Over four decades, Evelyn was an active participant in various volunteer community organizations including the Black United Front. She was a member of the Shining Star of Unity #1379 and the Mahogany Red Hatters. Evelyn could be found at marches, rallies and other cultural events that focused on Black people and what was right, just, and fair. She was a long-time community activist.
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Bishop Artice L. Wright, long time resident of Portland, Or., passed away on Feb. 6, 2011, at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. A wake service was held Feb. 11 at Emmanuel COGIC United, and the funeral was Feb. 12, 2011 at Emmanuel.
Read the complete articleA celebration of the life of local musician Barry Hampton will be held at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave. Hampton, a musician and singer for multiple local bands, died on Feb. 4, 2011. He was 42. Details will be published as they are made available. Read the complete article
A funeral was held Jan. 8, 2011 at First A.M.E. Zion Church for Olivia Jackson, born on July 22, 1927, to George Cale and Phillis Washington of New Orleans Louisiana. She died Dec. 30, 2010.
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Minnie Louise Mays was born on July 3, 1942 in Decatur, Alabama. For over forty years, Louise Thompson was a practicing nurse for Legacy Health Care Systems – Emanuel Hospital. Her passion for patient care and health touched the lives of thousands of patients across many surgical specialties. Louise retired from Legacy Emanuel in 2008 Read the complete article
A native of Portland, Oregon and graduate of Wilson High School. Ricky was the son of Teresa Ismail and the late Ricaldo Dials Sr. He was the husband of Michelle Dials and father of Richelle and Anthony Dials of Stockton CA., Ricaldo Dials III of Read the complete article
On Saturday, November 27, 2010, Congressman David Wu’s father, Keh Chang Wu, passed away from natural causes.
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Too much too soon my mother and brother entered the gates of heaven together.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Maurice Lucas, the fierce power forward known as "The Enforcer" who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, has died after a long fight with bladder cancer. He was 58.
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A beloved Portlander and pioneering Oregon pharmacist, Lawrence Edward (“Ed”) Caldwell, Jr., 77, passed away peacefully on Sept. 7, 2010.
Ed’s accomplishments in pharmacy were many. In 1960, Ed became the first African-American graduate of Oregon State University’s College of Pharmacy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science and the coveted Kilmer Prize for research in pharmacognosy Read the complete article
