Kingdom on May 12th after his battle with an aneurysm.

 

Wilbert was born to Wilbert Arthur and Vera Sigrid on June 14th 1950 in Munich, Germany. Wilbert graduated from Bowie High School and eagerly joined the military and pursued service in the 82nd Airborne and Army Special Forces,...

May 11, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mr. Gilbert H. Jones will begin at 1:00pm on Thursday, June 2nd.

Gilbert High Jones “Honey”, beloved husband of Mildred and father to Vicky, Tony, Michael, and Marvin, died on May 11, 2022, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center...

May 11, 2022

John William Smith of Brandywine passed away on May 11, 2022 at his home.  He was born in Washington, DC.

He is survived by his wife of nineteen years, Marlene Smith; his daughters Jean Windsor; Betty Nelson; Toni Sypolt; Billie Blumenstein; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; brother, Edward Lloyd Smith; sisters, Alice Joyce Paschal; Elizabeth Jean Benning; Edna Eleanor Walker; nieces and nephews.

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May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

Franklin Pierce Leonberger died May 10th at age 82.   Born December 31, 1939 he was the son of Lawrence Leonberger and Virginia Davis; father of Pierce, Jeffrey, and the late Nelson Leonberger.  He is survived by four grand children.

  Franklin worked for the National Institutes Of Health (NIH) and as a home improvement contractor where he loved to...

May 11, 2022

Susan Palmer Love passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at the age of 78 after a valiant 15-month struggle with glioblastoma. She was born November 12, 1943, in Rutland, VT. She is predeceased by her parents, Regina and Donald Palmer.

Sue was a graduate of Baldwin High School in NY. Upon graduation from Bucknell University in 1965 with a...

May 4, 2022

George L. Bennett entered eternal rest on May 4, 2022. The eldest of six children, he was born to the late George W. and Bernice L. Bennett on April 9, 1943.  

George received his formal education in the District of Columbia and graduated from Spingarn High School.  

After a courtship, he married Sarah A. Crosson on September 19, 1964. He...

May 4, 2022

Celebrating the Life of

Eunice Romano

 

Date: Monday, 9 May, 2022

Time: 11:00am

Grace Baptist Church

7210 Race Track Road

Bowie, MD 20715

 

Luncheon following at Jireh Place

3121 Trinity Drive

Bowie, MD 20715

 

February 23, 1938 ------- May 4, 2022

May 1, 2022

Monica De Lucia (née Brady) passed away on May 1, 2022. She was born October 24, 1940 in Bronx, New York. She is predeceased by her parents Richard and Alice Brady, her sister Eileen Reiss and stepson Michael DeLucia, Jr. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Michael De Lucia and children Dawn Reynolds (Steve), Lynn Lipsey (Curtis)...

Apr 30, 2022

Sherman English McAlpin (09/05/1952-04/30/2022) passed away unexpectedly of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, VA.

Sherm was born at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C. His parents were Harry Sylvester McAlpin Jr. (07/21/1906-07/18/1985) – the first black White House Correspondent (1944) among many other notable accomplishments – and Alicia (Berry) McAlpin (06/24/1908-10/05/1983), a direct descendant of Robert...

Apr 28, 2022

Apr 28, 2022

Elizabeth Grace Galvin “Betty”

Elizabeth Grace Galvin, 90, on April 28, 2022, went to her eternal rest after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Born July 3, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York to Joseph Tiernan and Janet (Stevenson) Tiernan, married November 28, 1953, to Eugene Joseph Galvin Sr. Devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt and adoring grandmother. Attended St. Michaels School...

Apr 27, 2022

Please click here to view the Live Stream of the Funeral Service for Ms. Evelyn McCleary - Henry

Evelyn McCleary Henry, age 85, of Suitland, Maryland passed away on April 27, 2022.

Evelyn was born on May 10, 1936 in Kingston Jamaica, WI and was sponsored by her mother Daisy May Owens enabling her to migrate to the United States...

Apr 27, 2022

Edna May Klakring, of Annapolis, MD, passed away at the age of 90, just shy of her 91st birthday, on April 27, 2022. She grew up in Weems Creek, MD, with her four siblings, daughter of Raymond and Annie Hibberd. During her marriage to Harold Klakring, they spent several years in Florida while he was in the Air Force where...

Apr 26, 2022