Clarence's Life Story   Clarence (“Mitch” or “Skip”) Butler Mitchell Jr. was born at 6:05 am on November 29, 1948 in Columbia, South Carolina to Margaret Miller Mitchell and Clarence Butler Mitchell, Sr.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Captain Clarence Butler Mitchell Sr, one of the first Black Firefighter Captains for the City of Columbia Fire Department and Mrs. Margaret Miller Mitchell. Clarence was the oldest and only son of three...

I Am Standing Upon The Seashore I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.   She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.  Then, someone at my side says; "There, she is gone!"  "Gone where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as...

Delores N. Booker went home to her Lord on Saturday, December 20, 2020. Delores passed away at West Methodist Hospital in Katy Texas from complication brought on by COVID. Delores was born on February 21, 1943, to Mat Norman and Viola (Wharton) Norman in Glen Flora Texas. She has spent all her life in the Wharton Texas area. As a young girl, she was a member of Eastern Star. She graduated from T.L. Pink High School then attended Wharton Community College to become a dietician. She worked as...

  Afterglow I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

Amongst us and within us our ancestors live. Their spirit surrounding and guiding us to an Africa of our dreams. We see their trace in every triumph and victory. Every colour displayed on the deferent flags that represent African countries. Our ancestors live in the grains of our soil and the oceans that separate us. They live in every ray of sunlight that heats the skin of an African child. Our ancestors live in you and me as we carry out the teaching of our forefathers. Our ancestors...

Bertha Rosa Hernández edad 70 fue llamada por nuestro Dios viernes el 13 de noviembre 2020. Nació en Piedras Negras,Coahuila el 29 de noviembre 1949.  Vino de familia grande sus padres Fidencio Rodríguez y Bertha Reyes y sus hermanos queridos   Una mujer fuerte, luchadora, amable y cariñosa, con una sonrisa siempre. Le gustaba mucho pasar tiempo con sus hijos, cocinar, escuchar música, y alabar al señor  Querida mamá de 4...

  Ann E. Randt, age 88, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 8, 2020. She was born in Needville, TX on Sunday, December 6, 1931. She retired after 26 years from Nabisco of Houston, Texas, where she worked as a machine operator. Ann “MeeMa” as most of everyone called her, had a giving heart and whether family or not you were family to her and she would ALWAYS make others feel that way. Ann was a dog lover, an avid baker, seamstress and...

On Friday, September 25th 2020, Mellreay Pete Julian AKA “Mell” ,68, departed this life. Mellreay was a life long resident of Lake Charles, La. Mellreay was born on March 4th 1952 in Lake Charles, La. to Norris Pete and the late Verline Theresa Pete (Tie). Mellreay was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. Mellreay had a heart of gold. She would give anyone (literally anyone) the shirt off her back. No one was a stranger to her and doors were always open. Mellreay...

On December 17, 1939 a bouncing baby boy was born to Willie b. Simms and charlie Olison whom they named charlie Olison jr. charlie grew up in hempstead, TX before moving to alvin, TX. He graduated from Angleton High School. after high school charlie became a cement foreman before moving back to hempstead, TX where he began his own business, bill's seafood restaurant. Charlie, whom many knew as billy was a member of the progressive missionary baptist church in hempstead, TX. He was...

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