All Obituaries

Alvin Bernard Nowverl was born on September 22, 1950 in North Carolina and passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Alvin was a resident of Laurel, Maryland

Caleb L. "Jimmy" Wilkins, was born on November 27, 1938 and passed peacefully on May 8, 2019. He was preceded in death by Barbara O. Wilkins, his childhood sweetheart and wife of 52 years. He is survived by two loving daughters, Michelle Wilkins Gaddy (James) and Tracee Wilkins Short (Tyrone); five adoring grandchildren, Brittany Gaddy, Mariah Gaddy, Allison Gaddy, Ra-El Short, and Ella Short; and his devoted sister, Angela Wilkins-Hyman (Marvin).

Charles Ray James was born on July 26, 1935 in Maiden, North Carolina, a then-quaint town nestled between Newton and Hickory. He was the eighth of 9 children born to the late Rev. George Dewey James and Eunice Henry James. Needless to say, it was a bustling, God-fearing household that helped Charles become the amazing father, family man, and friend that he was. He quietly transitioned to heaven on Tuesday, May, 7, 2019 at 7:55am. Charles was educated in the public schools of Maiden and...

Melva Grace Sutherland Brown was born on April 7, 1945, in Jamaica, West Indies. She was the daughter of Pearline Burrell and Daniel Sutherland. She grew up in Jamaica and married Altamont Brown. She migrated to the United States and eventually moved her entire family to join her. She worked hard as a single mother raising her children and as a nurse’s aide at Van Duran Nursing Home, in New York, to support her family. She loved traveling and being with her friends. She always made...

Cynthia Elaine Powers was born in North Carolina on August 30, 1953 and passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Cynthia was a resident of Rockville, Maryland.

Phyllis was born on April 2, 1934 and passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2019. Phyllis was a resident of Gaithersburg, Maryland.

On May 4, 2019, Joyce Juanita Wise suddenly departed this life to go home to be with her heavenly father.  She was born on February 6, 1943 in Howard County, Maryland.  She is preceded in death by her mother Hazel Wise, her father Raymond Wise, and a host of beloved relatives she has gone to join.  Joyce attended school in Howard County at Harriett Tubman High School, right here in Columbia, Maryland.  There she was a member of the National Honor Society, graduating as...

Leona Elizabeth Mordica was born February 3, 1939, in Rockville, Maryland to the late Henry and Harriett Jenkins. The baby of Henry and Harriett’s 3 children, Leona grew up in the Lincoln Park community of Rockville, where she graduated from George Washington Carver High School.  Always being adventurous, Leona enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school.  With the Army, she traveled the world and later settled in Colorado.  In 1967 she married the love of her life and...

William Henry Jones was born August 26, 1931 in Lynchburg, Virginia.  He was raised by his mother Theresa Jones in Washington, DC. After, he graduated from Phelps Vocational High School, he was awarded a sports scholarship in football and baseball by Delaware State University. A lifetime resident of Washington, DC, he worked at the Library of Congress for 38 years. His memory will  be forever cherished in the lives of his wife Peggy Jones, his five children, Barbara Mimms,...

James Hamilton Carroll was born on a hot July day in Rockville, Maryland in 1921. His parents, Louis Deaserius Carroll and Rachel Emma Carroll were delighted at the birth of their only son. From a young age, they taught little James, or 'Buddy' as his friends called him, a strong work ethic, thriftiness, loyalty to family and a love for music. He and his dad would often walk from Rockville to Derwood to help James' aged grandmother. After he graduated from high school, James...