Obituary Archives - The Washington Informer

Community, Obituary

In Memoriam: Joseph L. Bowser

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 3, 2024August 3, 2024

Joseph L. Bowser, a local community leader and father of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, died on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. He was 88.

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Black Experience, Black History, Obituary, Stacy M. Brown

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, Dies at 95

by Stacy M. BrownJune 11, 2024June 17, 2024

Marian Robinson, mother to former first lady Michelle Obama, died on May 31 at 86. (Courtesy of Michelle Obama via Instagram)

Obituary, Politics

Marian Robinson, the Heart of the Obama Family, Remembered Fondly at 86

by Stacy M. BrownJune 3, 2024June 3, 2024

Dorie Ladner (Courtesy of Thirteen.org)

Black History, Hamil R. Harris, Obituary

Remembering Dorie Ladner as a ‘Warrior’ of the Civil Rights Movement

by Hamil R. HarrisApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024

**FILE** O.J. Simpson (Don Cormier/Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Obituary, Sports

O.J. Simpson, Former NFL Star and Controversial Legal Figure, Dead From Cancer at 76

by Stacy M. BrownApril 11, 2024April 11, 2024

James A. Washington, 73, publisher emeritus of the The Dallas Weekly and president and general manager of The Atlanta Voice, has died. (Courtesy photo)

Obituary, Stacy M. Brown

Farewell to James A. Washington: A Trailblazer in Black Journalism and Community Advocacy

by Stacy M. BrownApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024

Ramona Edelin

Black History, Obituary, Stacy M. Brown

Ramona Edelin, Activist and Education Advocate, Dies at 78

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Civil rights activist Dorie Ladner, pictured at a Freedom Orientation in Ohio in June 1964, died on March 11 in Washington, D.C. She was 81. (Courtesy of SNCC Digital Gateway, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM)

Black History, Hamil R. Harris, Obituary

Remembering the Life of Civil Rights Activist Dorie Ladner

by Hamil R. HarrisMarch 18, 2024March 19, 2024

Marion LaVern Davis

Community, Obituary

Remembering Marion LaVern Davis

by WI Web EditorMarch 6, 2024March 7, 2024

From left: Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver, Margaret Mensah-Williams, Dr. Cassandra Gould of Faith Leadership Strategies listen to the reading of the obituary by Margaret Mensah-Williams, Ambassador at the Embassy of the Republic of Namibia to the U.S. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Community, Obituary

Dignitaries Gather in D.C. to Celebrate the Life of Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia

by WI Web EditorFebruary 14, 2024February 15, 2024