Obituaries

ADVOCATOR DEATH DR. ERNEST KNIGHT REMEMBERED AS DEVOTED ADVOCATE FOR ALABAMA A&M TRAGIC DEATH Transgender Alabama teen Tayy Dior Thomas was killed because of her ‘trusting and loving nature,’ family says Alabama man accused of […]

TRAGIC DEATHS GoFundMe launched to raise money for family of 77-year-old woman killed by suspect fleeing police ‘Everybody loved Mya’: Family mourns 19-year-old killed in Birmingham shooting ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MRS. ELAINE EDWARDS MERRITT DECEMBER […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MRS. MARY LEE BYRD JULY 11, 1950 – MAY 19, 2024 The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Lee Byrd will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2024 at the Eagle’s Nest Ministries […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MR. ALFRED HEREFORD, SR. DECEMBER 5, 1938 – MAY 8, 2024 The memorial service for Mr. Alfred Hereford, Sr.,will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2024 at the Royal Chapel of Memories […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MRS. ROSA MARIE BRADFORD JUNE 20, 1947 – MAY 2, 2024 The funeral service for Mrs. Rosa Marie Bradford will be 12:00 noon, Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the Northwest Church of […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MR. LEONARD SPINKS B.K.A “LEO” AUGUST 13, 1947 – APRIL 15, 2024 The funeral service Mr. Leonard Spinks b.k.a “Leo” will be 12:00 noon,Monday, April 22, 2024 at the Saint Bartley Primitive […]

TRAGIC DEATHS ‘I just held him and prayed,’ 16-year-old boy killed in Birmingham shooting died in parents’ arms ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MR. JAMES CLEVELAND ADAMS AUGUST 27, 1956 – APRIL 11, 2024 The funeral service […]

TRAGIC DEATHS 21-year-old Montgomery County deputy sheriff dies 2 days after on-duty crash ROYAL FUNERAL HOMES MR. CORNELL PRUITT MARCH 14, 1952 – APRIL 6, 2024 The funeral service for Mr. Cornell Pruitt will be […]

by Beth Harris and Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s […]