All Obituaries

Tameka Malcolm Wembley was born on July 11, 1971, from the union of Joanna Malcolm and the late Robert Malcolm. She attended PS # 40 School (Ezra L. Nolan). She graduated from Henry Snyder High School in 1991. She graduated with her Associates Degree from Hudson County Community College. Throughout her career, she has worked for various companies including, Vonage Telecommunications, HESS Gas Corporation, IDT Corporation. She has been an employee with MACY’S for over 15 years. She...

Paul Craig Straughn was born on July 28, 1967 to June Straughn-Watson and the late Lionel Craig. Paul attended Christ Church High School. As a young kid, Paul was always one step ahead of everyone else. He could always find a way to solve a problem with that big, inviting smile that he had. Formerly of Wotton Christ Church, Paul emigrated to the US at the age of 23, to pursue his dreams to be a designer. He went on to earn a degree in Interior and Fashion Design at the Fashion Institute of...

  Obituary  Shirley Loretta Smith was born to the late Melvin and Sarah Elizabeth Kee on September 27, 1933, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Raised on Kearny Avenue, Shirley attended Mt. Pisgah AME Church on Forrest St. She was formally educated in the Jersey City Public Schools, achieving the status of valedictorian at A. Harry Moore Grammar School and later graduating from Henry Snyder High School.  Shirley loved to sing and was selected to participate in the All-State High...

With the help of a midwife, Dorothy Mae Hall was born on August 15, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia to her mom, Bernice Telfair. She was an only child but truly received the benefits of a large and loving family village.  She was raised from infancy to age 5 with the help of her Uncle Dester and his wife Minnie in Westchester and Hartford, Connecticut.  Thereafter, Dorothy and her mom traveled to Pennsylvania to live with her beloved Aunt Ozella and Uncle James and their only child...