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Thelma Lucille Jarmon Vass Groomes
Thelma Lucille Jarmon Vass Groomes (Courtesy Photo)
Thelma L.J.V. Groomes, 100
Originally published November 05, 2011

Thelma Lucille Jarmon Vass Groomes was born Jan. 3, 1911, in Kinston, N.C. An only child, she was born to Ozias “Rev. Otis” Jarmon and Cora Becton Jarmon.more More Arrow

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Robert M. Mills
Robert M. Mills, 80
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Donald E. Mills
Donald E. Mills, 75
November 05, 2011 - Donald Edward Mills, son of the late William Francis Mills Sr., and Emma Hall Mills was born on June 23, 1936 in Washington D.C. He departed this life on Aug. 26 at the Washington Hospital Center.more More Arrow

Hessie P. Hightower
Hessie P. Hightower, 85
November 05, 2011 - Hessie Hightower lived in great anticipation of the day she would go home to be with the Lord and she passed peacefully into his house on Monday October 17, 2011.more More Arrow

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Mildred H. Blackwell
Mildred H. Blackwell, 92
July 25, 2011 - Mildred Hayes Blackwell was born to the late Annie Hayes Dade and James Dade on June 26, 1919 in Richmond, Va. At age 5, she and her family moved to Baltimore, Md., where Mildred continued her education in the Baltimore schools, graduating from Frederick Douglass High School and continuing her education at Cortez Peters Business School in Baltimore.more More Arrow

Abner "Sam" Sampson Sr.
Abner Sampson, 78
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James V. Janifer
James V. Janifer, 91
June 25, 2011 - World War II veteran Major James V. Janifer, also known as “Jim,” was a lifelong Washingtonian. He was born on Champlain Street to Albert and Lula (Thompson) Janifer on Nov. 15, 1919.more More Arrow

Julius Sturdivant
Julius “Lester” Sturdivant, 85
April 26, 2011 - Julius Sturdivant was born on Nov. 15, 1925, in Wadesboro, N.C. He was the eldest child of the late Lester William Sturdivant and Ethel Robinson Sturdivant.more More Arrow

Jessie Thomas
Jessie S. Thomas, 100
April 26, 2011 - Jessie Shorter Thomas was a proud and witty fourth- generation Washingtonian. On Sept. 16, 2010, she was blessed to celebrate her 100th birthday. Jessie’s life journey began Sept. 16, 1910. She was the fourth of five children born to Charles and Jessie Freeman Shorter.more More Arrow

George E. Keith, 92
April 01, 2011 - George Edward Keith was born Jan. 25, 1919, to Charlie and Daisy Moone Keith in Canton, Ga. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of March 2.more More Arrow

Elaine B. Washington, 46
April 01, 2011 - Elaine Barbara Washington was born Sept. 22, 1964, to the late James Hargrove and Elizabeth Barber. She grew up in the community of Westphalia Estates in Upper Marlboro, Md., and attended Prince George’s County public schools. She also attended college at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.more More Arrow

Alice Johnson, 79
April 01, 2011 - Alice Perry Johnson was born Sept. 5, 1931, in Newark, N.J. She passed away Feb. 26 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md.more More Arrow

Berdie O. Odom, 85
February 26, 2011 - Berdie Onez Odom was born Feb. 12, 1925, in Florence County, S.C., to the late Ola and Janie McWhite. She attended Florence County public schools and graduated from Wilson High School in 1945. She came to Christ at a young age and joined St. Luke A.M.E. Church in Pamplico, S.C.more More Arrow

Ralph B. Thomas Jr., 28
February 26, 2011 - Ralph Bernard Thomas Jr., aka “BJ” and also known to many as “Sleepie,” the son of Ralph Bernard Thomas Sr. and Rosetta Dolorse Thomas, died Feb. 13.more More Arrow

Otto Ungar, 84
February 26, 2011 - Otto Ungar, 84, died Jan. 1 in Washington, D.C. He was born Feb. 27, 1927, to the late Gertrude and Herman Ungar in Vienna, Austria.more More Arrow