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Ruth Mcdonald
Jul 29, 2015
Mrs. Ruth (Ruthie) McDonald of Charlotte, passed on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Mecklenburg Health Care. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at St. Paul Baptist Church at 12 noon. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon prior to service. Interment will be at Sunset Memory Garden.
Martha B. Franklin
Jul 28, 2015
Mrs. Martha B. Franklin passed on July 28, 2015 at Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home., Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2014, at 12 noon in Grier Memorial Chapel.
Edgar Morrison
Jul 27, 2015
Mr. Edgar Morrison passed on July 27, 2015 at Saturn Nursing Home. Memorial service will be held on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in Grier Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Clarence Stewart
Jul 26, 2015
Mr. Clarence Stewart of Indian Trail, passed on July 26, 2015 at his residence. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 30, 20l5 at 12 noon at The House of Prayer, Matthews. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Interment will be on Friday, July 3l, 2015 at 12 noon at Beatties Ford Memorial Garden.
Mrs. Carolyn Brooks Ellerbe
Jul 25, 2015
Mrs. Carolyn Brooks Ellerbe of Charlotte, passed on July 25, 2015. Funeral service will be on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Greater Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 1243 West Blvd. Visitation will be from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery. Mrs. Ellerbe, daughter of the late Evelyn Withers Townsend, was born September 17,...
Daniel James
Jul 25, 2015
Daniel James- passed on Sat., July 25, 2015 at Saturn Nursing & Rehabilitation. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Melvin Kirk
Jul 25, 2015
Mr. Melvin Kirk passed on July 25, 2015 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Toko Tumambo
Jul 25, 2015
Toko Tumambo 50, of Charlotte, passed on July . 25, 2015. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 12 noon in Grier Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Alexander Robinson
Jul 25, 2015
Alexander Robinson passed on Sat. July 25, 2015 at Harris Hospice Presbyterian- Charlotte. Graveside service will be on Monday, August 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC.
Doris Wilkerson
Jul 24, 2015
Doris Elaine Wilkerson, 62 passed on Friday, July 24, 2015 at Harris Hospice Presbyterian. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2015, 12 noon in Grier Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Interment will be in Mt. Moriah Baptist Church cemetery in Matthews.
Derrick Evans
Jul 23, 2015
Derrick Evans passed was born in Gary, Indiana on June 12, 1958. He died peacefully on July 23, 2015. Derrick was preceded in death by his mother, Flossie. He is survived by his loving father, Jessie Lee; son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Margie and their daughters, Millani, Samirrah, and Kailynn; daughter, Trelles; brother, Jessie and wife, Barbara; brother, Mario and...
Barbara Ellen Crockett Simpson
Jul 16, 2015
Barbara Ellen Crockett Simpson of Waxhaw, NC passed on July 16. 2015 at Monroe-Manor, Monroe, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Steel Hill A.M.E. Zion Church in Lancaster, SC. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Robert Charles Morrison
Jul 15, 2015
Robert Charles Morrison passed on July 15, 2015 in Bronx, NY. Funeral service will held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Grier Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. Interment will be at Woodland Presbyterian Church, 900 Rhyne Road, Charlotte.
Omar Dunbar
Jul 15, 2015
Omar Dunbar of Charlotte passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. His funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 24th at Grier Memorial Chapel, 115 John McCarroll Avenue in Charlotte. Visitation with the family will take place from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 23rd.
Cynthia Denise Cowens
Jul 14, 2015
Cynthia Denise Cowens of New York, NY. passed pn July 14, 2015 at Langone Medical Center, New York. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at Ebenezer AME Zion Church, Waxhaw, NC. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Interment will be in the Church Cemetery.
Ulyses Phifer
Jul 10, 2015
Mr. Ulyses Phifer, Sr., (aka "Big Daddy," "Mate" and "Cee Cee"), 92, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away peacefully on July 10, 2015. He was born April 10, 1923 to Russell and Cora Phifer in Charlotte, North Carolina. If Ulyses could speak for himself, he would offer these words, "For I am already being poured out like a drink offering,...
Mary L. Hunter
Jul 10, 2015
Mrs. Mary Louise Hunter 73, of Charlotte passed away on July 10, 2015 at her residence. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 12 noon at Greater Salem Church. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Emma Hogan
Jul 9, 2015
Mrs. Emma Mena Wilson Hogan of Belmont, NC passed away on July 9, 2015 at her residence. She was born February 2, 1934 in Gaston County to the late Nathaniel Frank Wilson and Mena Wilson. Mrs. Hogan was an active member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Mt. Holly, NC for many years where she served on the Usher Board....
John Mcgrant
Jul 8, 2015
Mr. John McGrant 63, of Charlotte passed away on July 8, 2015. Funeral service will be held on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Grier Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. prior to service. Interment will be at the Veterans Cemetery in Salisbury.
Johnsie Brown
Jul 7, 2015
Johnsie Brown passed on July 7, 2015 at Levine & Dickson Hospice House,Huntersville, NC. Funeral service will be held on Monday,July 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at New Hampton Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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