Tameka Medina and Ashawn Medina/Barr

Stop Domestic Violence

2010-11-01

Too much too soon my mother and brother entered the gates of heaven together.
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Former NBA Star Maurice Lucas Dead at 58

2010-11-01

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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Pioneering Pharmacist, Ed Caldwell, Dies at 77

2010-09-13

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

Ron Walters, Expert on Race, Politics, Dies at 72

2010-09-13

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ronald W. Walters, a longtime columnist for The Skanner News, a scholar at Howard University and the University of Maryland who was a leading expert on race and politics, has died. He was 72. Read the complete article

Vonetta McGee star of Blacula, Hammer and Shaft Dies

2010-07-16

Vonetta McGee, who costarred in 1970s blaxploitation movies such as “Blacula,” has died at 65. Read the complete article

Ethel D. Canda, Gifted Singer, 71

2010-07-08

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 8, at First AME Zion for Ethel D. Canda.
Ethel Doris Canda was born June 22, 1939, in Vicksburg, Miss. to Wesley Love and Carrie Mae Pearson. She was the seventh of eight children and the youngest girl. Read the complete article

Willie James Gregory

Golfer and upholsterer will be Sadly Missed by Family and Friends

2010-07-02

The Skanner News

Willie James Gregory of Portland Oregon died June 21, 2010
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Comunity Activist Charles Ford Dies; Services on July 1, 2

2010-07-01

Longtime community activist Charlie Ford died on June 24, 2010. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 1 at Rose City Funeral Home, 5625 NE Fremont St. in Portland. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 2 at Mara Read the complete article

White Anti-Apartheid Pastor Dies at 81

2010-06-22

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The Rev. Nico Smith, a white pastor who challenged South Africa's apartheid system by moving with his wife into a black township in the 1980s, has died of a heart attack, one of his daughters said Sunday. He was 81. Read the complete article

Timothy Edward Lewis, 51

2010-06-17

Timothy Edward Lewis passed away on Friday, May 21, 2010 at the age of 51 after a tough battle with cancer Read the complete article