All Obituaries

Romulus Meekins, son of the late Anne Catherine Irving, was born March 30, 1943 in Anne Arundel County, MD. After aging out of the state's foster care system, Romulus, armed with little more than the clothes on his back and a get-up-and-go attitude, began adult life in the work-a-day world with a food service job at Asbury Methodist Home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was there that he found his calling and the beginnings of his family-of-choice, including future wife Mary Alice Bowie,...

William Francis Hill was born June 11, 1938 and passed away peacefully Saturday, September 26, 2020.  He resided in Sandy Spring, Maryland. William Francis Hill will be greatly missed.   

Miss Bernice Sylvia Samuels (otherwise called ‘Tut’ or ‘Tutun’), daughter of the late Pearlie and Stanford Samuels was born February 24, 1936 in Springfield, Saint Elizabeth where she lived, schooled and received her religious instructions for most of her years. She later moved to Portmore, Jamaica and then finally to Maryland in the United States in 2006. Miss Bernice, as affectionately called by some, was never a woman of plenty, but gave a lot, by touching hearts...

John Preston Hawks was born on December 29, 1941 and passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 23, 2020. He was a resident of Gaithersburg, Maryland. He will truly be missed by all who knew and loved him.

On Angel Wings, Wendy Ann Decker Burton passed from this life into eternal life on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Born in Oregon on August 20, 1971, Wendy was raised by her parents, Larry and Virginia Decker, and reared with her older brother Weston. In 2001, she married Charles L. Burton, Jr. They raised four beautiful daughters, Sierra Monique, Charnyse Lynn, Charde Lea, and  Dez Ava-Riley: alongside five other siblings. The Decker Family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1973,...

Bryan D. Crawford was born on June 17, 1987 in Miami, Florida to Michele Stovall of Washington, D.C., and Evan Crawford of Anguilla, W.I. He entered the world with a spinal cord defect that left him unable ever to move his own legs and feet, or to walk. Nevertheless, he was a happy child, participating in Cub Scouts, Webelos and Boy Scouts, and singing in the Youth Choir at The People’s Community Baptist Church (TPCBC). He also enjoyed adaptive Karate, basketball, swimming and tennis....

On September 15, 2020, Patricia Ann Dillon, the loving mother of three daughters, died at age 84. She was born on October 30, 1935 in High Point, N.C. to Helen Brown Dillon and Percy McNeer Dillon. In 1956, Pat received an Associate of Arts degree from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She continued her education and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1958. Subsequently, she studied for a Master’s Degree in Russian...

Shirley Mae Windear, was born October 9, 1938 in Loudoun County, VA to James Berkeley Evans and Ruth Ann Timbers. Shirley worked as a Nursing Assistant at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Woolworth and Seventh Heaven. In 1967 Shirley successfully completed studies under the leadership of Reverend Phillip Davis and Houston Brooks at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Rockville, MD to become an evangelist. Shirley was a born again Christian and traveled preaching the words of the...

Ray Mitchell Powell Jr. was born on August 31, 1985 in Prince Georges County, MD to the late Patricia Kelly and Ray Powell Sr. He was one of four children. On September 8, 2020 at the age of 35, Ray was called home to rest eternally. Ray grew up in the family home in Laurel, Maryland.  During Ray’s younger years, his mother always kept him busy in different activities to include boy scouts and little league football. After Ray’s parents passed away, he went to live with his...

VICTOR DELANORE CARTER was born on January 7, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland and he departed this life peacefully on Sunday, September 6, 2020, in his home, after a lengthy battle with dementia.  He was the son of Julius Eugene and Naomi Francis Carter of Guilford, Maryland.  Victor’s early education was at Guilford Elementary School on Mission and Guilford Roads. He completed his secondary education at Harriet Tubman High School which was the only black high school in Howard...