Homegoing Celebration in honor of the life and legacy of Apostle Eric K. Woods, Sr., a loving and devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, and friend to all whose lives he touched. On Saturday, July 30, 2022, he peacefully transitioned into heavenly rest at his residence in Maryland at the age of 73. He was born May 23rd, 1949, in Washington D.C., the youngest son of 18 children of the late John and Jenny Mary Woods. After graduating from Spingarn...

Frances Ann (Wormley) Battle was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 1, 1937. She was the second of six children born to the late Livingston Wormley and the late Elsie Pendleton Wormley. On August 10, 2022, Frances Ann (Frannie) peacefully passed away at her home in Temple Hills, Maryland. Frances was educated in the New Haven Public School System and graduated from Hillhouse High School. She furthered her education at St. Raphael School of Nursing in New Haven, Connecticut, and...

SOMEWHERE ABOVE THIS TROUBLED WORLD, SAFE BEYOND ALL GRIEF AND PAIN, A LOVE ONE RESTS IN A HEAVENLY PLACE.  GOD GRANT US, THAT SOMEDAY, WE WILL ALL MEET AGAIN. A TIME TO BE BORN: ALBERT PURVIS ‘AKA’ ABBOTT WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1937 IN MCCOLL, SOUTH CAROLINA HE WAS THE OLDEST OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO THE LATE THOMAS JAMES AND LEATHA MAE PURVIS. A TIME TO LIVE: ALBERT WAS EDUCATED AND GRADUATED FROM MARLBORO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.  HE ENJOYED...

Betty J Rufus,  Affectionately known as (Cuddie) of Washington, DC, formerly of Elkton, Virginia Transitioned on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at George Washington University Hospital with her daughter Tonya at her side. She was the daughter of the late James Gordon Brown and Hattie Allen Brown Betty received her education in The DC Public School System. After working 17 years Betty Retired in 2006 as a Federal worker for the National Gallery of Art, Building services Department she also...

Ms. Carrie Ann Edwards entered this life on January 24, 1936, born to Flossie Sims and James Edwards in the city of Woodruff in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. A country girl at heart, her family moved to Washington, D.C. when she was 3 and it was there that she became a true Washingtonian. Much of her life was spent in Southeast D.C., where she was a single mom to her daughter, Patricia Middleton and helped rear her grandchildren, Abdul Kareem (Sean), Kenice, and Karrie, who was...

The angels of the Lord descended on Wednesday March 30, 2022 to take our beloved angel Francis Pinkney home to eternal rest.  Francis (Frank) Elmo Pinkney was born February 22, 1931 to the late Mildred Brown in Washington, DC. Frank grew up in the Washington, DC area and was raised by his grandmother May. Frank made his way through the public school system and was granted an opportunity to go art school with a full scholarship but was immediately drafted to serve in the Korean War with...

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, Lawrence Thomas Covington of Hyattsville, Maryland, peacefully transitioned from labor to reward at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Capital Caring Hospice Center, Washington, DC.  Lawrence was born on May 18, 1944, in Blenheim, South Carolina to the late Thomas and Annie Margaret Covington.  He was one of four children and the youngest of their three sons. Lawrence accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized and became a member of Cedar Fall...