National

  South African president Jacob Zuma has announced Nelson Mandela’s funeral will take place on Sunday 15th December in Qunu, Eastern Cape. A memorial service will take place next Tuesday 10th December. More information will follow courtesy of NBC.com  

National

  Multi- Award-winning gospel recording artist Donnie McClurkin and his Grammy-nominated siblings will say goodbye to family patriarch Donald Andy McClurkin, Sr. during home-going service and celebration of his life on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, NY.   The doors will open at 6:30pm and the service will be held at 7:00pm-9:30pm. The […]

National

    Donnie McClurkin and his siblings will say goodbye to family patriarch Donald Andy McClurkin, Sr. during homegoing service and celebration of his life on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, NY. The doors will open at 6:30pm and the service will be held at 7:00pm-9:30pm. The patriarch, Donald […]

Entertainment

The funeral for Lee Thompson Young, who starred on “Rizzoli & Isles” will held Friday afternoon, August 23, on the Paramount Pictures lot where the TNT program is filmed. The actor, 29, also known for playing the title character on Disney Channel’s “The Famous Jett Jackson,” was found dead Monday in his North Hollywood home. His death was […]

- CLE

  The families of three women found dead in East Cleveland are making arrangements to honor their loved ones. Visiting hours for 38-year-old Angela Deskins will be Friday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Calhoun Funeral Home on Lakeshore Boulevard. The family of 18-year-old Shirellda […]

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  With the help of the community and a Kool-Aid stand, an 8-year-old boy who raised money to pay for his grandmother’s funeral now plans to do the same for the East Cleveland female victims found deceased over the weekend. Michael Diamond, 8, touched our hearts in June when he raised over $5,000 to cover […]

- Daily Praise

  Thousands had learned from him and found inspiration through him. Some had been brought to God by him and become pastors because of him. And on Friday, more than 2,000 people affected by the Rev. Arthur T. Jones brought Ehrlich Road to a halt as they flocked to his funeral at the church he […]

Entertainment

Chris Kelly‘s Kris Kross rap partner, Chris Smith, was among the assortment of well-known musicians, family and friends who gathered on Thursday for Kelly’s funeral in Atlanta, Georgia. Smith walked into Jackson Baptist Memorial Church alongside rapper Jermaine Dupri, who discovered the the 1990s teen duo at an Atlanta mall. TMZ reports that during an emotional eulogy, Smith confessed: ‘It’s […]

- Daily Praise

  The life, music and ministry of George Beverly Shea, who passed away at the age of 104 on Tuesday will be celebrated during a funeral service this coming Sunday at Anderson Auditorium, Montreat, North Carolina, the town both he and Billy Graham called home. Dr David Bruce of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and […]

National

  Chicago Bulls MVP Derrick Rose allegedly offered to pay a portion of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins’ funeral expenses. Jonylah was killed while getting her diaper changed by her father after bullets ripped through their car when they were parked. According to the SunTimes, Rose is working with Leak and Sons Funeral Home. “On Monday afternoon, Watkins was standing […]

National

  Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral Saturday for a Chicago honor student whose killing catapulted her into the nation’s debate over gun violence. Yet one speaker after another remembered 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton not so much as a symbol but as a best friend, an excellent student with […]