All Obituaries

Margerie Patterson 75 of Benton Harbor transitioned on May 6, 2024, at Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph, MI. A complete obituary and services are pending. Please let's keep the Patterson family in our prayers during this time.

Ericksson Cruz 15 of Benton Harbor departed this life on May 2, 2024, in St. Joseph, MI. A complete obituary and services are pending at this time. Please let's keep the Cruz family in our prayers during this time.

Our precious mother Earlie B. Boyd, 92, of Benton Harbor MI, went on to be with the Lord on May 1, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family. Earlie was born October 16, 1931, in DeKalb, Mississippi to her parents Robert and Josephine Patton. After spending her early years in the South, her parents relocated her and her siblings to Watervliet, MI. Years later she would come to call Benton Harbor, MI her forever home. Earlie later met the love of her life, Maynord Elliott Boyd Sr. They...

A Shepard’s Mother Mary June Williams was born in Independence, Louisiana on May 26, 1945, to Zola (Brown) Washington and James Brown.  While living in Louisiana, she later found the love of her life, Robert Sr. Williams (Now Deceased), and married.  They moved to Benton Harbor, MI, and raised 8 children, 6 who were biological in marriage and 2 accepted in love before unity in marriage. Upon her husband's death, she decided to stay in Benton Harbor, MI to raise her...

After 100 years, God called home one of his precious angels on April 29, 2024, to sit by his side.  Ruthie joined Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in Benton Harbor MI, when it was under the leadership of the late Rev. Daniel E. Cook. Ruthie was born to the late Jeff and Jennie Lucas on November 10, 1923, in Haiti, MO.  September 5, 1942. Ruthie married Willie Hassel and moved to Chicago, IL. Then in 1947, she moved to Benton Harbor Michigan.  With great sorrow, Willie...

Luke 1:38: “And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.” Mary Gladys Ross Williams, affectionately known as “Noot,” was born on March 22, 1933, in Macon, GA, to the late Wilson Williams and Claudia Rouse Hutchings. Mary was the eldest sister of six children. Mary began school in Twiggs County, GA. Mary dropped out in the 3rd grade to work as a nanny so that she could care for...

A life of love and laughter is to be celebrated, never mourned. Such a life began when, Patricia A. Meeks, one of six children born to the union of the late William and Lou Lilly in Cario, IL on August 23, 1951. Patricia was educated in the Benton Harbor Public School system and graduated from the Benton Harbor High School in 1968. She was united in marriage to John Meeks II and that union was blessed with one son, John Meeks III. Patricia enjoyed the many church activates at an early age...

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all of them also that love his appearing”. II Timothy 4: 7-8 Hulon ‘Duck” McAfee, Sr. was born to the late Henry McAfee, Senior, and Alberta McAfee on October 17, 1938, in Dekalb Mississippi. It is not known how Hulon acquired the...

God called home one of his precious angels on April 19, 2024, at 12.59 p.m. Sheila Gaye Robinson was born November 8, 1948, in Benton Harbor, MI to Lemar and Anna Mae (Murkey) Robinson.  Sheila was baptized at an early age under the leadership of Rev. W.E. Ellis of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Benton Harbor, MI.  She later rededicated her life to Christ under the leadership of the late Rev. Dr. Donald B. Adkins at Second Baptist Church, Benton Harbor,...

Addie B. Jenkins was born in Silver City, Mississippi on October 8, 1937, to the late Ollie B. Gilmore Sr and Francis Morris-Allen. Addie traded her mortality for immortality on April 16, 2024, at the Hanson Hospice Center in Lincoln Township. At an early age, Addie gave her life to Christ and attended the Cherry Grove MB Church under the leadership of Pastor Love in Jackson Mississippi until she relocated to Chicago, Illinois in 1957 where she remained until she moved her family to Benton...