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Leonard Gaines
Dec 18, 2020
Gaines, Leonard (Lenny), Aubry, of Boston, passed away peacefully on December 18th, 2020, after a brief illness & hospitalization, he was surrounded by family. Lenny was born in Boston and raised in Roxbury and later moved with family to Medford, Mass. Loving son of late Joseph, Elizabeth (Gabourel) Gaines. Dear brother of Kenneth Gaines, Paul Gaines, Jocelyn Gaines and late...
Wilson L. Rivera
Dec 17, 2020
Wilson “Wilo” Rivera (52) son of Carmen Cortes and Hector Rivera was born February 16th, 1968. In his passing, he is survived by both of his parents, his daughters, an former wife and forever friend, along with friends and family alike. A graduate of Cathedral high school, Wilson sought out a higher education at Wentworth University. After some time, he...
Leland Matthew Cornin
Dec 12, 2020
Leland “Lee” Matthew Cornin Sunrise 6/8/2000 – Sunset 12/12/2020 Our sweet gentle giant, Leland affectionately known as “Lee or Biggie/ Biggz”, has been called home to be with the Lord on 12/12/2020. Leland Matthew Cornin was born 6/8/2000 in Boston, MA. Leland had a big giving and loving heart. He loved to be around his family. When he was younger,...
Isaura Barros Alves
Dec 11, 2020
Isaura (Nini) De Barros, was born on June 5, 1929 in Aleixo Gomes, Freguesia de Sao Lourenco Fogo, Cabo Verde to the late Augustinha de Barros and Antonio Spinola. She immigrated to the United States with her husband Manuel Socorro Alves Barros in 1986, where she joined one of her daughters, Antonia Barros as an immigrant in Boston. Isaura lived...
Emil L. Brooks
Dec 7, 2020
The Life of Emil Brooks Emil Larry Brooks was born on September 24, 1952 to the late Harold and Naomi Brooks in Flowers Bay, Honduras. His years growing up on the island were filled with sunshine and love. He was surrounded by a large, chaotic, but most of all loving and supportive family. After graduating from high school he began...
Elica Alves Medina
Dec 3, 2020
Elica Alves De Pina Medina, affectionately known as Elka, was born on April 25, 1931 in Sao Filipe Fogo, Cabo Verde to parents Antonio Alves De Pina and Isabel Medina Alves De Pina. Elica was the eldest of 10 children and was instrumental in helping raise her siblings. In her younger years, she developed a love for sewing and became...
Inez E Ashley
Dec 2, 2020
Inez Elizabeth Ashley was born in Boston, Mass. on June 2, 1935 to the late Ida B. Rose and George W. Rose. She departed this life on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 and was preceded in death by her late husband, Ivan R. Ashley and brothers, George W., Aubrey E., Meredith C., and James E. Rose and sister, Bernice Adella Brown....
Juanita M Carrington
Nov 28, 2020
Juanita Marilyn Harding Carrington “Slim” was born April 16, 1943. She departed this life at the age of 77 on November 28, 2020. Juanita attended Girl's High and graduated from Jamaica Plain High School. She was born to the late Juanita and George Harding of Boston, Mass. Juanita was a kind loving mother to her two children April and Jaymie,...
St Mary Boyd
Nov 28, 2020
St. Mary Boyd-Salters (known as Baby girl) was born in Augusta GA to the late Apos. A. E and St. M. Hankerson. The Hankerson family joined the United House of Prayer under Sweet Daddy Grace when St. Boyd was only six years of age. She traveled wherever Apos. Hankerson was directed to preach the gospel until she became an adult...
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Godfrey
Nov 23, 2020
A special day… December 2, 1941, Gwendolyn was born to the late Rembert and Katherine Williams in Wilmington, North Carolina. Gwendolyn was the eldest of four children born to her parents. The Williams moved to Boston when Gwendolyn was a young girl. She was affectionately known as “Nana” “Auntie Gwen” and “Puddin’ Nookie”. Her Father, and all her Aunts and...
Janice A. Hunter
Nov 20, 2020
Janice A. Hunter (Sims), one half of identical twin daughters of the late Clarence R Jordan and Amanda F Sims, was born October 31, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up in the Roxbury and Dorchester areas, Janice made many friends and acquaintances, most affectionately calling her “Twin”. Janice was a proud graduate of the Jeremiah E. Burke. She also attended...
Camie Fitzgerald
Nov 17, 2020
Whether you knew him as Cameron, Bugs, Camie or Dad... odds are he left a lasting impression. Cameron Decourcey Fitzgerald was born on the beautiful island of Barbados. The day was June 9, 1959 and the two lucky humans were Eric Morris and the late Lucille Fitzgerald-Morris. Camie grew up in Eagle Hall St. Michael and attended Wesley Hall Boys'...
Maggie M. Soares
Nov 12, 2020
Maggie M. Soares, daughter of Tom Quinn and Elnora Lathan, was born in West Point, Mississippi, on February 12, 1936. While living happily together on their farm in the sleepy town, she was lovingly nicknamed “Mert” by her brothers Tom, Jr., Cleveland, Charles, and sisters Lizzie-Lou, Annie-Laura, Rose, Christine, Golida, and Bertha, all of whom have preceded her in death....
Nydia I Rodriguez Ortiz
Nov 9, 2020
Nydia Ivette Rodriguez Ortiz, departed her loving family unexpectedly on Monday November 9, 2020. Nydia was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico on August 6, 1954 to Mrs. Lydia Ortiz and Mr. Luis Bergne Rodriguez Sanchez. Nydia attended the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work in 1980 and soon after became...
Esther Philippi
Nov 9, 2020
Esther Philippi (Djoune) was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti in June 11,1983 to Marie Judith Jean and Frantz Philippi “Fanfan” (deceased). As a toddler, she moved to Port-au-Prince with her mother. Esther Philippi journeyed to the United States in August 2016 to join her mother and her three siblings (Nicolas, Jennifer, and Georgia). Together they built a pathway which would change...
Ruby Lee Perry
Nov 8, 2020
Ruby Lee Perry, 81, of Dorchester, Massachusetts departed this world on November 8, 2020. Ruby was born on May 10, 1939 by a mid-wife in Mobile, Alabama to the late Fate and Angelina Perry. In 1950, Ruby relocated to Boston as a teenager on the news of greater employment opportunities for her parents. Upon arriving in Boston, Ruby attended Roxbury...
Mildred Jean Hamilton
Nov 4, 2020
In Loving Memory On November 4, 2020, Mildred Jean Hamilton known affectionately as Jean received her wings at 77 years old. Jean was born on January 31, 1943 to the late Mr Eugene and Mrs Geneva Leach. Jean is survived by her son Michael Pickett and his wife Tonya McIntyre; her sister Jackie Young, her brother Alfred Leach and his...
Pebbles A. Watson
Oct 29, 2020
Pebbles Alyssa Watson was born on October 15, 1991, at Beth Israel hospital in Boston, Massachusetts to Pablo Watson Sr. and Peggy Hinds-Watson. She graduated from North Cambridge Catholic High School and continued her education at Mass Bay Community College and Porter & Chester where she graduated in the nursing field. Pebbles worked various jobs, including working with her Uncle....
Josefina Miller Clarke
Oct 29, 2020
Josefina Miller Clarke has peacefully left this world at the age of 82 years old. Born in Limón, Costa Rica, on May 28th, 1938, she was the daughter of Jim Miller and Anita Clarke. In her wake, one fact will always hold true to all whose lives were graced by her presence: she was a woman who lived a full...
Leona Thompson
Oct 28, 2020
On September 2, 1948 in Boston, Mass The late Leonard and Iry Hampton gave birth to a daughter, Leona Hampton (affectionately known by her younger sisters as Na-Na). Later in life Leona met and married Moses Thompson, to that union they were blessed with one child (Melissa Monique). Leona Worked for the Boston Herald In the television listing department, she...
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