Lucy Mae Humbert, 81, drycleaner owner, died January 11.Service will be held 12pm Satur-day in Chapel.

Alma Delois Head, 55, cook,died January 11. Service will beheld 2pm Saturday in Chapel.

Kevin Dwayne Black, 63, roofer,died January 13. Service will beheld 4pm Saturday in Chapel.

Lover Lee Walthour Davidson, 69,homemaker, died January 9 Servicewill be held 10am Saturday at10am in Miami Gardens Chapel.

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cdClinton G. Brown, 76, retired long-shoreman, died January 18. Servicewill be held 11am Wednesday, Jan-uary 29, in Chapel.

Thena Parker Bethel, 75, retiredprivate duty nurse, died January21. Service will be held 11amSaturday at Jordan Grove Mis-sionary Baptist Church.

Mizie Rolle Hanna, 95, retiredregistered nurse, died January11. Service will be held 11am Fri-day, January 24, at Temple Mis-sionary Baptist Church.

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cdFrank Overstreet, 68, retired, diedJanuary 14. Service will be held10am Friday in chapel.

Stonewall Jackson, 67, BSOSheriff, died January 12. Servicewill be held 10am Saturday atMiami Gardens Church of Christ.

Charles Tremayne Brogdon, 49,died January 6. Service was held.

Jane Ann Mascoe Powell, 104, re-tired, died January 8. Service will beheld 11am Saturday at Zion HopeChurch. HADLEY DAVIS

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cdClifton Bancroft Cargill Jr., 51, diedJanuary 5. Service will be held12pm Saturday in MLK Chapel.

Jessie B. Richardson Jr., 49,died January 13. Memorial Serv-ice will be held 1:30pm Thurs-day, January 30, at O/E EventHall.

Sentina Renella Thomas Sims,80, retired, died January 7. Serv-ice will be held Sunday, January26, at Maranatha Seventh-DayAdventist Church.

Owen Dukes, 70, landscaper, diedJanuary 15. Service will be held Sat-urday at 12pm at St Mark Mission-ary Baptist Church.

Baby Boy Toni Moody, died Jan-uary 16. Service was held.

Phyllis Williams, 68, probationofficer, died January 18. Servicewill be held 10am Saturday inchapel.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Jimmy Heath, aGrammy-nominated jazz saxophonistand composer who performed withsuch greats as Miles Davis and JohnColtrane before forming the popularfamily group the Heath Brothers inmiddle age, has died. He was 93.

Heath's grandson Fa Mtume told TheNew York Times that he died Sundayat his home in Loganville, Ga. Thecause of death was not immediatelygiven.

Heath, a native of Philadelphia, hadbeen playing jazz since the 1940s, inthe early days of bebop. He was men-tored by Dizzy Gillespie, idolizedCharlie Parker, whose nickname was“Bird,” and would become known as“Little Bird” for how well he emulatedParker's fluid style.

Heath overcame his battles withheroin addiction, which landed him inprison in the mid-1950s, and had a

long and productive career. He wrotemost of the material for the ChetBaker-Art Pepper album “Playboys,”recorded with everyone from Davisand Coltrane to Milt Jackson and GilEvans, worked on charts for RayCharles, and released several of hisown albums.

In the 1970s, he helped found theHeath Brothers, which also featuredbrothers Percy Heath on bass and Al-bert “Tootie” Heath on drums. Theiralbums included “Marchin’ On” andthe Grammy-nominated “Live at thePublic Theater.” In 1993, he receiveda Grammy nomination for his own“Little Man, Big Band” album (Heathstood just 5 feet, 3 inches) and playedin a jazz concert at the White House,when President Bill Clinton himselfborrowed his saxophone for one num-ber.

In 2003, he was named a Jazz Master

by the National Endowment for theArts, which noted that “By combininghis versatile style of performing andhis outstanding writing and arrangingabilities, he has set a high standard ofaccomplishment in the jazz field.”

Survivors include Tootie Heath; hissecond wife, Mona; and a child from

each of his marriages. His son from hisfirst marriage, James Mtume, becamea Grammy-winning musician andsongwriter who helped write theStephanie Mills hit “Never KnewLove Like This Before.” Another son,Jeffrey, died in 2010. Percy Heath diedin 2005.

Jazz composer and sax playerJimmy Heath passes at 93

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cdShannon L. Fogler, 52, sales-man, died January 15. Servicewill be held 11am Saturday inManker Memorial Chapel.

Earsel Reaser, Jr., 68, printer,died January 19. Service will beheld 2pm Saturday in MankerMemorial Chapel.

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JIMMY HEATH: Recorded with everyone from Miles Davis and John Coltrane toMilt Jackson and Gil Evans, worked on charts for Ray Charles, released several ofhis own albums, and formed the popular family group the Heath Brothers with broth-ers Percy and Tootie.

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cdGeneva Rahming, 77, child care,died January 16. Service will be held1pm Friday, January 24, at SeventhDay Adventist Church- Homestead.

Shirley Berry, 60, bus aide, diedJanuary 8. Service will be held11am Saturday, January 25, atGlendale Baptist Church.

Billy Levester, 77, security, diedJanuary 13. Service will be held11am Saturday, January 25, atJay Funeral Home Chapel.

Devan Walker, 26, water & sewer,died January 19. Service will beheld 12:30pm Saturday, January25, at New Bethel AME Church.

Beaufort Sabb, 87, laborer, diedJanuary 16. Service will be held1pm Saturday, January 25, at JayFuneral Home Chapel.

Timothy Neals, 46, electrician,died January 15. Service will beheld 3pm Saturday, January 25,at Jay Funeral Home Chapel.

Emma Harrington, 94, security,died January 20. Arrangementsare incomplete.

Marvin Richardson, 43, cook,died January 16. Arrangementsare incomplete.

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cdAndrea Holland, 39, homemaker, died March 6. Memorial service will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at Jay Funeral Home Chapel.

Elmer Eutsey, died March 6. Serv-ice will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at Martin Memorial A.M.E. Church.

Alexis Foster, 31, cashier. Serv-ice will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at Mt. Pleasant Mis-sionary Baptist Church.

Inez Bohler, 93, nurse, died March 5. Service will be held 11am Satur-day, March 14, at Perrine National Church of God..

Ogyes Wilkins, 68, heavy equip-ment operator, died February 22. Service will be held 1pm Satur-day, March 14, at Jay Funeral Home.

Demetrius Dumas, 40, con-struction, died March 6. Arrange-ments are incomplete.

Demetrius Dumas, 40, construc-tion, died March 6. Arrange-ments are incomplete.

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cdClarence J. Simpkins, 61, correc-tional officer, died February 19. Me-morial Service was held. at 11:00 am on Friday, March 6, 2020 at James C. Boyd Funeral Home.

Stevie Arnold, 52, died February 25, security guard, Service was held 11am Saturday, March 7, at James C. Boyd Funeral Home.

Isaiah Wilcox Jr., 67, barber, died February 25. Service was held 2pm Saturday, March 7 at James C. Boyd Funeral Home.

Elzetta Trawick, 94, beautician, died March 3. Service will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at New Macedonia Baptist Church.

Florence Jean Tyler, 78, teacher, died February 28. Serv-ice will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at New Mount Olive Baptist Church.

Sammie Lee Davis, Sr., 77, chef, died March 3. Service will be held at 1pm Saturday, March 14, at James C. Boyd Funeral Home.

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cdSamuel W. Williams, Jr., 69, died March 1. Services will be held 11am Saturday, March 14, at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Randolph Williams, Sr., 67, died February 28. Services will be held 1pm Saturday, March 14 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Monica Minott, 72, died Febru-ary 21. Services will be held 10m Saturday, March 21 at Central Light Grace Chapel.

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cdSheila L. Taylor, 53, retired nurse for Mercy Hospital, died March 6. Service will be held 11am Saturday at First Baptist Church of Brownsville.

Central Williams, 71, retired long-shoreman, died March 4. Viewing will be held Monday, March 16, at Range Chapel.

Darryl Wendell Kilpatrick, 54, dis-abled, died March 2. Service will be held 10am Saturday at Break-through Int’l Christian Center.

Georgiana Bethel, 96, retired teacher, died February 29. Services were held.

Iris Mays Shirley, retired psychiatric nurse for South Florida State Hospi-tal, died February 29. Services were held.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Award-win-ning mystery writer Barbara Neely, who created the first black female series sleuth in mainstream American publish-ing, died last week after a brief illness, according to her pub-lisher, Brash Books. She was 78. Neely is perhaps best known for her four-book Blanche White series, which had at its center a nomadic amateur detective and domestic worker who uses the invisibility inherent to her job as an advantage in pursuit of the truth. “I realized the mystery genre was perfect to talk about serious subjects,” she told Ms. Magazine in 2000, “and it could carry the political fiction I wanted to write.” Neely was named the 2020 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. In announc-ing the honor last year, the asso-ciation described Neely as “a groundbreaking author” who “tackles tough social issues with an unflinching eye and a wry sense of humor.” The Blanche White series in-cludes 1992’s “Blanche on the Lam,” 1994’s “Blanche Among the Talented Tenth,” 1998’s “Blanche Cleans Up” and 2000’s “Blanche Passes Go.” They push past mystery into political and social commentary, like tackling violence against women, racism, class boundaries and sexism. “If Toni Morrison wrote murder mysteries, they would probably

read a bit like Barbara Neely's,” the women's general-interest website Bustle said in 2015. “Blanche on the Lam” won the Agatha Award, Anthony Award, and the Macavity Award for best first novel, as well as the Go on Girl! Award from Black Women's Reading Club. Her series has been translated into several lan-guages including French, Czech, German and Japanese. She was included in 2012's “100 Ameri-can Crime Writers” by Steven Powell. “She was an inspiration, a trail-blazer and a remarkable talent and voice whose loss is deeply felt,” Mystery Writers of America said in a statement following her death. “Her talent and memory will live on forever in her won-derful books.” Neely was born in 1941 in Lebanon, Pa. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned her master's degree. She worked on behalf of women released from prison and as a radio producer. She also had positions at the Institute of Social Research and was executive di-rector of Women for Economic Justice. Neely published her first short story, “Passing the Word” in Essence magazine in 1981. It took her more than a decade to become an established author. Her other works include “Among the Talented Tenth: A Novel.”

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