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Dorchester, MA Obituaries
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Rakeem Akile Austin Jr.
Feb 28, 2023
Rakeem Akile Austin Jr. was born to Rakeem Austin Sr. And Toneika Jones on August 23rd 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. Rakeem loved his mother Toneika to the moon and back and she felt the same. As him being a Junior. Rakeem often talk about his father and they had a loving father- son relationship. Rakeem often looked to his father...
Ifeyinwa E. Okeke-Nite
Feb 20, 2023
Ifeyinwa Ebele Nite (née Okeke) 28 of Boston, Massachusetts passed away on February 20th 2023. Ifeyinwa was born August 8th 1994 to the late Okwudilichukwu Okeke and Nkechi Okeke in Massachusetts. Ifeyinwa graduated from Stoughton High School in 2013 and then went on to study Dental Hygiene at Mount Ida College. She was a residential advisor at Mount Ida and...
Cartesia Denise Thomas
Feb 18, 2023
A beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, niece, cousin, and friend. Cartesia Denise Thomas left this world unexpectedly on February 18, 2023. She was born in Memphis, TN. on September 11, 1980, to Dr. Johnny E. Thomas Sr and Carlona J. Thomas. Cartesia grew up in Orlando Florida, where she attended and graduated from West Orange High School before relocating to...
Oscar Lamont James, Jr
Feb 18, 2023
Oscar L. James, Jr. of Jackson, Mississippi, passed away unexpectedly on February 18, 2023, in Dorchester, MA. Oscar was born July 15, 1981, as the second child and only son of Oscar Sr. and Adonna James. He leaves behind his two siblings, Melva and Aleia James; great uncle, Eddie Fox; aunts, Marsha Lynette Friels and Gloria Jean Jones; and cousins,...
Dwayne Johnson
Feb 17, 2023
Dwayne “Teddy” Rodney Johnson, 63 of Burlington, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, February 17th, at his home. Dwayne was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts on December 10th, 1959. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother Marion Brown, who he considered as his Mother. Survived by his mother, Janet Johnson – Smith. Also, his children, Renee Mims,...
Cyril L. Robinson
Feb 12, 2023
Cyril Linton Robinson aka Eric to family and Gully to friends. Cyril was born on September 3, 1957 in Kingston, Jamaica to Atlis Cuff and Linton Robinson. He attended Boy’s Town Primary School. As a young teen he migrated to the United States in November 1973 to reunite his mother. Cyril and his mother worked on the important task of...
Marie-Marthe Claire Halverson
Feb 11, 2023
Marie-Marthe Claire (Fritzberg) Halverson was born on January 24th, 1937 in Port-au-Prince Haiti to Indiana Mazile and Pierre Fritzberg. Marie more affectionately known as “Mamathe” was the youngest of seven children. She was a very precocious child who had a love for life and learning. On February 11th, 2023, Marie passed away peacefully at home at the age of 86. ...
Bro. Daniel Nathaniel Jordan
Feb 7, 2023
Daniel Nathaniel Jordan was born on August 1, 1939, to Clarissa Franklin and Moses Daniel Jordan in Four Square Valley in the parish of St. Philip, Barbados. He attended nearby St. Patrick’s Boys’ School. He had a knack for wanting to see how things work and so was drawn to most things mechanical. After leaving school he became an apprentice...
Rhonda Cynthia Howard
Feb 3, 2023
Rhonda Howard, born on August 14, 1965, in North Carolina. She was a talented dancer and cook known for her passion for entertainment and stage. Rhonda rose to fame for her hip-hop choreography in her teens and early twenties and left a lasting impact on those she performed for. Her culinary skills were second to none, often surprising her family...
Evangelist Deborah Ann Killings
Jan 23, 2023
Deborah Ann Killings was born September 24, 1951 in Laurel, Mississippi to the late Annie Mae Killings, who later wed Henry G Jordan and raised a blended family. Deborah attended the Nora Davis Elementary School until October 1966 where the family relocated to Boston Massachusetts. She attended the Timothy Middle School in Dorchester where she met Samuel Bailey of Boston...
Jack Gomes
Jan 22, 2023
Jack Gomes, known by those he loved most as “Uncle Jack”, was a man built with spunk and a kind soul. Jack was the firstborn son to hardworking Cape Verdean parents, Angela Gomes and Joao Gomes born on April 24th, 1963. Within the family, Jack was a loyal brother, a protector of his sisters, and the most loving uncle. During...
Rameshwar Ramkissoon
Jan 18, 2023
Rameshwar “Sonny” Ramkissoon was born on October 13, 1943, in Aranguez Trinidad. The son of the late Ramsegar (Poya) and Margaret Kissoon. He married the late Basso Ramkissoon in 1966. She predeceased him in November 2021; they were married for 55 years. Sonny passed away peacefully on January 18, 2023, at the Harbor House, where he had lived for the...
Dr. Wayne V. Hudson
Jan 13, 2023
On February 5, 1952, I entered the world through the birth canal of Thelma Scott Hudson, and it was her and I. Three years later, along came my loving brother, Brad. The three of us shared love, life, and laughter together. Our mother was our all in all. Tragedy struck in October 1963. Mom was abruptly taken from us due...
Joyce L. Rather
Jan 12, 2023
Joyce Lorraine Stokes Rather was born on February 4, 1933, to the late Samuel T Stokes and the late Marguerite P. Harris Stokes, of Chester, PA. She was the second born of 15 children. She received her heavenly wings on January 12, 2023 in Boston, Ma. She was surrounded by family. Joyce was supposed to be named Martha it was...
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