Obituaries

TRAGIC DEATH Woman convicted in Birmingham drive-by shooting death of innocent bystander who left behind 2-year-old. ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Ms. Maggie Louise Edwards November 2, 1946 – September 8, 2025 Funeral service for Ms. Maggie […]

TRAGIC DEATH Teen Charged in Killing of 82-Year-Old Birmingham Woman Caught in Crossfire ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Ms. Ophelia Jones October 25, 1950 – September 6, 2025 Funeral service for Ms. Ophelia Jones was held at […]

TRAGIC DEATH Arrest Made After Beloved Auburn Professor Julie Gard Schnuelle Killed in Kiesel Park Attack ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Passmore, Jr. April 29, 1937 – August 28, 2025 Funeral service for Mr. […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Elder Hayward Eugene Eason March 17, 1953 – August 26, 2025 Funeral service for Elder Hayward Eugene Eason was held at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at the Union Hill Primitive […]

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Mr. Robert L. Gurley b.k.a “Cricket” July 2, 1958 – August 18, 2025 Funeral service for Mr. Robert L. Gurley b.k.a “Cricket” was held at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, August 24, 2025 at […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bishop Calvin Woods Sr., the longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Norwood and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the […]

TRAGIC DEATH Black Mom and Two Children from Alabama Killed in Suspected Murder-Suicide CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER Birmingham Civil Rights Leader Bishop Calvin Woods Sr. Dies at 91 ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Reverend Dr. Theodis Acklin November […]

TRAGIC DEATH Police Identify Victims in Huntsville Murder-Suicide House Fire Two Recent Local Youth Tragedies Highlight Ongoing Public Safety Concerns in Madison County ROYAL FUNERAL Mrs. Hilda P. Brutus March 16, 1944 – July 27, […]

TRAGIC DEATH Black Mom Seeks Answers After 2-Year-Old Son Dies From Choking at Daycare ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Vicky Michelle Henderson November 14, 1964 – July 26, 2025 Funeral service for Mrs. Vicky Michelle Henderson […]

TRAGIC 3-Year-Old Black Boy Died. He Was Left in Hot Car By Social Worker Who Took Him From His Dad ROYAL FUNERAL HOME SGM Robert Lee Langford, Sr. USA, RET March 13, 1938 – July […]