All Obituaries

Robert Lee Deputy was born on October 27, 1946 and passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Robert was a resident of Rockville, Maryland. He will truly be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Ross Cassidy was born on September 25, 1940 and passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Ross was a resident of Potomac, Maryland. He will truly be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Isaac McKelvin was born on March 18, 1988 and passed away peacefully on Friday, January 15, 2021. Isaac was a resident of Laurel, Maryland. He will truly be missed by all who knew and loved him.    

Our beloved Sherman A. Bernett, Sr., loving son of the late Walter and Louise Bernett, was born the first of nine children on June 19, 1940, at Gallinger Hospital (renamed D.C. General Hospital) in Washington, District of Columbia.  On Thursday, January 14, 2021, Sherman heard the voice of his Savior saying, “Welcome, thou good and faithful servant.  You have fought a good fight; you have finished your course; and you have kept the faith. You may now enter into peaceful...

Our beloved husband, father and grandfather Grigoriy Agapov, 73 years old, of Derwood, Maryland, USA, passed away on January 14th, 2021, after a long valiant battle with cancer. He won that battle once back in 2007 and was cancer-free for 12 years but in 2019 cancer returned and no matter how hard Grigoriy tried, but this time the cancer was stronger. Grigoriy was born on February 22, 1947, to Konstantin and Evgenia in Port-Athur. After graduating from high school in 1966, he went on to...

Pohtin Soh was born on December 17, 1926 and passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Pohtin was a resident of Rockville, Maryland. She will truly be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Jared Anthony Cannon, a loving son, brother, grandson, cousin and, above all, father, passed away on January 13, 2021, in Hagerstown, MD. The cause was pneumonia and a bacterial bronchial infection. He was 24. Jared Cannon was born March 26, 1996, at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville to Sheila Rowley and Leo Cannon III. He grew up in Rockville and moved to Hagerstown in the last two years of his life. He attended Montgomery County Public Schools from kindergarten through high...

Past Matron (PM) Zorah No. 36 OES PHA, and retired Montgomery County Public Schools educator was called home to the Lord on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.  Queen Esther was preceded in death by her siblings: KizzieLou, Melchezedek, Gertrude, George Frank, WT, and Lillie Mae.  She leaves to cherish her precious memories, a devoted son, Timothy Pulliam (Cheryl); a beloved granddaughter, Timaya Pulliam; goddaughter, Jocelyn Thomas (Troy); several special nieces, Dorothy Veasley, Mattie...

Viola Sellman departed this life on January 10, 2021. Viola was preceded in death by one son, Tony Harriday; three brothers, Alexander, Harrison and John Harriday, and three sisters, Marie Bell, Rosie Carter and Margaret Frazier. She leaves to mourn her loss a loving husband, Conrad Sellman, Sr.; sons, Conrad Sellman, Jr., Damon Mayfield and Jeffrey Thomas; a daughter, Kimberly Burton; daughter-in- law Jasmine Sellman; dedicated nephews, Allen Rose, William...

Sharon Dorothye Craft Moore was a faithful servant of the Lord, and she excelled in her roles as a daughter, sister, cousin, wife, mother, godmother, grandmother, proud Black woman, Delta soror, best friend, an influencer, an encourager, a games enthusiast (especially Scrabble and word games), a gospel and Christian music lover who both sang and played the piano, and an author of her life story, “A Determined Spirit.”  Sharon was action-oriented, preferring to do the will of...