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Dorchester, MA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dorchester, Suffolk County & Surrounding Areas
Joseph Link
Jul 7, 2021
Joseph Link was born on March 3, 1937, to the late Alvin and Mary Link. He grew up in Vance County, North Carolina where he attended Middle and High School with his siblings. Joseph was a school bus driver for The Boston Public Schools system until he retired. He had six children who he loved and adored dearly. Joseph loved...
Brenda M. Andrews
Jul 6, 2021
Brenda M. Andrews was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 28, 1940, to the late Harold Nichols (Father) and the late Lillian Nichols (Mother). Brenda was one of five children who were raised in the Lenox Street projects in the South of Boston. Growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brenda attended Boston Public Schools before becoming a dietitian at Beth Israel...
Joana Goncalves De Barros Fonseca
Jul 4, 2021
Joana Goncalves De Barros Fonseca better known as Vovo, 93, of Boston, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 4, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was born in Praia, Cape Verde, She was the daughter of the late Anibal De Barros and Rosa Goncalves. In 1986, Vovo embarked on an incredible journey to start a new life in the United States....
Robert Joseph Smith
Jul 4, 2021
Robert Joseph Smith affectionately called “Tada” was born on February 1, 1926, in Boston, Mass to Conway and Gladys Smith. Robert was one of ten children from this union. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. Tada departed this life on July 4, 2021, due to natural causes. Tada worked many years as a pedeller selling fruits,...
Rev. Charles E Parks
Jul 3, 2021
Rev. Charles E. Parks of Greenville, South Carolina, passed Saturday, July 3, 2021, peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Earle, Arkansas, on May 6, 1933, to the late Nathaniel and Julia Parks. He was four years younger than his only sister. In 1942, the family moved from Arkansas to Boston, Massachusetts, where Charles...
Elder Edwin Herbert Jones
Jul 2, 2021
On Friday, July 2, Elder Edwin H. Jones, age 81, passed away. The way he died is just like he lived: he wrote his own rules. After months of failing health and being in and out of the hospital, he died peacefully within his home with his loving family. His parents welcomed him to the world on Sunday, December 3,...
Marilyn Gaines
Jun 24, 2021
Marilyn “Mary” Gaines was born on March 12, 1945, in Boston, MA, to late Herman Miller of Easton, MD, and Dorothy Miller (Woods) of Syracuse, NY. She would go on to meet and marry Adam Gaines of Butler, AL and have five children. From an Early Age, Marilyn was an exuberant and happy person, always willing to try new things...
Fran S. Holmes
Jun 22, 2021
Fran S. Holmes was born January 5, 1951, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late James T Holmes Sr. and the late Bernice (McLamb) Holmes. Fran graduated from Brighton High School in 1967 at the age of 16 and continued her education at Boston State College, receiving a degree in “Business Studies.” Later in life, she began taking classes...
Ernest Elishowan Shaheim Avery Liles, Jr.
Jun 21, 2021
If only I had one more time before the day you passed away, I would have one more time to tell you all the things that I needed to say. One more time to tell you about how much you mean to me, and that you were the best son that anyone could be. I would have told you I...
Melvin Lowell George
Jun 10, 2021
Melvin Lowell George, aka Gorgeous George, was 96 years old when he passed away of natural causes on June 10, 2021. He was man of great faith. Born on December 22, 1924 in Sebring FL to William and Hettie George, he was the fourth eldest of ten children. He left home at the age of 14 and migrated north performing...
Diane Yvonne Lowe
Jun 9, 2021
Diane Yvonne Lowe was born on August 24, 1947, in Augusta, GA to Dorothy Gillis-Lowe and the late David Lowe. From this union came four children, Diane being the eldest. She attended Ursula Collins School and Lucy Laney High School in Augusta, GA. She married James Bray, Sr. and from this union, James Bernard Bray was born. Diane relocated to...
Linda K. Fields
Jun 7, 2021
Linda Kay Fields, age 61, recently suffered a hemorrhagic stroke at her home in Lawrence, MA. She succumbed to the injuries of the stroke and passed away at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA, on June 7, 2021, surrounded by her devoted husband, daughter, and siblings. Linda graduated from Northwestern High School in Flint, MI, where she met and fell...
Eveline Edith Henson Jackson
Jun 5, 2021
Eveline Henson Jackson, 71, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, June 5, 2021, surrounded by her husband, daughters, and son in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Eveline was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1950, as the youngest girl of eight children to the late George Gray Henson Sr. and the late Marie Elizabeth Henson. She was a dedicated member...
Mary Dean-Anderson
Jun 4, 2021
On May 15, 1957 Mary Dean-Anderson was born to the late Lorine and Oliver Dean in Senatobia, MS. Mary relocated to Boston Ma. In 1981. Joining the Roxbury neighborhood where she laid roots for her family. Mary found love with her late husband Neil (Buster) Anderson, together they raised 4 Children Katina, Patrice, Carl, and Derek. Mary work as a...
Homer G. Thibodeaux
May 31, 2021
Homer G. Thibodeaux was born November 1, 1924, in Orange, Texas. He is the son of the late Homer G. and the late Ida Mae McAllister Thibodeaux. Homer was an only child growing up in a multi-racial home during a different racial climate. After his formative years, Homer entered the United States military. In August of 1943, he began active...
Beverly A. Dawn
May 29, 2021
Beverly Ann Dawn was born on January 29, 1937, in Boston, MA, to Conway C. Smith & Gladys I. Smith. Beverly was the youngest of ten children. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was loved and cherished by all who knew her. She was lovingly referred to as Nana and Aunty B. Our beloved...
Jimmy Lee Smith Sr
May 21, 2021
Jimmy Smith affectionately known as Lil jimmy and Pop Pop peacefully entered Heaven’s Gates on Friday, May 21st, 2021. Jimmy was born in Haynesville, Alabama on May 26th, 1956 to Leola Corbett (McCall) and the late Arthur Smith. Jimmy spent the majority of his life in Boston MA. Jimmy was a skilled and simple gentleman that prided himself on helping...
Augusta Jones
May 12, 2021
BOSTON - Augusta Jones, 85, passed away on May 12, 2021 at St Joseph’s Nursing Home in Boston. She was born on September 9, 1935 in Brooksville, Mississippi. Augusta is the daughter of Mattie Gray (Hudson) and the Reverend Richmond Gray. She moved with her family to Mobile, Alabama when she was 11 years old and lived there until she...
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